Christmas e-cards?

I was just wondering how you guys feel about receiving Christmas e-cards? I am not necessarily talking about from friends online, but I mean from family members and good friends you see on a daily basis... I just received an e-card from my mom and dad. I also received one for my birthday from them. It just isn't the same as getting a card in the mail it just seems so inpersonal I was wondering if it was just me.

i like the ecards but i would rather get one in the mail my mom sends me both email and by regular mail so i guess im ok with it.

I think one should be careful about sending the cards. One must ensure that that e-cards provider is trustworthy, that is would not sell the email address to spammers.

It is better to just design your own little through one of the paint programs then email it, that way it seems more personal and you can avoid the e-cards provider.

I had a few e-cards for my birthday from people here on the site and it was brilliant! But for christmas i do prefer the real thing!

I prefer regular cards, but here's what my company did this year. They did an e-card instead of the regular card and then donated the money they would normally spend on cards to charity. Our customers absolutely LOVED that.

I prefer regular cards - you can put them on your mantle or above the TV...

However I never send out Christmas cards so I'm not one to talk!

Frankly, I would prefer an e-card, if a person designed it themselves. I don't like getting those from sources that I think may sell my email address for SPAM, though. And I get so much snail mail that I'd frankly not have to deal with a bunch of meaningless cards. A nice letter with some genuine news is different, though. I really enjoy those. But that could be an email instead of snail mail, too.

I love the real thing, but anything that shows that I was thought of makes me feel good

I received my xmas card today from my old neighbour in Australia. She was in italy not long ago kind of dissapointed she didnt come up
They were like family to us.
But i was happy to see a card and some news

I like e-cards just fine. There are many people in my life with whom there wouldn't BE a correspondence if it weren't electronic, because we're all bad correspondents. I'm in touch with so many more people now that there's email than I ever was before -- and it carries over to greeting cards. I'd much rather get a nice e-card -- and there are some really nice ones available -- than not hear from a person. As for people I see all the time, I never would have exchanged "real" cards with them, and we send e-cards when we bump into one we really want to share.

I'm all for it.

Originally Posted by rapunzel47

I like e-cards just fine. There are many people in my life with whom there wouldn't BE a correspondence if it weren't electronic, because we're all bad correspondents. I'm in touch with so many more people now that there's email than I ever was before -- and it carries over to greeting cards. I'd much rather get a nice e-card -- and there are some really nice ones available -- than not hear from a person. As for people I see all the time, I never would have exchanged "real" cards with them, and we send e-cards when we bump into one we really want to share.

I'm all for it.

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My view exactly. One of the best things about the Internet is the ability to send email/ecards - which are "personal" to the extent that you write your own message. There's less hassle, and little or no expense involved, as well as the fact that you don't have to keep delivery periods in mind. I also find the animated ecards with music less boring than your standard Hallmark cards.
That said, Jamie got a beautiful card from two of his brothers in the mail yesterday - their owner, who is an accomplished artist, sent a cat portrait she'd painted. It's absolutely gorgeous, and will definitely be saved.