Sending Holiday Cards to Neighbors

Sillygirl45

I want to send cards to the homes on our street. I have met some of the neighbors, but not all. I'm not sure how to address them. I can always look up their names on the property records, but thought maybe that might be a little creepy? Thoughts? Maybe just to "Our Neighbors at xyz address"?

jtmh2012

I think that would be a good idea.  At least for the ones you don't know.

GilliC

For the people you don't know, why not just leave the envelopes blank and drop one in each mailbox?

Sillygirl45

GilliC said:

For the people you don't know, why not just leave the envelopes blank and drop one in each mailbox?

I thought about that, but I feel a little weird opening peoples mailboxes to put a card in there. I thought about taping them to doors too, but most people don't really use their front doors. 

TattieSoup

You could knock on doors and deliver them by hand, then you could introduce yourself to the people. Taking a card round might be a nice opening to get to know them, otherwise I don't see the point in sending a card to a stranger anyway.

TattieSoup

Or you could just make up names. My downstairs neighbor last year addressed a card to "TattieSoup and Paul". Good job my husband is not the suspicious type as his name is not Paul or anything even close.

Kimbus22

You're way nicer than me.  I've lived in my house for 5+ years and I don't think I'd recognize my neighbors if I ran smack into them.  I'd be disturbed to receive a card from a stranger but I'm suspicious of people lol

jtmh2012

We never talked to most of our neighors, but did get cards from some of them now and then.  We thought it was a nice gesture.

jessica490

Ditto Kimbus22. But we only send Xmas cards to the neighbors in our condo complex that we talk to and are more friendly with...which is exactly 2 neighbors.

I would just send the Xmas cards to that neighbors that you are friendly with and forget about the rest. Why bother if you don't even know their names? I would be weirded out if neighbor I don't talk to send me a Xmas card...then I would feel guilty about not sending them when I didn't even know who they were....

Anyway, I would just stick the cards in their mailboxes and write Merry Christmas on the envelope and if you don't know their names, just dont' address the card inside and write Merry christmas and Happy New Year. Sign it, your neighbors in #32 or whatever.

Sillygirl45

Kimbus22 said:

You're way nicer than me.  I've lived in my house for 5+ years and I don't think I'd recognize my neighbors if I ran smack into them.  I'd be disturbed to receive a card from a stranger but I'm suspicious of people lol

LOL! I know, I'm a dork. As for being suspicious, that's kind of why I'd prefer to mail the cards than knock on the door. I don't like to interrupt or impose on people.

We live on a cul-de-sac with 9 other houses and, but for one neighbor, I have at least waved or said a personal "hello" to everyone. Many of the neighbors are retires who have been here since the development was built. They are very interested in who is living here. 

Since I posted I've had two neighbor ladies drop off Christmas cookies. So, I sent cards to everyone on the street and just addressed them to "Our neighbors" and used first names inside the cards and addressed them accordingly if the neighbors had told me their last names. I included our little "we've moved" cards with our contact info. Just thought it was a nice way to introduce ourselves to those I haven't spoken to much.

Last year I made cookies and hung them on the doors at my previous condo. We had a stretch of 8 townhouses. I was in the middle (literally and age wise) and kind of the liaison between the younger and older neighbors. Everyone seemed to like them...or at least the gesture