Zu Beginn des Jahres 2026 wurde am Donnerstag in Japan eine Rekordzahl an Neujahrsgrußkarten zugestellt, die geringste Zahl seit Datenverfügbarkeit im Jahr 2008.
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Am Donnerstag werden voraussichtlich knapp über 363 Millionen Neujahrskarten zugestellt. Das sind etwa 26 Prozent weniger als im Vorjahr und etwa ein Sechstel des Spitzenwertes.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260101_08/
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Haven’t sent any for over few years now. It used to be tradition to send them to people you know to keep in contact but with social media like Facebook, I’m now able to keep contact with people more often without sending them any cards. One tradition that I won’t mind seeing it disappear.
My wife used to be really into it, started planning from September or so to curate the photos and come up with the theme and design. And it would really stress her out at the same time, especially printing them out. Now we just send several in response to the older relatives who still send the physical cards. I do miss seeing the various pictures of everyone’s kids and travels, etc.
They increased the postage stamp price. Guess that was the straw that broke the camels back.
got new year cards in the form of Line stamps from in laws this year. I think its better lol
So they’ve moved on from letters and fax the greetings instead?