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If you're a young adult like me who every year says "This will be the year I grow up and start sending Christmas (Holiday) Cards," but you keep putting it off another year, Annabelle Gurwitch has some good news for you: don't send those holiday cards this year or next year or any year.
But not sending the compulsory holiday greeting card does not mean being thoughtless or lazy when you follow some of her thoughtful eco-friendly alternatives. Why not start a blog full of photos of you and yours and send around the link to your friends, family and even co-workers? Don't know where to start? Blogger, Tumblr and Word Press all have user-friendly, free blog interfaces that even my mom could use (with some help from me).
Share a photo gallery with Flickr or Picasa. It's easy! It's free! Facebook and MySpace makes sharing photos with "friends" remarkably easy as well.
But don't discount the e-card if you're set on continuing (or starting) to send your annual list of holiday contacts a card. For the old school card senders, consider Hallmark or Blue Mountain. If humor, hipness or a little healthy holiday cynicism are more your speed, Someecards.com might be more to your liking (though not necessarily the recipient's).
Whether you opt for a blog, shared photo gallery or personalized e-card, you can rest peacfully knowing you aren't contributing to the pandemic that is landfill waste, made worse during the holidays. If you do send or receive cards, for the love of god, choose recycled paper cards and recycle them after the holidays are through.
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