tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post5523145101837194874..comments2024-03-08T09:52:59.827-05:00Comments on Middle Passages: On Line, All the TimeLizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-3215904082390365832010-12-11T09:50:25.395-05:002010-12-11T09:50:25.395-05:00E-cards will probably become the standard before l...E-cards will probably become the standard before long. I've never done the long, this is everything we've done in the past year letters, but I do still send Christmas cards via the snail mail.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-28041625944134822872010-12-11T08:15:18.741-05:002010-12-11T08:15:18.741-05:00I've had a similar experience over the years, ...I've had a similar experience over the years, with a gradual decline in my card-sending volume over the years until I finally gave up the ghost sometime after 2001. It is a lot of work, and you're right: it doesn't have the social value it once used to.<br /><br />Funny though. I still have about ten shoe boxes full of all the old Christmas (and Birthday!) cards I've received over the years, and I simply can't bring myself to throw them away. Last time I checked, you can't keep emails or e-cards in shoe boxes, and maybe that's a shame.Jon Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824815967445843124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-51718347218897368292010-12-11T00:26:35.854-05:002010-12-11T00:26:35.854-05:00as much as I love ebooks and emails etc... I do li...as much as I love ebooks and emails etc... I do like a handwritten Christmas card. There's just something personal and homey about it.Jennifer Shirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970585847385511795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-47912332710909603492010-12-10T19:44:30.536-05:002010-12-10T19:44:30.536-05:00I'd much rather still send snail mail cards bu...I'd much rather still send snail mail cards but the past three years, with my health it's become impossible. Just something I can't force into my limited eyesight schedule. <br /><br />I miss sending regular letters, too, I've had pen-pals since childhood and still have a friend or two I write 'real' letters to when I can, the rest of the time we write 'real letters' in email (salutations and all.) <br /><br />I look at my sealing wax and seals and sigh- I don't get to write nearly as many handwritten letters as I'd like. There's a sentimental romance to it- a very Anne of Green Gables feeling I guess, and I miss it.<br /><br />My sister sends me funny postcards in the mail now and then, sometimes pretty ones, sometimes from cool places she's been. I still love them.<br /><br />I don't feel bad if people send an e-greeting at the holidays, I take it to mean that life's gotten away from them, as it has me, and they wish they could do more. I am happy to know that any friend kept me in mind, no matter how they can fit it into their schedule!<br /><br />Happy Holidays!<br />~bruFebruary Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01078037856070486022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-55872412397996938412010-12-10T19:03:02.340-05:002010-12-10T19:03:02.340-05:00It's the thought that counts. And I'm sure...It's the thought that counts. And I'm sure all your recipients will enjoy thinking of you, no matter what you send.<br />:)Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-15240530423270434552010-12-10T14:53:59.884-05:002010-12-10T14:53:59.884-05:00I do think there's something special about hol...I do think there's something special about holding something in your hand. It's about POSSESSING it, rather than just being able to open it and read it. You know? (The same goes for published books vs. ebooks, IMO.)<br /><br />Hope you have a great holiday!Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-35367505366106108342010-12-10T09:11:52.144-05:002010-12-10T09:11:52.144-05:00Wow, it's been a long time since I've sent...Wow, it's been a long time since I've sent Christmas cards in the mail. I still get a few... but only a trickle, and they rarely include personal notes.Colette Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685539849318739675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-28799877787274840002010-12-10T09:04:52.876-05:002010-12-10T09:04:52.876-05:00not only Christmas cards, but all writing has chan...not only Christmas cards, but all writing has changed. In the days of Black and White TV, we refered to letter communication as being "pen pals" and I remember listing the time in my head thinking "I should be hearing from ...so-n-so". I think i might write a blog about that,, lol.. BUT, yesterday a customer deducted Tax from an invoice and i needed a tax certificate and I started an email,,but stopped,,took out a letterhead and "hand" wrote a thank you note and asked for the certificate. It actually felt good, and I believe it will get quicker response. Interesting that you wrote about this today...glnrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922837344762102334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-70167691428209751762010-12-10T08:00:45.834-05:002010-12-10T08:00:45.834-05:00Our Christmas cards include: a 'blanket' l...Our Christmas cards include: a 'blanket' letter (I call it our Christmas newsy letter), a family picture, and a personal note actually written on the card--depending on the recipient. And I never hear much from anyone about it. That is, until I don't send it and get yelled at!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-57074823578312214982010-12-10T07:27:34.328-05:002010-12-10T07:27:34.328-05:00We still send out a small batch of Christmas cards...We still send out a small batch of Christmas cards with a letter and short note to everyone. Okay, my wife does all this. But we don't send email cards.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-3778203377419357592010-12-10T07:11:30.450-05:002010-12-10T07:11:30.450-05:00I hate e cards. They seem impersonal. Call me old ...I hate e cards. They seem impersonal. Call me old fashioned, but I like paper :)Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.com