Phone a friend - someone who has sent you a card this year who you don't see often
Go through the Christmas cards you were given at Christmas, and choose one person or family you don’t see very often, perhaps someone who could do with some company and friendship. Decide to make contact with them this year, more regularly… ring them up, invite them over, find out what’s going on in their lives.
Also, remember that the bin is NOT the place for your old Christmas cards! Use them for shopping lists or scrap paper. Or, use them to make more cards or labels with next Christmas!
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Stroud, GB , 02 Jan 2006
That is such a good thought….there are three or four people that spring to mind, and looking forward to doing this will make me feel better about the sad dismantling of Christmas on Twelfth Night.
03 Jan 2006
I had decided quite independently this year that I would do this with selected friends from my Christmas list. Now I find it’s a Generous action! So I’m signing up for it and making it official.
03 Jan 2006
I contacted some friends from where I use to live and from the church I use to attend. I also phone friends in Argentina too.
Banchory, GB , 04 Jan 2006
I think this is a lovely idea – I’m not good at keeping in touch with old friends (apart from the annual Christmas card)or making enough time to see current ones, so I will make a point of doing this.
GB , 04 Jan 2006
this is a nice thing to do, just needed a push!
Maidenhead, GB , 07 Jan 2006
I haven’t been phoning friends – but I’ve been making efforts to contact them in other ways. Mostly via email and IM (instant messaging). I think that counts!
New Malden, GB , 10 Jan 2006
I’m going to phone a few people I haven’t spoken to for while, and also writing a new year letter, as I didn’t get around to sending everyone Christmas cards!
12 Jan 2006
What a good idea – I have a pile of Christmas cards from people I haven’t really been in touch with, sitting by the computer for me to email them. But it would be better to phone quite a few of them, so I will commit to doing this…
29 Jan 2006
Excellent thought – I need to contact my eldest boy’s godparent. He was a really good friend but since he got married and moved up to York I’ve hardly spoken to him for 2 years!
Reading, GB , 26 Feb 2006
This’ll have to be my Godson’s mother. We were great mates for years and then she moved away and we don’t see so much of each other now
28 Feb 2006
had a dream about being back at Uni one night, and texted one of my old Uni mates. Ended up having a 2hr conversation later that week – cool!
23 Apr 2006
I loved speaking to my friend…we are trying to sort a time to contact our Australian friends too..working on that one.
23 Apr 2006
I loved speaking to my friend…we are trying to sort a time to contact our Australian friends too..working on that one.
25 May 2006
This is a fab action & definitely a reminder that most of us need. It’s so easy to go for years without contacting people, especially that live far away.
I phoned a friend I haven’t spoken to for about 2 years, she’s now got a 10 month old little boy!!!
22 Aug 2006
I have contacted a friend in Argentina that I haven’t seen for over a year.
09 Dec 2006
Yes, quite right, an excellent idea. It is so easy to lose touch with friends over the years, particularly when we are all busy bringing up children, working hard, coping with life changes, etc. I will commit to contacting some of my old friends and catching up with their news over the winter hols.
28 Feb 2007
I had this idea that I would make a list of all the people I missed, get their emails and write to them all saying hey, sorry we haven’t spoken, it’s not deliberate, let’s get together on a certain day. But I didn’t do it. Then I thought I’d wait until I had a website up – I have now, www.colemoreton.com by the way – but again, I didn’t do it. So now I’m ringing people. It takes ages, because guess what, you have to talk! But I’ll get there. Not sure this is a generous act, given how rich the rewards are for yourself, but I’m giving it a go. If you think you might be on the list, why not give me a ring instead and beat me to it …
17 May 2007
Yo! I did this with an old friend from primary school… we exchange Christmas cards, which for the last 10 years have read ‘we must get together’ so I did it. Went and stayed overnight. And strange how our journeys were so similar. It was great to get back in touch.