Instead of paper cards, send e-cards. Go to www.hallmark.com where you'll find several appropriate free cards. You can schedule them way ahead of time, too, and they'll be delivered on the appropriate date, worry free. E-cards are free, easy and "green".
Source: a friend
By anne from Green Bay, WI
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I never open these E-cards unless the person sending it lets me know via Email or something that they have sent it. Most of the ones that I get are spam or phishing or worse, contain a virus program. Be very, very careful of E-cards!
I agree with duanedv. Be vary careful.
One thing I have started to do when sending free ecards is first off select a card from a reputable site. Then when I select a card I send it to myself from myself at an email account I use that is NOT my primary email account.
As "green " as it may be I would recommend NOT to send e-cards (and I'm a child of technology).
Many people are concerned about trojans/viruses/spam and delete them without ever looking at them (as duanedv mentioned).
Some people receive only emails put in a safe list and would never get the notice from Hallmark that they have a card.
And an E-card is momentary. I cherish the cards I received from my daughter. And I have all the cards from Christmas and use them each year to decorate.
To close I would say at least send real cards to the young and the elderly you care about. They will prize them most. Send E-cards to friends and co-workers who aren't expecting anything at all... and that's what they get.
For the most part I agree with "Suntydt". Real cards are better, but sometimes e-mail is better than nothing.
I'm disabled and getting out to get the cards I'd like is sometimes not possible. So I do use email cards
"Kaelle" 's idea about sending to self and rerouting is helpful - thank you.
Being visually impaired, email is my preferred method of contact. My supervisor and a couple of others have caught on and now send "talking ecards" from American Greetings.com. These I view and save to my Favorites to enjoy over and over. Last Christmas, rather than drag hubby in to search ecard sites for anything, I simply wrote a little note. I included links to two Christmas songs on Youtube that had touched my heart.
A good friend died a couple of years ago, on my birthday a couple of months later I lay in bed when I woke up feeling sorry that I wouldn't get a birthday card from Paula. Then I remembered my stash of cards from the last year's birthday, so I got it out. I have now started a tradition of keeping each year's cards, not forever, but until my next birthday comes around. This way I will always have the last birthday card my friends have given me. This cannot be done with e-cards.
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