Christmas Card Exchange 2017 Edition: Sign-ups are CLOSED!

[Kittish]

I know the low sign up numbers are discouraging to some people, but it's looking like the exchange might actually be doable for me this year. I'll jump in and play!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Alas, each year the number keeps declining. In 2010 59 people participated. Last year it was only 27.

At least we have a new participant this year.

Yeah, I know.

I have lists going back to 2013:

2013 - 36
2014 - 32
2015 - 27
2016 - 27

[Ironclad Alibi]

Alas, each year the number keeps declining. In 2010 59 people participated. Last year it was only 27.

At least we have a new participant this year.

[EricKei]

That would be interesting to explain to my 4 year old daughter.. Showing her where all the cards came from

Just tell her you have a bunch of cool friends who wanna make you and your family happy ^__^ Maybe ask her to sign the cards you send out, too! (and/or ask her to help pick them out, etc)

Good opportunity to get her a leg up on some geography, too, which it sounds like you're doing

[Sandman]

Come on! I am buying a small US map and a world map to show my 4 year old where all the cards are coming from!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Still only 11! C'mon people!

[Kit-Ginevra]

Wow, Kitten Overload!

I agree....on being informed there was a thread full of pussies, I raced over here. This is not what I expected...

[morgana]

. . . had 3 sleeping in the dry food bowl this morning.

*sigh* I miss having kittens in the house . . .

[BookstoreEscapee]

9 USians + 1 Canadican + 1 Brit = 11

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BookstoreEscapee
tigger222
taxguykarl
Ironclad Alibi
Pixelated
Dreamstalker
Sandman
Kit-Genevra
Morgana
DGoddessChardonnay
Irving Patrick Freleigh

[BookstoreEscapee]

Wow, Kitten Overload!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Stripes would love it if the cards were lined up on top of the entertainment center. Then he could knock them off one by one. (His sister doesn't get up there and probably wouldn't care one way or the other.) Other than sleeping under it, they pretty much leave the tree alone. Though we still don't put any delicate ornaments on the bottom.

We have a houseful, due to a litter of 6 being found outside at a neighbor's home that my brother brought inside and placed with Gidget (who's had 4 of her own 2 weeks ago but only has 2 left now since we lost two of them over the weekend) And we've lost one of Pen's babies (our little yellow baby, Seymour passed last week) so we have Sofia and Scooter (the tiger stripe twins) and Applesauce, Snickerdoodles and Smokey (the three older ones,) Mr. Pheobe (who we took in back in the spring,) so right now we've got quite a busy house with these running around.

Now the 6 foundlings (5 orange ones and a multi color) are now learning about not only the litter box (Mom actually saw one of the kitties using it last night) but also food . . . had 3 sleeping in the dry food bowl this morning.

They are getting into the stage where they are attracted to anything that moves or makes noise . . . fragile Christmas ornaments would be ideal for the kitties to get in trouble with.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I'm back in it again this year.

My Mom looks forward to seeing all the cards coming in just as much as I do . . . the cats, not so much - I suspect they'd rather play with the ornaments.

Stripes would love it if the cards were lined up on top of the entertainment center. Then he could knock them off one by one. (His sister doesn't get up there and probably wouldn't care one way or the other.) Other than sleeping under it, they pretty much leave the tree alone. Though we still don't put any delicate ornaments on the bottom.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'm back in it again this year.

My Mom looks forward to seeing all the cards coming in just as much as I do . . . the cats, not so much - I suspect they'd rather play with the ornaments.

They think I'm putting the tree up but due to the fact that we have young kittens in the house this year, nope.

[morgana]

I'm in! Looking forward to it again.

[Sandman]

That would be interesting to explain to my 4 year old daughter.. Showing her where all the cards came from