The 2008 CS Christmas Card List - Discussion

[Monica]

I can't remember how many people signed up last year.

This is how it works, when the thread for the current year is made, you send your info: name address, etc to JuniorMintz (the orgainizer), then when the time comes, you will get an e-mail with all the addresses of the people. Send a card to those addresses. You can write anything you want in it.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

About how many people signed up last year? What kind of messages do you write inside? I'm more of a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" type person myself. Or sometimes I write "Happy Holidays." How many overseas cards were there?

1. Off the top of my head--maybe 65 people or so?

2. Your basic "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year", plus a little something more if I can think of something that applies to the person.

3. Again off the top of my head--about 15-20 cards to people outside the U S of A.

[sms001]

but I don't have a cell phone and, so I don't think I could send PMs.

See IPF below for the heads up on the card exchange, but as far as 'PSs', in this context it means Personal Message through the board itself - a way to share more personal info more privately than on the publicly accessible forums.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Last year there were

52 USians
5 Canadalandians
4 UKers (England and Wales)
1 South African
1 New Zealander
1 Australian

[AdminAssistant]

Last year there were

52 USians
5 Canadalandians
4 UKers (England and Wales)
1 South African
1 New Zealander
1 Australian

And a partridge in a pear tree!!!

[ArcticChicken]

I would like to participate as well...this sounds strange, but I bought two boxes of Christmas cards back in Jan. so I can join in this year.

I went and bought four as soon as the after-christmas sales hit. Hopefully I can find them when the time comes.

[One-Fang]

Well, there were actually 2 of us kiwis on the list (not counting the Canadian kiwi), but as far as I know, the other one piked and was one of the no-shows.

As for message - ANYTHING GOES. The list rules are quite clear that nobody is allowed to object to well-meaning messages even if it's not their particular cup of tea, so no objection to "Merry Christmas", "God bless" or "Happy Hanukah" is allowed. As long as you write something (anything) in a positive spirit, it'll be taken well.