Quote of the day

"Sit with pen poised over first card for half an hour. Recognise that because 'Merry Christmas' has already been printed for you, you have nothing else to say to the schoolfriend who had three kids by twenty and with whom you are only in touch the rest of the year by means of being a CC to the hilarious emails that do the rounds of her office every day".

From Writing Christmas Cards: The Green Fairy Guide, which trumps my own feeble effort from last week.

(Thanks to Inspector Sands for the link.)