Snail mail in the time of email

Christmas card for 2012 received via snail mail.

Even for a rural town like Bulusan a mailed Christmas card is not common these days. So, it was really a blast-from-the-past-feeling receiving one this Christmas season.

And the snail mailing method was not the only surprise part. The content of the card itself is purely Bulusanon including the photo of the local 'binamban', a cassava suman-like delicacy.

Capturing the feeling of receiving and opening an actual Christmas card is in itself a Christmas present to the recipient made more valuable by its novelty.

Bulusan has a fairly strong internet connection and snail mail is seldom used except for some official and legal notices.


Photo: Alma P. Gamil
Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines