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Are holiday cards defunct?

November 18, 2010/in Featured Articles/by Deborah

We had a professional photographer come out to the house a few weeks back to shoot our little family photo (particularly momentous for the removal of my teenager’s braces!). I went to upload the photos to one of those card-making sites when I paused. And I thought: most of the families on my holiday list are also my Facebook friends. Why not just post the photos there? I have never been one of those long annual family letter writers (though don’t get me wrong, I adore getting them from those brave souls who do venture to write them!) Is it worthwhile to just send a photo of my little family with some holiday/New Year greetings? Is it a waste of time and money (and environmentally unsound?) Or is it a welcome tradition that people would miss if I didn’t do it? Editor’s note: we did not send cards last year because we’d just had our daughter’ bat mitzvah and had been in touch with all the important people already. So do I break the chain and just not bother? Do people still like getting them?

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