2009 Christmas Card List-Tally Up!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Why not just order stamps from usps.com and have your carrier deliver them?

I'm in the mood to play with my printer and experiment, and the software came free, so why not? I just might do the address labels on the computer instead of handwriting the addresses too so I don't have to deal with the inevitable writer's cramp.

Ordering stamps and having them delivered is fine well and good, but then I have to hide the damn things to keep my brother out of them. If I have a bunch of stamps around the house, he'll be using them up to send off for all kinds of NASCAR-related subscriptions and whatnot and we won't have any stamps left to, for example, mail out a birthday card or pay a bill . . .

[BookstoreEscapee]

I can hardly wait to see if Stamps.com will be easier than dealing with the lines at the post office (did I tell anyone here how much I hate crowded places?)

I go to the one office near(ish) work that's open late...there's never any lines after work

[Becks]

Why not just order stamps from usps.com and have your carrier deliver them?

I don't like/trust our current carrier. I miss our old one. He wants this route back.

[Horsetuna]

I'm already seeing how many cards I have... i have 77 christmas cards from last year ready. I am probably going to need more.

I can't wait. I'm already stickering them all to save me time later. This weekend we get this years' 'gifts' set up.

by the by uh, silly question and I feel embarassed, but i looked through the first page or two for what program I will need for these address labels? my dad will be printing them out for me so I need to make sure he's all set up right.

[Boggles]

Can i just ask please, are the tallies going to affect who can sign up next year?

I'm just slightly concerned that it is looking increasingly likely that the Royal mail will be launching strikes shortly and the papers are full of stories about how Christmas deliveries will be massively delayed etc. I know a lot of this is scare-mongering but i don't want to be in a position where cards are being delayed en route to me and people are losing out because of it.

Personally I will probably be posting my cards pretty soon after the list comes out to guarantee delivery in time so apologies in advance for people who get them too early!

[JuniorMintz]

Can i just ask please, are the tallies going to affect who can sign up next year?
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Personally I will probably be posting my cards pretty soon after the list comes out to guarantee delivery in time so apologies in advance for people who get them too early!

Better too early than super late or not at all.

As far as the strikes go, we'll see what happens. I wouldn't worry too much about it at this point. I was unaware of the situation, Yank that I am, so I appreciate you bringing it up.

[Pedersen]

by the by uh, silly question and I feel embarassed, but i looked through the first page or two for what program I will need for these address labels? my dad will be printing them out for me so I need to make sure he's all set up right.

The labels are just a PDF file. He only needs to be able to view and print that, and he's good to go.

Can i just ask please, are the tallies going to affect who can sign up next year?

There is nothing in the code that changes who can sign up based on tallies. It's simply a reporting tool, to let people see who sent and who didn't. Next year will see another round of discussion about who sent, who didn't, and who made good faith efforts but got screwed by the local post office.

And don't worry too much about that, as it's pretty obvious when someone doesn't send anything. Trust me, you'll be able to see what I mean by January, when people's numbers are up there, and yet some people have a 0 next to their name as to how many they've sent. You won't be wondering about who signed up just to take advantage. You'll know.

[PepSquad]

Reminder: Only 10 days remain to sign up for the 2009 Christmas Card List event!

So far, Ree, JuniorMintz, Setsunaela, Becks, FuzzyKitten99, AriGriffin, Monica, taxguykarl, Boggles, Pedersen, iradney, ArcticChicken, McGoddess09, JoitheArtist, BookstoreEscapee, Aethian, I8DaCookie, Bandit, ParkingWitch, DGoddessChardonnay, worddork, AdminAssistant, Irving Patrick Freleigh, cinema guy, Camry178, SteverinoNY, BlaqueKatt, EricKei, DesignFox, calulu, Plaidman, MadMike, Part-Time Parrothead, 42_42_42, SubwayGirl, technical.angel, Bella_Vixen, protege, Horsetuna, morgana, Taboo, Sonoma, Sarlon, Melxb, MannersMakethMan, Kiwi, Reyneth, BethB, Dips, Mnemjian, East Coast Subs, trailerparkmedic has joined.

[Green_Fairy]

i'm super excited to make mini packages...is that cool or can i just do cards?

*runs off to find her rolling pin and transparency paper *

[BookstoreEscapee]

i'm super excited to make mini packages...is that cool or can i just do cards?

*runs off to find her rolling pin and transparency paper *

You can do whatever you like...just make sure you budget for the possibility of extra postage.

[Sarlon]

This is my first year doing this ^^

I found some REALLY neat cards that I can get a custom message printed inside (don't worry I'll write something personal in my chicken scratch). Rads knows what the cards look like, but all I'll gonna let on is the message I'm having printed inside is "santa's present to the SCs of the world"

Hope you all enjkoy them ^^

[Horsetuna]

Just a question out of curiosity: How long will the tallies be open in the case of the postal system deciding to send cards on a 3 month world tour or something?

[JuniorMintz]

Tallies are open until 1/31/10.

This is posted on the sign up site, along with all the other important dates that have been asked about previously.

[Kiwi]

Tallies are open until 1/31/10.

Haha that took me a few minutes to figure out (Americans write their dates differently to kiwis)

[Ree]

Jin the case of the postal system deciding to send cards on a 3 month world tour or something

It's highly unlikely that every single one of the cards that you send will be misdirected.
As Pedersen mentioned, as long as we see that some people are tallying cards from you, we will understand if it ends up being a mail glitch that prevents others from getting your cards in a timely manner.