I posted this on Holidays as well, but was wondering what the Entertaining Ideas ladies thought was proper etiquette as well!
So, DH and I go to a church where all regular attenders and members have a mailbox. It's a big church, so generally this is the most efficient way of getting people things-saving the church money on postage. Well, Christmas time is upon us, and this brings up a couple questions for me.
DH and I want to give Christmas cards to several families at church that we are close to, but obviously not everyone at the church will get a card from us. Is it okay to put them in their church mailbox instead of mailing them to their house? We have a church directory, so it is possible to get their home addresses, this would just save time and postage. I would still put their names on them, just no stamp and no address.
If we do put them in their church mailboxes, when should we do this? I'm hoping to mail out the ones going out of town in the next week or so, but wasn't sure when to put them in the mailboxes for church.
I asked several people at church what most people do, and they said that either they didn't know because they were knew since last Christmas also or they couldn't remember.
Any help would be appreciated!
Re: Church mailboxes and Christmas cards?
Ditto
Mail them! It is tempting to save postage... but everyone at your church will be able to see at a glance who got a card - and who didn't. If you mail them the only way your other parishoners would know is if they compare - and why would they do that...