I crossed names off my
Christmas card list for those
who are no longer with us.
Names scattered around the country.
I wrote “deceased” through
them when I kept returning
to them. Very stark.
I will rewrite my list.
I did send Christmas emails
but many of them replied
with Christmas cards.
So I still have a written list.
Harder to delete my generation
than previous generations.
A friend wanted only close
family around her as she lay
dying of her third cancer onset.
Her husband replied to
her friends’ Christmas
cards three months later.
Two distant elderly relatives
from family history days
did not reply this time,
were not on googled
deathe notices.
Are they still alive ?
Or in limbo ?
My Christmas card tradition
has suffered tectonic shifts.
Previously posted February 2018.
lifecameos 
Yes, I hate that people just don’t send cards out anymore. I didn’t even send them this last year. I always sent them out and for years I never receive any at all. I finally gave up.
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I had dropped down to a short list. but last Christmas the price of our postage stamps shot up. I will be emailing my little list where possible.
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