{"id":7955,"date":"2015-12-22T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:59:05","slug":"holiday-ecards-thoughtful-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-and-tidbits\/holiday-ecards-thoughtful-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday E-cards: Not So Thoughtful or Nice After All!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ecards might be a quick and easy way for you to get your message sent to loved ones during the holidays, but are they really as thoughtful as you think?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve sent ecards that I thought were beautiful to some friends last year for the holidays. Let\u2019s face it: it\u2019s quick, easy, and usually free. Unfortunately, these days everyone\u2019s mailbox is swamped with spam and junk mail, and many ecards are flagged depending on the receiver\u2019s e-mail provider and privacy controls.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve received many e-mails that look like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"570\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1.png 797w, https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to download the images and even then, sometimes the greetings do not show. Just overall impersonal and there is little personal touch.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another example \u2013 this one is even worse:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"590\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2.png 804w, https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the subject line, nothing in the e-mail loads and so although I might think the ecard looks nice when I send it, the receiver sees something completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, ecards do not add the level of personal touch and care that a real physical card does. The verdict on holiday ecards: not so thoughtful or nice after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ecards might be a quick and easy way for you to get your message sent to loved ones&hellip;","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1296,1315,28],"tags":[875,876],"class_list":{"0":"post-7955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-and-trends","7":"category-latest-trends","8":"category-holiday-cards-and-tidbits","9":"tag-ecards","10":"tag-holiday-ecards","11":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday E-cards: Not So Thoughtful or Nice After All! 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