I was born in 1984, so when I was a child and in my early career, cards for Christmas were a big thing - you wrote them for all your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, everyone. Now we still receive a few but I have stopped sending them personally, mostly because of the cost. Christmas is expensive enough and with postage stamps now costing as much as they do, I can't justify spending that on sending cards to people that I can send a WhatsApp message to. I really like saving the images of old Victorian Christmas cards though - they are funny :)
But a card is real and forever a what's app is well idek what that is yet I can't argue if you're too broke to send cards to your loved ones after all said holiday expenses let alone bills ect
@oppositeofthetruth It's not about being 'broke' it's about the increasing unnecessary costs of Christmas. A postage stamp now costs £1.65, plus the price of a Christmas card, let's say £1, which means it's £2.65 per person. If you know 50 people (I know many more than that, but let's say 50) it will cost you over £132 to send them all cards. To me that is an OTT expense for what amounts to a festive greeting, which most people will throw away in the recycle bin after the season has ended.
@megansmith3535 sounds to me like your complaing about being broke after you leave all those 50+ people with a lifetime memory of gifting something as beautiful as a card weather it gets trashed or not cards are personal keepsakes meanwhile internet greetings are cold and worthless
I used to send cards for many years and I stopped getting any in return. I don’t even get texts. What a wonderful time to be alive 💁♀️
Great presentation. I actually like sending Christmas cards. I actually design my own. It's the only real cost I have for the holiday. 8:22
Thanks for watching. It's a great idea to design your own.
I was born in 1984, so when I was a child and in my early career, cards for Christmas were a big thing - you wrote them for all your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, everyone. Now we still receive a few but I have stopped sending them personally, mostly because of the cost. Christmas is expensive enough and with postage stamps now costing as much as they do, I can't justify spending that on sending cards to people that I can send a WhatsApp message to. I really like saving the images of old Victorian Christmas cards though - they are funny :)
But a card is real and forever a what's app is well idek what that is yet I can't argue if you're too broke to send cards to your loved ones after all said holiday expenses let alone bills ect
@oppositeofthetruth It's not about being 'broke' it's about the increasing unnecessary costs of Christmas. A postage stamp now costs £1.65, plus the price of a Christmas card, let's say £1, which means it's £2.65 per person. If you know 50 people (I know many more than that, but let's say 50) it will cost you over £132 to send them all cards. To me that is an OTT expense for what amounts to a festive greeting, which most people will throw away in the recycle bin after the season has ended.
@megansmith3535 sounds to me like your complaing about being broke after you leave all those 50+ people with a lifetime memory of gifting something as beautiful as a card weather it gets trashed or not cards are personal keepsakes meanwhile internet greetings are cold and worthless
@@T.h.e__T.r.u.t.h So a card is likely to be trashed but is also a personal keepsake? I don't remember the last time I threw away a personal keepsake.
@megansmith3535 some might some won't is the sad truth but the memory of someone going that extra mile to show love is all that matters my boy
Thank you for this joy of sadly a bygone era
Always love your videos. Thanks for the content and happy holidays.
Unfortunately, it's the cost of postage making them unaffordable now, forcing us to use emails & social media more. 😢
I'm not sure but fancy/novelty baubles might be on the rise.