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Christmas cards indecision

Sporadic Sparkly

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?

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  • Hello Sparkly,

    yes you are not alone in this. I spend more time than most of the general population of the Earth looking through Christmas cards for the right ones for the right people. It's ludicrous really because let's be honest, those receiving the said card likely bin them after Christmas. I never bin cards but everyone in my family does. One of my favourite things is looking through my own cards I've received, I like looking at the different pictures and art on them.

    I have real trouble deciding on a card. I spend a great deal of time in the card shop looking through the cards for the right one. My husband says I'm mad and any old card will do but this for me is important and it's got to be done right or not at all.  Relaxed️

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    I find it reassuring that it is not just me who has difficulty choosing the "right" card. It seems to be a trait on my mother's side of the family, as they are just the same.

    Whilst I cannot claim to keep ALL the cards I receive, I do have a collection of favourite cards I have received during the past 10+ years, which I put up each year. When there are cards from dearly departed loved ones, it just makes those cards all the more special (seeing their handwriting inside the cards).

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    I find it reassuring that it is not just me who has difficulty choosing the "right" card. It seems to be a trait on my mother's side of the family, as they are just the same.

    Whilst I cannot claim to keep ALL the cards I receive, I do have a collection of favourite cards I have received during the past 10+ years, which I put up each year. When there are cards from dearly departed loved ones, it just makes those cards all the more special (seeing their handwriting inside the cards).

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