How long do you keep greeting cards?

Question

Our three children receive many cards on birthdays and special occasions. Should the cards be kept, or is it okay to throw them out?

Answer 1

Whether to keep or recycle greeting cards is a very personal matter. If the greeting card is hand-made, then it may be very sentimental to the receiver who may wish to keep it for many years. Some greeting cards, such as Christmas or holiday cards, are often kept until the next holiday season.

Particularly beautiful cards can be framed, kept in a scrapbook, made into a collage or donated to organizations that use the card fronts to make new cards. Or, you can make your own new card from used cards by attaching the card front to a new folded sturdy paper or card stock!!!

Answer 2

My rule is keep it till the next holiday or season rolls around. When the new cards start rolling in you definitely know it's time to toss the old ones. Now those are only the cards you display. Birthday, graduation and other special events can be tossed right away. Now some thank you cards I display and some I don't. The ones that I display stay around long enough for the person who gave it to me to see it and see how much I liked it. The ones I don't display, well you know by now it's 86'ed. Of course there are some cards you will keep forever whether you display them or not and that's your call mate.

Answer 3

I think greetings cards are a symbol of love towards the person it has been given to. Categorise them according to the bond between the giver and the receiver. Then keep the ones who are close to your heart and you can discard the ones who aren't much significant in your life!

Answer 4

I have 1 that I have had for over 10 years, my wife just keeps giving me the same anniversary card every year, started out as a joke, but now it's a tradition.

Answer 5

I am so glad other people keep their cards too, people think I'm weird because I keep all my kids cards and write on the back of the card the present they received
I like to go back thru the cards to just ponder :)

Answer 6

I keep the ones with photos of kids. And the one from my mom for my last birthday. The card from mom is very glittery and says she was going to get me a little dog I could dress up and keep in my purse then on the inside it says then I remembered you aren't crazy.
I like knowing someone thinks I am not crazy and really glad I didn't get a purse dog.

Answer 7

I throw them out after a couple of days. My mom kept some of the letters I got from when I was little.....I have a great one from my now-deceased grandmother. But no greeting cards.

They're kind of impersonal, I think.

Answer 8

some card's I don't throw out. Other's I throw out a few months after I recieved them

Answer 9

for years

Answer 10

I never.. ever throw out any of my greeting cards..I actually Keep it forever..