But the shiny Christmas cards printed on photo paper need to go into the trash. It's the same with ones that have lots of metallic embossing, ...

Traditional paper greeting cards are totally fine to recycle. Shiny Christmas cards printed on photo paper, however, should go in the trash, as well as anything with lots of metallic embossing.

Traditional paper greeting cards are totally fine to recycle. Shiny Christmas cards printed on photo paper, however, should go in the trash, as well as anything with lots of metallic embossing.