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Does the Christmas Card Have a Future?

Are you getting fewer Christmas cards this year than you used to? What about cards wishing "Happy Holidays" or "Happy New Year?"  If you think the numbers are going down, you're not alone.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Are you getting fewer Christmas cards this year than you used to? What about cards wishing "Happy Holidays" or "Happy New Year?" If you think the numbers are going down, you're not alone. Kate Julian is an editor at Slate.com and, after polling the staff at that online magazine, she wrote a column sub-titled, "Our mailboxes are practically empty."

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    Warren Olney

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