International work-related curiosity

[sally_maria]

Since this is the first year I've been closely involved in the long-standing British tradition of special Christmas stamps (this year's designs), I've been curious to know whether this is a unique thing.

Are there special Christmas stamps where you live? Do people send calendars (this seems to be a tradition among a significant number of British people, but not one I'd actually come across before I started working for a shop that sold them)?

Are there other traditions connected with posting for Christmas?

Comments

[sally_maria]

I think the calendar thing has a lot to do with the number of people that have relatives who've emigrated to Australia, New Zealand and other far-flung places.

They also post silly numbers of Christmas cards so the Post Office always hires lots of temps to help them cope with mail over Christmas.

That's a very long-standing tradition, my Dad was a temporary postman when he was a student over 50 years ago. :-)

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Define "a silly number of..." :/