A budding tradition...

I am not a big fan of holiday greeting cards, mostly as a side effect of having seen the process viewed, and viewing it myself, as a duty—which sort of kills the whole "hail -the-season-thinking-of-you" subtext—heavily leavened with guidelines for adding and dropping people from one's card list that resemble the retaliatory style in which I've seen some LJers maintain their friends lists.

Last year, I got around to opening some corporate cards—mostly cards from agencies I do work with—about two weeks into the New Year...and discovered that one of my clients likes to send a check for all outstanding invoices along with the card!

The tradition continued today, as I lost no time at all in opening the envelope.

My bank account and I are on speaking terms again.

Cheers...