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Old Yesterday, 17:49
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Ok so you send and receive cards to regulars each year but this time I was missing 5 of all those I usually receive which is odd because nobody has died and I haven't fallen out with anyone so I'm wondering if anybody else was short of any this year as it's never happened before?
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Old Yesterday, 17:52
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Did you get one from Gladys?
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Old Yesterday, 17:53
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Just one I sent to a friend in London he didn't send one back ,mind you I didn't get one last year from him
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Old Yesterday, 18:01
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Here is a radical thought, why don't you ask them? You have their address (they may have moved?) surely you have other means of contact, too? Phone up or something and ask how their Christmas was.
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Old Yesterday, 20:07
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Ok so you send and receive cards to regulars each year but this time I was missing 5 of all those I usually receive which is odd because nobody has died and I haven't fallen out with anyone so I'm wondering if anybody else was short of any this year as it's never happened before?
Maybe they just couldn't be bothered. Christmas Cards have been dying out for the past few years now.

You shoud see it as a positive thing though. I hate cards, i don't even like receiving Birthday cards. I find them to be a hassle. I don't want some stupid card hanging up on my mantelpiece. I would rather just have the money they paid for the card
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Old Yesterday, 20:13
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maybe dey jus' decided to let you go, dude.
p.s. those slim Xmas cards only a bit wider than bookmarks can jam in the post office machines and get shredded
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Old Yesterday, 20:18
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A whole bunch of cards have failed to arrive, it seems that family posting cards around the West Mids & Worcestershire in the first week of December have vanished

I'm still expecting them, one card last year suddenly appeared in early February with a December Postmark

Of course, dealing with UK & German Post systems is going to cause delays, but I'm guessing it's on the UK side
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Old Yesterday, 21:17
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A whole bunch of cards have failed to arrive, it seems that family posting cards around the West Mids & Worcestershire in the first week of December have vanished

I'm still expecting them, one card last year suddenly appeared in early February with a December Postmark

Of course, dealing with UK & German Post systems is going to cause delays, but I'm guessing it's on the UK side

I sent two cards to Bielefeld NRW, and one to Kleve NRW, I had two from Bielefeld in the week running up to Christmas, and one from Kleve on December 30.
I sent five to New York City, got four back before Christmas, and one on January 3.
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Old Yesterday, 21:21
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Ok so you send and receive cards to regulars each year but this time I was missing 5 of all those I usually receive which is odd because nobody has died and I haven't fallen out with anyone so I'm wondering if anybody else was short of any this year as it's never happened before?
Have you spoken to the people ?
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Old Yesterday, 21:32
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I find that more and more often people say they are stopping sending cards and that they are making a donation to charity instead.

I have no issue with that at all. I tend to still send cards from us, as there are a lot of people whom we do not see on a regular basis for various reasons, so it is nice to make some form of contact at least once a year, as some of them are quite elderly people now.
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Old Yesterday, 23:47
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Ok so you send and receive cards to regulars each year but this time I was missing 5 of all those I usually receive which is odd because nobody has died and I haven't fallen out with anyone so I'm wondering if anybody else was short of any this year as it's never happened before?
This year I didn't send cards to non family who I don't have contact with in a regular basis and donated the money I saved to charity. I just don't see the point in today's world of social media where you interact with your friends on a regular basis. I did post my intent on FB do friends could go likewise. I got a lot less cards and was fine with this.

My kids and tgeir friends just don't see the point of paper cards so I would suspect they will soon become a thing of the past.
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I don't send Christmas cars but my parents do. There's a couple they didn't get despite sending their friends cards and they're still waiting on some from London to get through.The postal strike might have affected the Christmas post a bit.
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Old Today, 03:06
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We still get Christmas and birthday cards sent to our house for the former owners. And they moved out years ago.
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Ok so you send and receive cards to regulars each year but this time I was missing 5 of all those I usually receive which is odd because nobody has died and I haven't fallen out with anyone so I'm wondering if anybody else was short of any this year as it's never happened before?
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