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Date: 21 December 2007 11:12:54
So I never send Christmas cards. Partly because of laziness I suppose, but mainly because I don't have much to say and don't like just writing a few words in a card. Mainly for aesthetic reasons. My writing doesn't do "casual greeting" very well. I can do headings and lengthy expositions. But casual greetings are difficult.
In the past I have received a number of cards in the last few postal days before Christmas. These put me in a quandary - do I send a card to the person who sent it, knowing that they will know that I only sent a card because they did? Do I avoid any response and pretend it was lost in the mail? Do I send a festive text message? An e-card? (does anyone send e-cards anymore?)
This year I have only received one card. Fromm Dee in fact. This did not make me feel guilty, because it wasn't in an envelope and hence the implied need for a reply seemed less. And I could say thank you on Dee's blog. AND I know that Dee is unlikely to be offended at my lack of a card. And I've lost her address. But I could write good instructions "go along that road past Macintosh's pharmacy until you get to a building.... then turn left..."
So this is brilliant. I believe that the postman will come once or twice more before Christmas (sometimes he comes on the Saturday or Sunday before Christmas... something to do with days off between Christmas and New Year). If a card arrives on those days, I think I can safely assume that the sender left their card sending til the last minute and suddenly panicked in case I'd sent one to them (clearly they don't know me very well).
I also don't know what year my parents were born in.