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silverweb

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17. I send EVERYone e-cards.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 06:30 PM

Dec 2013

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The only exceptions to whom I sent paper cards were those too elderly to use a computer, and they're all gone now except for my mother (who does use a computer). She gets a gift basket, an e-card, and a phone call on Christmas day.

Everyone else gets e-cards and they all know it's because I'm a "live simply, live sustainably eco-freak" and consider paper cards to be wasteful "dead-tree cards."

Anyone who thinks it's "bad form" or not "proper" enough is welcome to their opinion, but that doesn't mean I have to agree or follow their rules. So far, no one has complained to me personally; the gossip among relatives may be another story entirely, but I don't care at all about that.

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Your thoughts, please. A neighbor told me that it is bad form to: [View all] Paper Roses Dec 2013 OP

Sending an e-card isn't nothing, but it's only one step above it. reformist2 Dec 2013 #1

I like how you think REP Dec 2013 #26

May very well be Old Codger Dec 2013 #2

Although it's nice to get a paper card, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2013 #3

There are many different ways to tell others that you are thinking of them Angry Dragon Dec 2013 #4

I actually like them. Here's the solution: don't send her one. It isn't bad form. Squinch Dec 2013 #5

I have discovered that my handwriting has deteriorated significantly over the last several years. CTyankee Dec 2013 #13

I am finding the same thing. I can type as fast as I can speak, but I can't write so anyone Squinch Dec 2013 #24

To each their own, I guess. I send a few each year by mail, but it's not sustainable. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #6

You are saving trees. deaniac21 Dec 2013 #7

And killing postal jobs joeglow3 Dec 2013 #25

I think the thought counts more than the form. KurtNYC Dec 2013 #8

Think of The trees saved and Grey Dec 2013 #9

It's lovely just to be remembered at Christmas... nenagh Dec 2013 #10

Instead, Quantess Dec 2013 #11

Extend your greetings and celebrate how you see fit 1000words Dec 2013 #12

This is excellent advice for everything about the holidays. (nt) enough Dec 2013 #16

I think I may have gotten a few eCards ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #14

I think you do what *you* think is right. Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #15

I send EVERYone e-cards. silverweb Dec 2013 #17

I enjoy getting e-cards. They are so much more that a folded piece of paper with a short note and shraby Dec 2013 #18

You are not Scrooge. How old is this neighbor? It could be a generational thing. My liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #19

Take her off your list. :) polichick Dec 2013 #20

I would send your neighbour an e card for Christmas Whisp Dec 2013 #21

Tie a card to a brick ... And ... JoePhilly Dec 2013 #22

Send a "Christmas" Youtube video-I think I'll send this one ErikJ Dec 2013 #23

Goodhouskeeping Christmas card etiquete has this to say. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2013 #27

Its the THOUGHT that counts! elleng Dec 2013 #28

Bah! Are_grits_groceries Dec 2013 #29

A senior guy at Hallmark once spoke at an event I was at. wercal Dec 2013 #30

I feel it's a generational thing. My parents pnwest Dec 2013 #31

That's how I see it laundry_queen Dec 2013 #32