Sending Christmas Wishes
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Priya
I have spent the last two evenings writing Christmas cards - unfortunately it’s always something I leave until the last minute and end up doing in a mad rush. But as I sat there wishing I could just send out a collective facebook message instead of handwriting 130 cards, it occurred to me that with the growing popularity of social networking, my generation might in fact be the last to ‘do’ Christmas cards.
With the likes of facebook, twitter, IM and myspace becoming more and more popular, many people have started to keep in touch on a more regular basis – and many even keep regular contact with those they only previously contacted once a year with a Christmas card. With this being the case is there still any real need to send a Christmas card? With social networking people can get in touch with family and friends as often as they want, quickly, easily and more importantly, for free.
So as the generation of social networkers grows and starts to outnumber the generation of Christmas card ‘traditionalists’, will a quick ‘tweet’ ‘status update’ or IM take over the role of the Christmas card? What do you think?
Discussion Area - Leave a Comment