Sending Christmas Cards.... Is the Tradition Still Strong?

 I started making our Christmas cards today.  I see all these nice cards online and get inspired with all great ideas... then I sit down to create and it's not as easy as it looked!

Is sending Christmas cards a dying tradition?  I used to send to everyone in my address book, give to co- workers and friends.  I also tried keeping track of who didn't send one back and then thought of not sending one thier way the following year-that is too much work and I realize that my good intention doesn't have to be duplicated, if that was the response that I was looking for, then I was sending them for the wrong reason.  I still do the last minute scramble when I receive a card from someone I didn't send to, and hurry one out to the mailbox for them. 

I used to display all the cards that we received from others along a doorway or something similar, now I put them in a little Christmas basket.

I like to include a photo in the Christmas cards; either a family picture or at least one of Sergio V.

So, who will I send to this year?  All our family, and OUR friends.  Will everyone get a handmade card?  Not at the rate I'm going.....  :)