They’re traditional?
It’s nice to get them?
You have nothing better to do than sit on the floor in your undies writing three dozen?
I send them every year, get them from Wildlife and The American Humane Society, figuring, I’m sending an elk to camp. 
The kicker is, if I get 3, I’m lucky. Okay, I’m exaggerating, 4.
Cyber cards don’t count, since I can’t display them on the china cabinet, an old Connecticut custom. 
I was thrilled to get one just the other day, from England, my one of 4. I was suddenly little again, rushing to the mailbox all flushed and expectant. Besides sweeping and brushing Fluffy, the cat, that was my job…
to get the mail.
Whenever I saw an envelope with just my name 
I peed in my pants, from the excitement of it all. Why must there always be a downside? When my mother caught on, she would confiscate the card for a day, as punishment.
“What are you, a schnauzer? 
You need to learn how to control yourself there Missy.” So I’m happy to report, when Mick and Maeve’s card appeared in my mailbox, all was dry.
So it took a few years, so what.
Cards are nice.
They remind us, we still have a pulse, and quietly, not forgotten. 
SB
I’m like a kid heading to the mailbox every day looking for cards. I LOVE getting them too. Speaking of cards, I got one yesterday that made me laugh out loud. It said something about “decking those fucking walls” hahahaha! Talk about perfect timing!
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You must have a very funny friend. We need those. 🙂
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Indeed I do!
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Is it a she? Is she pretty? Does your mother like her?
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Yes, and he is gorgeous inside and out. Does my mother like her? Hmm…considering I’m getting calls with orders to purchase a “special” Christmas card, one that this friend would love (pressure..yes) or the random calls to me at work that send my bowels into a volcano, just asking “have you talked to that lovely girl from NY?” Yea, I think it’s safe to use the word LOVE at this point.
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I hope she knows how popular she is this Miss New York of yours. Girls can be a bit spacey about that sort of thing. As you well know. 😀
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She better!
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🙂
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You had me at china closet. You have a china closet? Wow! Cards…a dying art. I did get one with pictures of Morgan in it. That caused a ruckus! Mollie has her panties in a bunch and Hazel is pouting. I like when people use cards as a way to “catch up” because they haven’t seen you for a while. If the art of sending cards is dying, the art of writing something in them is dead! We will get some printed travelogues from far-flung family but what I really want to know is how everyone is.
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I myself, like blank cards though I make an exception at Xmas. Tell Mollie to stop being so competitive with her sister. I mean, really. 🙂
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You know how that goes…. 🙂
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yeah…girls will be girls.
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We were right chuffed to receive yours too. In a world so espoused of hatred and greed, it’s so good to know I have real friends all around the world. Happy Christmas!
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A merry exchange to be sure. 🙂
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I confess that I now only send cards to friends out of state. I remember the days when my friends, female cousins, and I all wrote letters to each other on a regular basis.
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That’s okay Skinny., out of state is nice, and I’m certain they appreciate them. 🙂
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I put mine on a door… I love it when I have to use two doors… this isn’t one of those years… always get one after the holidays from a family with a bunch of kids, there was always a picture of at least one kid stuck in this over sized mailbox… it was really sort of sad, now, the kids are grown, still standing around the mailbox with…. a goat stuck in the mailbox! Gotta love some people… plus, they always send their favorite hot chocolate recipe!
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I admire you for being so consistent with them, and I agree that actually physical cards are much more meaningful than e-cards, even though they are faster. Leah is much better at doing Christmas cards than I am.
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They take time to write, this is true. I always do 3 at a time. Then it doesn’t feel like such a job.
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