This year I’m sending Christmas cards for my family and my friends. I went to Clinton Cards yesterday and its wide range of cards made me excited!
In Japan, sending Christmas cards is not so popular while sending New Year cards, which are called “Nengajo”, is very important. Especially for bosses at work! I used to get a bit nervous before writing messages on New Year cards for my bosses… because we need to use formal expressions which we don’t use in conversations and cards must be delivered exactly on 1st January. For your friends, you can write any messages as you like and it’s acceptable if cards are delivered after 1st January (but before 7th January at the latest).
Anyway, at first I planned to send New Year cards for my family and my friends this year as well but I changed my mind and decided to send Christmas cards following the proverb “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
How about in your country? Do you send Christmas cards or New Year cards?
Hi Yuki
ReplyDeleteYou must be telepathic! I have just bought my Christmas cards for this year and I plan to sit down and write them this evening. Thank you for telling us about what you do in Japan at this time of year. I always send cards, and try to write a personal message in each one, although some of my friends now send out a "round robin" letter, which is a summary of everything they and their family have done over the past year, often with photos. Our Christmas cards usually wish people a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" so we cover both festive occasions together. I'd love to hear what the rest of you do in your countries!
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ReplyDeleteHi Yuki
ReplyDeleteI was suprised when I saw lots of post card shops in London because sending card is an old habit in my country.Unfortunately, when technology played a big role in our life,we stopped writing our wishes on cards :( I remembered how I felt excited when I found something on my name in the post box.
Thanks Yuki for reminding me of the proverb. I am planing to send New Year cards for my family and friends. It is time I collected their addresses!
Hello
ReplyDeleteIn Switzerland it's the same as in the UK people usually send "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" together. However it's not an obligation to send cards for example we can also write a text message or an email to tell our good wishes.
In my opinion is sweeter to receive a card than a email. :-)
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ReplyDeleteIt's nice to hear about the Christmas and the new year in diffrent Countries but in my country it's absolutely diffrent the 25 Dec it's a normal day and nothing special . We celebrate twice a year we call it ''Eid Fatr'' and '' Eid Alhaj'' .
Hi Everyone
ReplyDeleteMy parents send and recieve what seems like hundreds of Christmas cards. However, I have to say that these days I don't send many cards myself, just to close family and friends. We don't usually bother at work as you would have to send so many and there's always the worry that you might forget someone and offend them!
Next week, when I have more free time, I'll make Christmas biscuits for my friends. They seemed to enjoy them in previous years!