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41. I've received enough mail late and heard enough about USPS packages

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:57 PM

Dec 30

arriving very late, sometimes after being sent halfway acrosd the.country in the wrong direction, to not have as much confidence in the mail as I used to have. I've also had neighbors' mail misdelivered to me and mail sent to me misdelivered to them. I've had packages sent to me via USPS stuck in mail hubs sometimes for several days. And when I've used search engines to see if others are running into similar problems, I've found confirmation of that.

I will say I haven't had USPS packages sent to me, or that I sent, completely lost. But I know others who have.

I've received Christmas cards sent several days before Christmas after Christmas, even when sent from a neighboring state or nearby city.

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Are Christmas cards no longer a thing? [View all] Shambala Dec 29 OP

i get one from my cpa... ret5hd Dec 29 #1

I got one from Sal's pizza. Shambala Dec 29 #2

No longer a thing for most people Sanity Claws Dec 29 #3

I get 1 back for every 3 I send Johonny Dec 29 #4

Yeah, about the same return ratio for me Shambala Dec 30 #21

Price Maninacan Dec 29 #5

I've sent cards I got from Estate Sales the last 10 years. maxsolomon Dec 30 #37

The younger families send cards with photos of them and their kids on them, i love them. dem4decades Dec 29 #6

Yes I mostly get these types newdeal2 Dec 29 #13

I have a couple of relatives that send Shambala Dec 30 #22

A lot of people I know have stopped sending them completely, or send them only to their highplainsdem Dec 29 #7

Mail delivery is not unreliable. maxsolomon Dec 30 #38

I've received enough mail late and heard enough about USPS packages highplainsdem Dec 30 #41

I don't know where you live, but maybe your issue is local. maxsolomon Dec 30 #42

I'm in the center of the country, but I've heard about problems like the ones I've run into both from highplainsdem Dec 30 #44

Cards and packages I sent out on 12/15 are just now being received 15 days later. Totally Tunsie Wednesday #54

Media mail is still mail Conjuay Wednesday #69

Media Mail has never failed me. maxsolomon Wednesday #70

Not really. Ocelot II Dec 29 #8

It requires hours and hours of work. Few women have the bandwidth Maru Kitteh Dec 29 #9

I'm the one who does it in my house. I still believe it's important to my elder relatives. maxsolomon Dec 30 #39

I only send them to people who care OnionPatch Wednesday #61

That is why I prefer a quick few words and then sealed. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #64

Not so much. Ms. Toad Dec 29 #10

fewer every year, and not just people dying Skittles Dec 29 #11

They have 50 cent Hallmark cards at Dollar Tree.nt helpisontheway Wednesday #56

I guess it depends - on age, personal tradition, available time, number of friends and/or family NewHendoLib Dec 29 #12

I still send them out to family and friends Bayard Dec 29 #14

Most that i received this year, were from businesses BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 30 #18

My wife and I send them ITAL Dec 29 #15

My 88-year-old mother still sends Christmas cards. LudwigPastorius Dec 30 #16

One of my cousins would not only tout the highlights of the past year Shambala Dec 30 #25

Yes Rebl2 Dec 30 #27

I've always hated those "brag" cards. StarryNite Wednesday #55

I havent mailed a card in years BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 30 #17

I spent about $75 on postage alone. notinkansas Dec 30 #19

Heathens. Trump will issue an executive order to restore this sacred tradition dalton99a Dec 30 #20

Come to think of it I don't know if we got any this year fujiyamasan Dec 30 #23

We haven't been able to coordinate a family photo to use on a card the past few years Shambala Dec 30 #24

I think Rebl2 Dec 30 #26

Only family in other states to whom I'm including a Christmas check. tavernier Dec 30 #28

My wife and I have been sending fewer and fewer. Life in the Trumpocene has made us increasingly jaded and cynical. Borogove Dec 30 #29

Waste of money and paper in my opinion... FascismIsDeath Dec 30 #30

I had some custom ones made this year. gay texan Dec 30 #31

My wife and I are experiencing the same thing. patphil Dec 30 #32

I quit social media several years ago Shambala Dec 30 #33

Crazy where the years have gone. patphil Dec 30 #50

We got a ton of them this year bif Dec 30 #34

I stopped sending them six years ago. I don't blame people for dropping me off their list for not reciprocating theirs, chia Dec 30 #35

We just Zelle things Sympthsical Dec 30 #36

I still send them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 30 #40

People with kids send them Renew Deal Dec 30 #43

I like the custom photo cards Shambala Dec 30 #46

Yes and I'm glad. It became a chore. CTyankee Dec 30 #45

I don't do them. Haven't for years. JustKay Dec 30 #47

I send them out. Ecards don't do it for me. n/t valleyrogue Dec 30 #48

A few years ago i received an ecard Shambala Dec 30 #49

I sent a few this year, Pinback Dec 30 #51

Seems to be fading out vapor2 Dec 30 #52

I haven't sent one in years, I got one from a doc03 Dec 30 #53

I work for Hallmark (not the Hallmark store) and we sell a lot of cards helpisontheway Wednesday #57

My wife still sends them out. Emile Wednesday #58

We sent out close to 80 of them. DFW Wednesday #59

A card from the White House! Very nice! Shambala Wednesday #71

I send a few out to friends who live far away. Dulcinea Wednesday #60

Most of my family uses Facebook now to send Xmas greetings Kaleva Wednesday #62

Actually, I think we got more this year than the past few years. Around 40 onenote Wednesday #63

I sent out six. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #65

Lol! I got one card. It was actually a pleasant surprise. ecstatic Wednesday #66

Along the same lines- Conjuay Wednesday #67

Do people's vacation photos count? Iris Wednesday #68