Congratulations, Dan Schultz. You successfully made me LOL when I checked my mailbox at work (and successfully made me feel SUPER special since I only get hate mail and anthrax letters at work) and found the best Christmas card on the planet waiting for my hot little hands to open it with glee. 

And open it with glee I did. Friends, I encourage you to add a little personality to your Christmas cards. I sent Mark Ryden cards one year and I received the best compliment ever when my friend Todd told me it was the most disturbing and Mel-like Christmas card ever. I heart Todd.

Dan’s card was from The Onion. 

On the outside, this wonderful image. And on the inside, it read, “Merry Second-To-Last Christmas.” A girl like me, who thinks we should be doing whatever it takes to take care of our world because global warming DOES EXIST, happens to find this card frickin’ hilarious. Kudos to you, Dan! You’re the winner! I’m now going to go beat in some Hummers (and possibly even the Escalade stretch limo I saw today) and recycle some shiz.

But I could not go without telling you about the second runner up, whose Christmas card was killer for three reasons: it was a pop up (every art director I’ve ever worked with would drool over it), it was a Hello Kitty Christmas card, and it was in Japanese.

This is from my friend Jeanny, whose pre-existing Hello Kitty obsession is definitely being enhanced by the fact that she can hang out in Mainland Japan (and watch Sumo wrestling whenever she wants!) since her hubby is stationed in Okinawa. I’m just assuming it says “Merry Christmas” and not FU, cleverly disguised behind a cute Japanese kitty.

Way to go, Dan and Jeanny! You two not only rock, but have encouraged me to actually send cards out again next year.

And one last mention: major props to Heidi, whose use of an apostrophe on the envelope was purposely meant to drive me crazy. That’s the Heidi I know and love! 

Happy belated holidays!