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 suspect that what I see is a skewed sample, that perhaps people who have time to post things 2nd class are more likely to already have stamps. We still get a lot of things posted 1st - the only ones for which 2nd is the most common seem to be ebay sellers sending out parcels.

People who come in to buy larger quantities of Christmas stamps are more likely to buy 2nd, compared with my experience of the rest of the year.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we nearly always have 2nd class stamps at home, although I did also go and buy several packs twice in November in order to have enough but not too many over. We do often have to pop in to the PO for 1st class, often as a cert of posting is also required for the same item.

(I must say though, several times this year when something was unexpectedly urgent, I just stuck 2 x 2nd class on!)