Comments on: Email Christmas Cards

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:27:57 +0000

We are doing both this year – making a few bespoke cards for the clients and contacts we work very closely with but there are hundreds of others, so we are going to donate the money we would have spent on cards for them to a local charity and send them an emailer.
Being a creative agency we are also doing a combination of card and emailers for our clients. If you want an emailer designed, drop me an email with some details and I will let you know the prices.

By: saminus

saminus — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:25:39 +0000

I like the physical card, nyself. I enjoy opening the envelope, I enjoy seeing the different designs that people choose, and I enjoy the thought of the pleasure that the kids at my friend’s school will have when they cut them up for collages and pictures in the new year.

And what about all the people who can’t or prefer not to use email?

Post lots of cards, that’s what I say!

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:42:51 +0000

Not as environmentally friendly as just a plain text email – or a merry christmas blog post or status update. Do we really *still* need greetings cards?
I am biased, have always thought them pointless.

But yes – in corporate setting, email beats paper.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:57:40 +0000

They’re not really that environmentally friendly though. The UK Internet Services industry alone is among some the biggest carbon producers in the UK.

By: Mark Adams

Mark Adams — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:51:21 +0000

They’re definitely acceptable in my view for business use, less so for personal use. Our company gets fewer and fewer paper cards and we always wonder where to put them! Lots of the charities offer them; I have to admit to preferring a “non-controversial” charity to avoid any offence. Cancer Research UK have a good offering at http://www.sendandgive.org/