Christmas Card Overdrive

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The crux of that (probably too mean) blog post is something like "is it really necessary to go nuts giving nondescript x-mas cards to everyone you work with? does doing so devalue the traditional purpose (as I understand it) of the exercise?"

― Ray Cummings (skateboardr), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

http://voguingtodanzig.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-card-overdrive.html

― Ray Cummings (skateboardr), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link

i figure: send cards to people you would not otherwise see, otherwise just say it to them. probably don't bother giving cards to people who are curmudgeonly about Yule and the funny traditions that surround it.

― sede vacante (blueski), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 16:56 (seventeen years ago) link

We received an xmas card yesterday and we have no idea who it's from. It's assumed it's someone at the boy's new job, but we have no clue. Instead of a nice feeling of holiday cheer, a general feeling of "who the fuck are these people?" filled the room.

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link

ha ha ha

that's so creepy!

― Ray Cummings (skateboardr), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

We have a charity box at work that people can (optionally) put a couple of quid in instead of 30 people writing 29 cards every year. Some people still insist on writing the cards because "who is X to tell me I can't write cards" - got to love that Christmas spirit, when you're writing cards to people out of spite.

― Onimo has his finger in the stink (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

So far I've received 2 xmas cards, and one is from American Spirit Cigarettes. :{

― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

In that vein, is anyone sort of weirded out getting auto-signed or stamped holiday cards from doctor’s, veterinarians, etc.? Especially when the envelope is hand addressed so the possibility exists that someone you knew sent it but didn’t include the return address on the outside.

― Ray Cummings (skateboardr), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

We got one from our phone company. And it was FAKE hand-addressed, ie printed in a fake "handwriting" font on the envelope. So, pretty weird on several levels.

― franny (frannyglass), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i am making my own cards, in the fine photographic tradition, but new years cause im lazy

― FUCKTHISSHIT (JACKLOVE), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I like to send doctor/vet/etc. birthday & Xmas cards to friends.

― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

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