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New Year's Cards Japanese Hate

 

Rank Percentage
1 There’s a mistake in my name 44.4%
2 It’s all blank 36.2%
3 I don’t know who it’s from (unknown person or no name) 29.4%
4 They've used a previous year’s postcard 27.0%
5 There’s an over-Photoshopped image of the sender on the card 18.4%
6 The wrong Chinese zodiac year animal is on it 17.8%
6 There’s a comment/photograph that doesn’t fit with our relationship 17.8%
8 It arrives in the second half of January 16.8%
9 There’s a printing failure (eg one colour missing) 15.8%
10 The sender has a photo of themselves dressed up as this year’s zodiac animal 12.8%
11 I informed them I was in mourning but they sent a card anyway 12.4%
12 It’s from someone I’ve had a fight with, split up with 12.2%
13 The year is wrong 11.8%
14 There’s “Have a Gr8 Nu Yr”, similar abbreviated greeting 11.6%
15 There’s New Year resolutions written all over the card 9.2%
15 There’re corrections, but the original mistake is still visible 6.2%
17 “Thanks for the postcard” is written on the card 5.8%
18 It’s not a New Year postcard 4.8%
19 An unseasonal photo or illustration was used 4.4%
20 It’s all printed, no handwritten message, etc 3.6%

For more see: Japanese Seasonal Greetings and Customs

 

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