I do send cards to people who are a long way away - mostly family. Or to people that would be hurt if they didn't get one. But I do feel that it's silly to give them people I see a lot of. Also, where the Christmas card is the *only* contact I have with someone, they tend to get dropped off the list pretty soon. I just don't see the point, when you have no contact with someone, year in, year out, except a Christmas card - that's not my definition of friendship or family.