The cheapest way to send 100 holiday cards is an ecard, and the cheapest personal one is a single video card sent to your whole list. Here's the honest math.
100 paper cards by mail
A Forever stamp is $0.82 as of July 12, 2026, so 100 stamps cost $82. Then add the cards and envelopes, and an evening of addressing. Paper still has one thing nothing else has: it sits on the mantel. Keep it for the people who'd miss it.
100 free ecards
Free ecard sites cost nothing. The trade-off is usually ads, a big watermark, or a generic animation that isn't really about you. Fine for a quick hello, but nobody forwards them.
One video card, 100 people, each by name: $4.99
Make one Tangy Limes card with your family's real faces (Holly Jolly Family fits four, and the dog can be in Meowy Christmas). It's $1.99. Then paste or upload your list. Each person gets their own card with their name in it ("For Sarah" ... "Merry Christmas, Sarah!") and their own email.
- Up to 5 people, same card without their names: free
- Up to 10 people: $1
- Up to 25 people: $2
- Up to 100 people: $3
So 100 personal holiday cards come to $4.99, less than the stamps for seven paper ones.
Which to use for whom
| Who | Best fit |
|---|---|
| Grandparents, the aunt who keeps every card | Paper |
| Family far away, cousins, old friends | The video card, by name |
| Coworkers and clients | The video card, sent from a CSV |
| A quick "thinking of you" | A free ecard is fine |
A mix usually works best: ten paper cards for the mantel crowd and one video card for everyone else.
The dates
Hanukkah starts at sundown on Friday, December 4, 2026, and Christmas is Friday, December 25. Paper cards need to go in the mail days ahead; an ecard can go out the week of.
Make your holiday card, then send it to everyone.