Cards and things - some thoughts

I'm going to have to put this on my other journal as well.

A few people have e-mailed asking for my address for cards. Others have put random appeals for addresses on their journal.

And I? I am not posting my address. Why? Not because of fear of mistrust (well some vague nervousness that people who read my other journal may realise that this is also me). Most people on my flist live far enough away form me that making the effort to reach me would be ridiculous. I'm not sure I understand the paranoia of it anyway, thousands of people know where I live. Thousands more can find out with incredible ease. Why they'd bother and what they'd do with the info is beyond me though.

Anyway, I digress. Basically I'm not a big fan of cards. The sheer waste of paper every year makes the environmentalist in me wince. Add in the cost, not just fo the card (and some of them are extortionate) but the postage, especially if the sender is abroud. My vote? Give the money to a charity instead (though check the charity), and send a christmas e-mail. It'll do far more good.