Ellen's Christmas Card
Nobody loves Christmas cards as much as I do. Nobody. I need your help with a dilemma I've been stewing over for the past few days.
I send out my Christmas cards nice and early, to give everyone the chance to send me one back. Checking my mailbox and finding it stuffed full of personalized letters is one of my absolute joys of the season. Two days ago I went to the mailbox and was delighted to find eight Christmas cards. But one of the cards wasn't addressed to me. It was to my address, but the name is one I didn't recognize. The sender obviously had mis-addressed it.
But I want the card. I string my cards up along the sides of our hallway during December and every card adds to the festivity. I want to hang it with the rest of them and hope nobody notices it's addressed to, "Ellen." I haven't opened the letter but I haven't put it back in the mailbox to return to sender either. Is there any chance that Ellen will really appreciate her card as much as I would? Was it perhaps Christmas karma that brought to card to me, the patron saint of Christmas cards? So my question is this, on a scale of one to ten, how evil would I be to open the card and claim it as my own? One being "go for it" and ten being, "you sir, are worse than Hitler." Could it be that this is Ellen's only Christmas card this year and by not returning it, I drive her to believe she is unloved and thus gain 50 pounds of depression weight over the holidays? But then again, what if I return the card to the sender and they don't bother finding a current address for this Ellen and the card is tossed in the trash? My addiction to Christmas cards really has made this a difficult issue for me.
So what say you? I'll take your comments into consideration and then decided whether or not to return the card to the mailman. I'm already sick of the thought of letting a Christmas card escape my clutches. But I have a feeling that I know what you all are going to say. Now you just need to say it.
I send out my Christmas cards nice and early, to give everyone the chance to send me one back. Checking my mailbox and finding it stuffed full of personalized letters is one of my absolute joys of the season. Two days ago I went to the mailbox and was delighted to find eight Christmas cards. But one of the cards wasn't addressed to me. It was to my address, but the name is one I didn't recognize. The sender obviously had mis-addressed it.
But I want the card. I string my cards up along the sides of our hallway during December and every card adds to the festivity. I want to hang it with the rest of them and hope nobody notices it's addressed to, "Ellen." I haven't opened the letter but I haven't put it back in the mailbox to return to sender either. Is there any chance that Ellen will really appreciate her card as much as I would? Was it perhaps Christmas karma that brought to card to me, the patron saint of Christmas cards? So my question is this, on a scale of one to ten, how evil would I be to open the card and claim it as my own? One being "go for it" and ten being, "you sir, are worse than Hitler." Could it be that this is Ellen's only Christmas card this year and by not returning it, I drive her to believe she is unloved and thus gain 50 pounds of depression weight over the holidays? But then again, what if I return the card to the sender and they don't bother finding a current address for this Ellen and the card is tossed in the trash? My addiction to Christmas cards really has made this a difficult issue for me.
So what say you? I'll take your comments into consideration and then decided whether or not to return the card to the mailman. I'm already sick of the thought of letting a Christmas card escape my clutches. But I have a feeling that I know what you all are going to say. Now you just need to say it.
Comments
On one hand...Ellen's card might just be from her insurance company or something and they got her address wrong....BUT if could be from a long lost love who doesn't know she moved and sent her a Christmas card in the hopes of rekindling an old romance that could lead to Ellen not being an old maid anymore!
I say, better safe than sorry. I would send you a replacement card if I had your address...my cards are pop-up this year!
Even though you have no idea who I am. :) Our card is really cute...
:)
I think if you did that you would probably get a card from them forevermore.
I just got back from the mailbox and you all can rest assured Ellen's card is forever out of my Christmas clutches.
But here's a thought. Write a note about this on the envelope and maybe Helen will send you a lovely card just for you to keep. And she may continue the tradition for years to come. See how it all works out?
And yes, I'm going anonymous because of all this felony talk! It's a Christmas card, not taxes...I'm going straight to hell aren't I?
that will be $24, please.
Yours was our first Christmas card this year! You should totally get some kind of prize. Jim's doing a white elephant exchange at work tomorrow. I see some serious prize potential there.
Oh, and the "two words" is a quote from a movie. You should focus more on the conversation and not how much you're making per minute...
I did send you a card already, though. Did ya get it yet??!
Merry Christmas! You got ours, right?
Kelly, that's a good idea to send her one of my cards! Unfortunatley, once again I shortchanged myself on my card ordering and am having to be picky about who gets one. You'd think 275 cards would be enough! I guess that's what you get when you have enormous extended families, have moved 10 times in your marriage and have to send them to your husband's work contacts.
I've only gotten three cards so far. Wah!
I love it.
BTW, I was so inspired by your postcard card, that's what I did! Hope you liked it!
BTW, I was so inspired by your postcard card that I stole the idea! I hope you liked it!