Cards are a WHIMSICAL AFFAIR.
WHY?
BCOZ:
¤ Stupid pictures (which the sender thinks is cute)
¤ The only plus point is that you get to spell out your friends name for the first time in the year (I hope you spelt it right)
¤ And yet we send billions of cards every year (out there are a lot of love-struck fools sending a new year card to the girl he thinks he loves hoping that the girl will notice the card and hopefully notice him.
¤ Cards also serve as ego boosters (to both the sender... "I'm so thougtful. I sent him a card for his birthday." ... and the receiver... "What a pity. She only got two cards on her birthday. As for me, I got one from Jane, Eric, David, Peter...")
¤ Write your true feelings and expression. Remember that 'ith ish the man that madeth the carde and not the carde that madeth the man'. Show some wit, show some poise, make your noodle work faster than a tortoise. Don't just put two names on the card and call it a personal gesture. Put in a sprinkle of effort and a dash of creativity. At the very least you know that you tried your very best to make someone's day. And that is a good deed indeed! (Congrats you earned 50 brownie points) On the other extreme of it, you might even some someone from cancer caused by stress. As goes the old adage, 'Laughter IS the best medicine'. Think about it.
¤ Meanwhile you can also think up something to save the trees. Did you know that one 50+ old tree is felled every second? And that.... WHOA! Wait a minute... don't cards come from paper and paper from trees???! err... so anyway back to the 'cards' issue, do as I tell you. If not for your sake or my sake, do it for the tree's sake. I'm sure that is what the tree would have really wanted if greenery could talk.