{"id":4659,"date":"2017-12-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2017-11-20T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:15:48","slug":"christmas_cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/christmas_cards","title":{"rendered":"Christmas cards are alive and kicking! It&#8217;s not all email."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/post-box-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas post\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/post-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/post-box-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/post-box.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you sending Christmas cards to your workmates this year?<\/p>\n<p>Despite predictions of their imminent demise in a digital age, Christmas cards are alive and kicking! It seems that most people enjoy the novelty of a hand-written message from friends or loved ones as a contrast to everyday emails and text messages. And this trend is unlikely to change anytime soon, according to card sales figures from last year\u2019s festive season.<\/p>\n<p>The Greetings Card Association revealed that the total number of cards sold in the UK last year was still over a billion! And while this was a very small decrease on the year before, the amount of money spent on more expensive, individually-sold cards had risen by \u00a315 million.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of last year\u2019s UK Christmas card sales was estimated at \u00a3384 million, so the industry is still booming.<\/p>\n<p>A Royal Mail survey also found that the majority of people who celebrate Christmas prefer to receive physical cards &#8211; only 16% prefer to get their festive greetings through social media or text messages.<\/p>\n<p>So, now\u2019s the time to gear up for writing your cards. We always think <a href=\"\/Search?q=metallic+pentel+pens\">metallic pens<\/a> add a nice festive sparkle to my Christmas messages &#8211; how about you? And don&#8217;t forget your Christmas <a href=\"\/envelopes\/postage-stamps\/l-1743\">stamps<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you sending Christmas cards to your workmates this year? Despite predictions of their imminent demise in a digital age, Christmas cards are alive and kicking! It seems that most people enjoy the novelty of a hand-written message from friends or loved ones as a contrast to everyday emails and text messages. 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