Yes, it’s finally happened; I’m no longer receiving Christmas cards. I received exactly 2 this year which is actually slightly higher than I expected, to be quite frank. I also finally gave up sending them out since I was repeatedly hearing comments like “you still send out cards?” and “who sends out cards these days?” And so, like a fool, I caved.
Ah, yes, remember the good ol’ days? Yes, you know you’re getting old when more and more sentences begin with those undeniable words.
The weird part is that, unlike music now being listened to most frequently on those little annoying portable devices, nothing has taken the place of Xmas cards. It’s not like we’re sending out e-Xmas cards or anything. We’re just not doing anything at all.
Add to this the fact that the post office is in dire need of cash and constantly threatening us to discontinue certain services, days of the week, and so on. It seems to me that the post office NEEDS Xmas cards. Doesn’t that sort of make it un-American not to send them?
And yet, still, here I am, as guilty as most everyone else, not sending them. Sigh. I’ve never been big on caving in to peer pressure but for some reason, on this issue, I have. I feel like a traitor.
In the meantime, I’ll fondly remember the days when a simple little $1 card told me nonchalantly that someone else in this large world of ours was actually thinking about me.
Isn’t it oh so ironic that the more ways we have to communicate, the less we do? That’s technology for you. Don’t be surprised if even Santa one day soon stays home and uses his new IPAD app to deliver gifts to the kids. Ugh.
