How popular is it to send Christmas cards in your country these days?

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1. Here in Sicily this is not a tradition that we have, but I have seen some shops selling cards this year, with Christmas scenes on.

   No idea who is buying and sending or giving these, but I guess someone is!

2. There’s an organization in norway called “munn og fotmalerne” (foot- and mouth painters/artists) that each christmas sends out a set of christmas cards with paintings made by such artists. Hence people can pay for them if they want and use them. Quite impressive work, though it’s a bias with receiving stuff you haven’t asked for.. While surely the mouth- and footpainters most likely get some money in doing it in that maner. It’s new version/paintings each years..

   Some other charitable organization do the same.

3. It’s still relatively popular but the popularity has definitely waned due to social media and the increasing cost of postage. The cards themselves can also be quite pricey depending on where they are bought from. According to Wikipedia, we sent 47 million Christmas cards in 2010, but 18 million in 2020.

   The most common cards are the generic cards from stores. Some of them are sold by various charity organizations (Red Cross, Cancer Associations, etc) as part of fundraising.

4. It’s very popular. Possibly getting less popular compared to 10-15 years ago, but I send cards every year and it’s a normal thing. I usually buy 2 packs of 10 cards and send them all to family and friends. I buy them from charities – most charities sell one or two different Christmas card designs every year. (I used to buy more but my friends keep moving in together or marrying each other!) I receive a lot of cards every year as well.

5. Still very popular here. At least it has always been a tradition within my family to send each other paper christmas cards each year.

   But I also know plenty of people outside my family who send them to their relatives.

6. I’m not sure it ever was traditional here. I only know about “christmas cards” from foreign movies. Sending post cards from travel destinations is still a thing for some people, but not from home because it’s a special date.

7. They’re quite popular but my family doesn’t do it for some reason. We usually receive pictures of family friends and their families in front of their christmas trees or on holiday with a small text on the back wishing everyone merry Christmas and a happy new year

8. Very common. Usually depicted are traditional wintry type scenes of say a churchyard or a village green in the snow with a large Christmas tree, or a fireplace with a roaring log fire and mistletoe hanging from the ceiling.

9. It is getting less common but is still popular. I usually only give them to close family, or if someone sends me one then i will send one back.

   I have older family who love getting Christmas cards but i think most people don’t really care anymore. It is just something we are used to doing and don’t want to be rude by not sending one when we usually do. I think it will continue to get less popular.