Christmas cards indecision

Whenever I stock up on Christmas cards, I like to purchase a selection featuring different images that appeal to me in some way. When it comes time for me to write out my cards, I will then attempt to choose a card featuring an image that I think the recipient will like most.

A few weeks ago, I happened to be in the vicinity of a greeting card shop that I usually purchase my Christmas cards from. Remembering that my supply of Christmas cards at home wouldn't be sufficient to see me through this Christmas, and not knowing when I might next visit my town centre, I considered it wise to stock up.

In recent days, I have been thinking that I must get my Christmas cards written and posted, to avoid leaving them until the last minute and then pannicking. I know people say it is the thought that counts, but I dislike it when I am on the receiving end of greeting cards that arrive after the event.

Anyway, I have been looking at my packs of Christmas cards feeling thoroughly indecisive. The rational part of my brain is telling me that Aunty so-and-so probably won't care whether she receives a card featuring a robin, deer, or a colony of penguins. It strikes me as ridiculous that I feel unable to select just any old card at random.

Is it just me, or does anyone else experience the same kind of indecision with choosing greeting cards for people?

Parents
  • These days, I just don’t bother sending Christmas Cards and this has been the case for the past few years - instead I just send e-cards from good e-card websites and just send them out to contacts in my email or people that I have an email address for as the postal service can no longer be relied upon anymore - in terms of the design, I send card designs reflecting my faith, such as the Nativity Scene, the Star, Angels, etc 

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  • These days, I just don’t bother sending Christmas Cards and this has been the case for the past few years - instead I just send e-cards from good e-card websites and just send them out to contacts in my email or people that I have an email address for as the postal service can no longer be relied upon anymore - in terms of the design, I send card designs reflecting my faith, such as the Nativity Scene, the Star, Angels, etc 

Children
  • I can understand why your preference is to send e-cards. I have a friend who moved to County Cork during her late teens, and the cost of sending her cards by Airmail can be expensive. However, as I have relatives and close friends that I now seldom get to see, I don't mind spending the extra on posting them Christmas cards. There can be something rather lovely and exciting about receiving a card in the post that one can physically hold in one's hands.