s/o of how many xmas cards

Mrs.Tony

I am about ready to send ours out and I answered to the previous post that I ordered 70.  I seriously believe that once I mail ours, we will then get cards back.  I almost wonder what the sense is then?  I mean we have a large family and friends but I seriously feel like we get cards back only because we sent them. I guess what I am saying is I almost wonder if I didn't send them one would they be actually sending me one? does anyone else think this?  

 It's not that I mind showing off my kids but the cost adds up fast!

femmegem

We move so often that we don't really get any cards. It kinda sucks, but I do like to AW the kid, so I keep sending them out. And maybe one day we'll settle down and people will finally feel safe putting us on their holiday card lists!

hopefulmom

If you stopped sending them for a couple of years you probably wouldn't get many back.  I know when my DD first moved out she sent out a few cards and she didn't get many back.  We always get quite a lot (almost as many as we send out).  I told her to send them one more time.  Sure enough she started getting them...so after 3 years of her sending them...she now gets them (at least as many as she sends).  Maybe it works both ways.  I know after 3 years of not getting one from someone I don't send anymore to them (except a few really old people in their 80's).  I know there have been years I didn't get a card from someone (who was a regular) and I thought...hmmmm...wonder what's going on.  Well, the following year they sent one.  I would have felt bad if I hadn't of sent one that year. 

I have gotten cards really close to Christmas from someone I had not sent to (surprise!) and I would send them one that I knew for a fact would be late and I would acknowledge that in the card.  It happens.