Trends
What is being given and written now, every claim sourced.
Nothing in this section yet. The first pieces are being written.
Occasion calendar
The next three months, and the day to write by for a card to arrive across Europe.
- Oct31HalloweenRarely a card; sometimes a small something for children.Write now
- Nov8DiwaliThe festival of lights; sweets and a card.Write by Thu 29 Oct
- Nov11St. Martin's DayLanterns and goose; a reason to write to family.Write by Sun 1 Nov
- Nov26ThanksgivingThe thank-you letter of the year, to clients above all.Write by Mon 16 Nov
- Dec4HanukkahEight nights from this evening.Write by Tue 24 Nov
- Dec6St. NicholasSomething small in a boot, and a note.Write by Thu 26 Nov
- Dec25ChristmasPost by the second week of December; abroad, earlier.Write by Tue 15 Dec
- Jan1New YearA card for the year ahead, to those you did not reach at Christmas.Write by Tue 22 Dec
What people are sending
From accounts that chose to share, anonymously, over the last 90 days. A figure shows only when at least 20 different accounts did the same thing; no one’s gifts, people or letters are ever shown.
Our own figures appear here once enough accounts that share anonymously have done the same thing.