are Christmas ecards impersonal?

I know… I said I was closing until after Christmas but I wanted to share this with you…

I read an article about a survey asking people what they thought about sending an ecard instead of posting a Christmas card. The majority seemed to think that ecards were not such a good thing.

I must admit, I do like getting cards through the post – especially the prettier or specially selected cards. But, on the other hand, it can get a bit cluttered displaying all those cards… I know, you can use card-holders and I do have 2 – but I always seem to run out of room!

So are ecards a viable solution or would people be offended? In one of the posted Christmas cards I received the sender said they would only be sending ecards next year because of the heavy cost of postage, others said they would donate to charity rather than spend on cards.

I tend to post cards to close friends and relatives and send specially selected ecards to all my other contacts. I rather think the acceptability of an ecard depends upon the quality of the one that is sent and the intention behind it.

And – I’d like to recommend an ecard delivery service that I think is absolutely superb. The cards are all works of art using music and animation to bring them to life. I spend quite a long time browsing and selecting the ecards I decide to send and add my own message to each one.

Let me show you… here’s my Christmas Greeting to you – via a beautiful ecard