Originally posted by ramanth
I voted for option 1.

Now...say you can't afford to send to the whole list. Then pick the people you DO want to send too and send them an email or a PM asking for their address and agree to swap X-mas cards. That way, you're sending to who you want and getting a card in return and only the two of you have to know about it.
I completely agree! I think this is the *only* fair way to do it IMO. If you don't want to send to everyone, then contact those you want to send to.

There are ways to do this cheaper. You can get postcards, as it's cheaper to send postcards. You can just print your cards yourself on regular paper. I printed my own last year (on some cheap paper made for cards) and I thought for sure it would run out my cartridge...but it didn't...I'm still using the same printer cartridge and it's just now running out of color! I know you can find boxes of X-mas cards cheap too, just look around! Especially at those after Thanksgiving sales!

I sent my overseas cards some weird way...it was with FedEX or something (I was at a mailing place that uses all the different services) and it actually cost *less* to mail those than the ones in the US. You could start mailing out cards maybe 10 a week before Thanksgiving that way the cost would be spread out. Just giving out ideas here! I barely make over minimum wage and I have been able to afford it!