The lyf so short

so it was time to clear the Christmas decoration away, and also to take the cards off the wall.

Which reminded me that I haven't yet said thank you for the lovely Christmas cards you sent me! So it's high time I rectify that. Huge thank yous to
caduceus (Good luck with your exams and the Frisian house!),
chili_das_schaf (my fellow Momster Anonymous...),
joyful_molly (tell Alfie he makes a dashing Kitty Claus!),
sermanya (I love how you started your lovely long letter with "I don't have much to tell"!),
and
silver_trails (I always get such kicks out of getting mail from the other side of the world!)

(Most priceless moment of the card season was caused by someone not on LJ.
Jörg: "You've got mail from... Leningrad?"
Me: "Oh yes, that'll be from my Russian translator." PRICE-LESS.)

So!
Even though it feels as though it's still February because WTF where has the year gone?, it has come to my attention that it is, in fact, mid-November.

Which means I should start thinking about Christmas, shouldn't I.
As per usual, I won't manage to do an advent calendar or anything of the sort, although this time I had an idea and next year I may bring it to fruition (in the unlikely case that I should have the time next year).
But, as in the past years, I am going to write cards! They are possibly (quite likely) going to be late, but still. Can't promise any greatly creative feats either, but getting cards is still fun, right?

So, who wants one? As per usual I am not going to check what each and every one of you chooses to believe in, so unless you specify otherwise, I am going to send a Christmas card. That said, I am also perfectly happy to wish you a happy Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Turn-of-year, Emperor's Birthday, Hogswatch or whatever else you like. I just need to be told.

Comments on this post are screened, so you can leave your address there. If you don't feel comfortable with that, you can also e-mail me at lyraforeniel (ät) hotmail (dot) com. If I sent you a card last year and your address hasn't changed since then, I'll still have it, so all you'd have to do is give a shout-out that you'd like to have a card again.

So here we go!

etoilepb wins this year's prize for the first Christmas card to reach me! Thank you so much! (And there was only one tiny h missing, so the internets didn't do too badly!)

You win... um. The knowledge that you motivated me into starting the card-writing myself? >_>

For all others who haven't yet signed up or otherwise let me know that they'd like a card, here's where you can do that if you so desire.