So if someone you care about sends you a card in February, be glad they care enough about you to keep in touch. And if you don’t care enough about them to be happy to get their late letter, you should think about getting off their mailing list.”

Me:  “If you receive a card on Dec. 26 or a few days after from someone you did not send a card to, what should you do?”
Lisa the Christmas Letter Whiz: “Tough one. I’m not good at questions of etiquette because I think life should be about relationships, not rules. So I wouldn’t rush out to buy a card and send one back just because they sent one to me. It would depend on the situation and whether it was a card with no note or a card with a letter or handwritten message for me. It would also depend on why I hadn’t sent them a card and whether I used to send one and stopped because we hadn’t been in touch, or whether I’d never sent one.” 

Me: “Last year I received more Christmas photo greetings than cards. Is this a
novelty or here to stay?” 
Lisa the Christmas Letter Whiz: “I think it’s here to stay because it’s faster to send a photo card than a letter and people like the idea of personalizing their cards with aphoto. Photo cards are fairly inexpensive now, so I think people will continue to send them.”

Me: “That reminds me, I need to upload a photo for my Christmas card…”