We put our cards into a recycle box where my OH works. I used to keep "special"ones but you can only keep so much stuff & we have far too much "toot" here as it is.
Sprouts- I agree with Raisingirl home grown fresh picked after a frost lovely. Shop bought bitter horrid.
An acquaintance bought some small 'recycle for Christmas' labels and stuck them on the front of the card he got from this year's prospective recipient last year.
Badly explained-but anyway, you got your own card back is what I'm trying to say
From what I can see there seem to be fewer options for recycling Crimbo cards this year. M&S and Sainsbury's are taking them. Sainsbury's only until the 8th Jan.
My late uncle Jack once sent us "McTavish's everlasting greetings card". Inside was a list of tick boxes: Christmas, birthday, anniversary, condolences, congratulations etc, and an instruction to use soft pencil so it could be erased. He enclosed a personal message in very small writing, on the edge of a piece of that horrid crunchy toilet paper we used to use. That card and piece of paper went back and forth between our families for donkey's years. The toilet paper had so many messages we had to start using different colours so you could decipher the latest message. I never saw another one: the greetings card industry wouldn't shoot itself. But it's an idea that might be taken up by some of the hobby card-makers. With or without toilet paper!
I have such mixed feelings at de-Christmas time. I feel that once New Year has arrived that the Christmas decorations look a bit out of place, however, I really miss the fairy lights and colourful accessories once they are gone.
As for cards, they are recycled into the neice' craft box, to make place cards, gift tags and other craft-y things next year.
My message is: "Did the wish come true and everybody has agreed not to buy presents this year?".
(For the record, I do like giving presents but it just seems a bit like going through the motions at Christmas. It all seems a bit diluted, particularly if there are multiple people opening multiple presents - no one really seems to say thank you 'properly'. Sorry to sound grumpy.)
Me my Sister & BIL agreed to stop doing presents a few years ago as we were more or less just swapping vouchers & it seemed pointless, we still do Birthdays though. We still do for my wife's side of the family but I would be happy just to confine it to the grandchildren & their cousins.
Given the lousy weather, I suggested to OH we might take down our decs this pm. "Not 12th night yet!"
Looks like I'll have to put up with them till Sat am then but I shall make him help with the cleaning. He can drive a feather duster and then his bloody Dyson when everything's been put away!
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I gave in yesterday and took down our decs & tree. I usually wait till 12th night but our "bargain" tree (it had a split top which we just had to tape up) was going very dry so I took it out before the needles started to drop. Our council are not taking our green bins until after Jan 28th so presumably will not take trees before then either. Might have to cut it up & take to the dump before then.
I always take our decorations down on new years day. I know it's supposed to be the 6th of January, but we're not religious,so i take them down then. I always keep the Christmas cards from family in the drawer. We always have sprouts with our dinner every day. It's to do with your taist buds. If you don't like them, you've got more taist buds.
Also, have a artificial tree and the sprouts are shop bought.I did grow some a few years back but the catapillas got at them. Even though i covered them, they still got in. Didn't leave any message for myself.
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We put our cards into a recycle box where my OH works. I used to keep "special"ones but you can only keep so much stuff & we have far too much "toot" here as it is.
Sprouts- I agree with Raisingirl home grown fresh picked after a frost lovely. Shop bought bitter horrid.
An acquaintance bought some small 'recycle for Christmas' labels and stuck them on the front of the card he got from this year's prospective recipient last year.
Badly explained-but anyway, you got your own card back is what I'm trying to say
From what I can see there seem to be fewer options for recycling Crimbo cards this year. M&S and Sainsbury's are taking them. Sainsbury's only until the 8th Jan.
My late uncle Jack once sent us "McTavish's everlasting greetings card". Inside was a list of tick boxes: Christmas, birthday, anniversary, condolences, congratulations etc, and an instruction to use soft pencil so it could be erased. He enclosed a personal message in very small writing, on the edge of a piece of that horrid crunchy toilet paper we used to use. That card and piece of paper went back and forth between our families for donkey's years. The toilet paper had so many messages we had to start using different colours so you could decipher the latest message. I never saw another one: the greetings card industry wouldn't shoot itself. But it's an idea that might be taken up by some of the hobby card-makers. With or without toilet paper!
I have such mixed feelings at de-Christmas time. I feel that once New Year has arrived that the Christmas decorations look a bit out of place, however, I really miss the fairy lights and colourful accessories once they are gone.
As for cards, they are recycled into the neice' craft box, to make place cards, gift tags and other craft-y things next year.
My message is: "Did the wish come true and everybody has agreed not to buy presents this year?".
(For the record, I do like giving presents but it just seems a bit like going through the motions at Christmas. It all seems a bit diluted, particularly if there are multiple people opening multiple presents - no one really seems to say thank you 'properly'. Sorry to sound grumpy.)
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Me my Sister & BIL agreed to stop doing presents a few years ago as we were more or less just swapping vouchers & it seemed pointless, we still do Birthdays though. We still do for my wife's side of the family but I would be happy just to confine it to the grandchildren & their cousins.
Given the lousy weather, I suggested to OH we might take down our decs this pm. "Not 12th night yet!"
Looks like I'll have to put up with them till Sat am then but I shall make him help with the cleaning. He can drive a feather duster and then his bloody Dyson when everything's been put away!
I gave in yesterday and took down our decs & tree. I usually wait till 12th night but our "bargain" tree (it had a split top which we just had to tape up) was going very dry so I took it out before the needles started to drop. Our council are not taking our green bins until after Jan 28th so presumably will not take trees before then either. Might have to cut it up & take to the dump before then.
I always take our decorations down on new years day. I know it's supposed to be the 6th of January, but we're not religious,so i take them down then. I always keep the Christmas cards from family in the drawer. We always have sprouts with our dinner every day. It's to do with your taist buds. If you don't like them, you've got more taist buds.
Also, have a artificial tree and the sprouts are shop bought.I did grow some a few years back but the catapillas got at them. Even though i covered them, they still got in. Didn't leave any message for myself.