Following on from my post on the Christmas tree a few days ago I now turn my attention to the Christmas card - we received our first one through the door today.

I have a little misgivings about the Christmas card ‘issue’.  It is obviously an area of great consumption (and consequently waste) with literally millions, if not billions!, of cards sent and delivered every Christmas with a significant percentage ending up in landfill.  On the up side there is the fact that you are often sending cards to loved ones at what some people see as a special time of year, to let them know you are thinking of them. 

What really does annoy me is when people send Christmas cards to people they do not really know that well just because they feel they should, or because they have received one from them.  Now we will no doubt be receiving cards from people that we will not be “returning the favour” to and to a large extent I will not worry too much if they think any less of me for not doing so.  When I see them I will wish them a Happy Xmas surely this is enough?  Do I really need a card as well to say this?

For those of you that do receive cards please, please do not throw them in the bin in January.  But look to recycle them.  Where I live there are local recycling schemes and I am sure there will be ones near you to.  If you are in the UK you can also use the Woodland Trust Scheme