A Christmas/Holiday Cards Non-Clicky Poll

[glitzy07]

How many cards do you usually send out?  

Does this include family, friends, both?  

How did you decide on your list?

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)?

Where do you usually buy them from?

[bowies]

30ish. We just use our wedding invite list from last year plus a few new adds. I spent whatever the Groupon deal for Zazzle was. I probably won't use Zazzle again - I like the TinyPrints stuff better.

[brooklyn]

Anywhere from 50-75.
Friends and Family
We do immediate family, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, great grandparents
All people we still communicate with regularly and enjoy receiving mall from

I'd rather not calculate how much we spend

[changedname]

About 20. I got the cards for free from shutterfly (pampers). Postage I spend about $40 because it costs $2.50 to send a card to the UK. Wtf.

[noodleoo]

We ordered 75 but we usually only send around 50.  I bought a groupon for Zazzle this year and it was for 40 or 75 so I figured I'd rather have a few extra than be short.  In the past we've used shutterfly or snapfish, whoever I can get the best deal from. This year I spent $25 on the cards which was an awesome deal for stationary cards. Our list includes friends, family, neighbors and I send a few to my old coworkers who I like to stay in touch with. Our list is based off our wedding guest list, although we pared it down a little last year to save money and don't send to people we don't really hear from much anymore. I love Christmas cards! 

[aspentosh]

How many cards do you usually send out?  Around 50

Does this include family, friends, both? Both

How did you decide on your list? It's family and friends... mostly people we had at our wedding with a few additions that we've met since then

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)? $35 for cards and $25 on postage (  to that second part)

Where do you usually buy them from? Costco this year, Mpix last year, TinyPrints, Etsy

[spk926]

Nov 28, 2014 19:01:10 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

How many cards do you usually send out?   About 50-60

Does this include family, friends, both? Both  

How did you decide on your list? When we got married I went off our invitation list and paired that way down. Over the years I've added (new) friends, coworkers and stuff.

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)? I never add it up because I dont want to know. ;-) I'm guessing $100-$120.

Where do you usually buy them from? Costco, Vista Print, where ever I can find the best deal with a card I like.

Sent from my SM-G900P using proboards

[pugz]

I got like 125 this year. It is OOFC

[redheadbaker]

How many cards do you usually send out? Last year, we sent out a little over 40.

Does this include family, friends, both? Both.

How did you decide on your list? It's just about always the same people, though I add to the list if we make new friends throughout the year.

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)? Around $60, I think. I usually look for Groupon-type deals or coupon codes when deciding where to get our cards.

Where do you usually buy them from? The past few years, we've used PhotoAffections. I've also used Shutterfly. This year, we're using Minted.

[jenn248]

Close to 100. We send them to family and friends. I usually order them from Snapfish or Shutterfly - whoever has the better deal.

[h]

We are ordering 130 this year. The list includes family, friends, and a number of work colleagues and professional contacts. We send to anyone who sends one to us, plus various relatives and a few friends who don't send cards but who we know appreciate getting them. We generally spend $200-225 for cards and postage.

[AlpineSlide]

Nov 28, 2014 19:01:10 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

How many cards do you usually send out?  40-50

Does this include family, friends, both?  both

How did you decide on your list? it is just all of our siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, good friends, former co-workers I keep in touch with, long time hair stylist and other people we're in touch with on a regular basis. I send to people who send to us.

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)? $2 or less

Where do you usually buy them from? I have used shutterfly and tinyprints for photo cards, this year I'm just doing generic boxed cards and putting a loose photo of DS inside.  I always buy a box or 2 of cards after the season when they are marked down.

[stacyb1983]

We send about 75 to our friends and family. We have a big extended family and a good amount of friends. This year we will spend about $50. We bought them from costco and I am very happy with them. We used vistaprint last year.

[ladygrey]

Around 30
Mostly family, with a few friends
The first year we sent cards was right after we got married, so we used our wedding guest list as a starting point, and since then we've added and removed people each year.
Usually it's around $1-1.50 a card
Shutterfly is the only site I've used so far

[anna7602]

This is my big splurge of the year. We send about 120. The cards alone are usually a big investment, even with coupons and ebates and all that jazz and then the postage is usually up there as well since many of the cards go to international destinations. 

I'd say about 30-40 cards go to family and family-like friends (people I knew growing up) and the rest are a mix of college friends, former co-workers, professional contacts who have become friends and friends from the various cities we have lived in over the years. My yoga teacher from Paris, for example, is on the list, and so are some of DD's former preschool classmates from Paris (all of whom we have seen and kept in touch with since we moved). 

[hermione]

This year we sent out 66.

This includes family, friends, and coworkers.

We send to parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, and first cousins. For friends we include everyone we hang out with regularly. My department (7 people)exchanges cards for every occasion and DH had 3 colleagues he wanted to give cards to (no idea his criteria).

I have no idea the total spent. If we include the photo mini session + Groupon cost + 4 books of stamps maybe around $100?

We've used Zazzle the last two years and been pleased.

[redpenmama]

I send 30-35. We send mostly to family and a handful of close friends. I spend less than $50 total, including postage. I got mine from VistaPrint this year but have done Shutterfly and Snapfish as well.

[arebee]

How many cards do you usually send out? This is our first year. I ordered 30 cards.

Does this include family, friends, both? Both

How did you decide on your list? We just picked the friends and family that we keep in touch with the most.

How much do you spend on the cards total (including postage)? I don't know with postage. We'll hand some of them out at Christmas instead of buying greeting cards. I spent about $30 on the actual cards though.

Where do you usually buy them from? I got them from Vistaprint. They were having a 50% of holiday card sale.

[SJ]

We send out roughly 125. Family and friends. It is a pared down list that originated from our wedding list and has had additions and subtractions along the way, including several GBCNers who I consider "real" friends.

I bought from minted this year and they weren't cheap.