How many christmas cards do you send?

[monsterz]

I just ordered 75 cards.  This seems like an insane amount to me, but I went through our list twice and yup that is what we need. Am I an outlier or is this normal?

[momin2013]

We send 5: my parents, my grandma, DH's sister, and two of my former co-workers.

[smm5623]

We also send 75

[turtlegirl]

Somewhere in the 60-70 range. I order 75 so I have a couple to use for my own scrapbooking purposes.

[spk926]

About 70 as well. The upside of Photo Affections messing up my cards and me getting 140 is that I won't run out or be super close had I only gotten 70 like I was supposed to!

[sjh722]

80-90

[patbutcher]

About 15. I always get the 25 package from shutterfly and have enough left over for the baby book and spares to give H's assistants and anyone last minute.

[patbutcher]

Nov 14, 2015 19:29:39 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

80-90

Is that because of your job? The postage must be crazy.

[mcfelix]

Well I finally ordered our birth announcements today - sending 119 of them. So we will send around 140 Christmas cards. It's seriously my favorite part of the holiday season. I love receiving photo cards and we display them on the shelves next to our fireplace.

[tulips]

50-ish

[hermione]

75

[sjh722]

Nov 14, 2015 19:33:26 GMT -5 patbutcher said:

Nov 14, 2015 19:29:39 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

80-90

Is that because of your job? The postage must be crazy.

No! We both have big families and we have a lot of friends. 

[natablue]

Around 30. I used to do around 50 but have scaled back over the years. We typically have several left over that I keep for a keepsake.

[mekia]

About 110

H has a huge family and he insists on sending one to everyone.

[qcinoct]

60-70. With about 40 of them going to my family in the US (huge family). I have pared it way down (was at least twice as many), especially since it's so $$ to mail to the US.

[preppy]

I usually order 100 and have some extras. We both have big families. I send 94 birth announcements so will be likely the same this year.

I love sending tons of cards, more you send more you receive! And I love getting xmas cards.

[thebreakfastclub]

We send 0. I think we got less than 5 last year.

[SpartanGirl]

We order 100 every year. We usually have 5 or 6 left.

[sju1982]

35-40. I love Christmas cards, and I can't wait to send photo cards this year with the baby on them.

[Cicero]

0

[foodiemom]

125

[t]

We order 100. Usually we have a few left over.

[boiler717]

150

[h]

About 130. Maybe a few more. It creeps up every year.

We send roughly 10-15 to people in each of the following categories: family, family friends, college friends, my law schools friends, DH's business school friends, people we currently socialize with/families our kids go to school with, my colleagues, and DH's colleagues. Plus we give one to each kids' teachers, DS2's speech therapist, and DS3's nanny with a gift card or holiday bonus.

Last year we got holiday cards that I wasn't expecting from probably 10 kids in DS1's class, so I had to go back and order more to reciprocate. It's out of control. We probably receive 100 or so.

[starburst]

Usually 0, but since I never sent out birth announcements, I'm sending baby's first Christmas cards that are also serving as birth announcements. So far I have a list of around 35 people to send to. I ordered 45,

[SJ]

125 ish I think?

[brooklyn]

Used to send about 75, I've pared it down to closer to 50. I love receiving cards, and the more I send, the more I get in return. I keep the photo cards displayed for months because I love seeing my friends and family's faces.

[mlt]

Around 150

[momin2013]

Thank you to the few that said 0. I was starting to feel like the Grinch all up in here.

[starburst604]

I bought a groupon today for 100 cards. I went through my list last week and axed some people, that shit gets expensive with the postage. It's my first year sending them out, new baby and all.