Happy anti-hallmark day!

[sqbr]

As I said this time last year in my blog:



I have decided to boycott major card manufacturers on holidays designed to sell greetings cards. Since the people who are affected by this are either members of my family or Cam, and thus used to my foibles, I should be able to get away with it :)
Acceptable sources of cards are charities (Such as Community Aid Abroad), small local companies/individuals (such as my local art gallerys hand-made cards) and of course ones own creativity.

An advantage of the anti-cards stance is it puts single people at a definite advantage, which I say they deserve after all the smug sentimentality they they have to put up with from we coupled folk.

Viva la Revolution!



This year (2006) Cam took me out to dinner(*) yesterday (he has roleplaying tonight), which was nice and happily free of those darn rose salespeople.

(*)I have $5 in the bank, stupid delayed pay+ automatic charity donation I forgot about.

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

What about $1 cards from the newsagent?

[alias_sqbr]

Hmmm...debateable.

[firvulag.livejournal.com]

Totally with you on that. I usually forgo cards altogether, unless it's a situation that a card is all that's needed like a death that I can't get to the funeral for. My reasoning is mostly so i can spend the $2-$5 extra on the present instead, as well as avoiding the card shops.

I just don't really see the need for a card when it's just going to get thrown out in a month-year anyway. why create more rubbish than needed?

[alias_sqbr]

Cards can be good when they are
(a)Really nice/handmade etc
and/or
(b)actually have something non-redundant written in them (beyond "happy birthday to you from me" etc)

I just bought my grandma one of those Oxfam cards which symbolise you giving $10 to charity on their behalf, which I feel is worthwhile :)