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

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

This is an interesting topic (for a tired Tuesday afternoon).

I've been working on academic years for my whole life (seemlessly going from being in education to having children in education - sometimes both at once) and have bought a mid-year diary all of about twice. I wonder how many mid-year diaries (and other diaries, and calendars) are bought as gifts or get-organised gizmos that never really get used? Perhaps NZers weren't in this habit, and have moved over to electronic diaries more fully?

[sally_maria]

I never used one, that I remember, but there's definitely a significant market for them, all the same.

I'm sure some of them are bought, never to be used, but the number of people who'd buy them every year, and clamour for them months before they were released was a fairly clear sign that they were being used.