A Little Holiday Game - Total Points

I wanted to remind you of our little Holiday Game we started a week or two back. It's time to tally our points and pick a winner.

This idea comes from the people over at Real Simple Magazine. - It's called:

"Holiday-Card Score Sheet."

As the Christmas cards come rolling in, you are going to assign points to them based on the following standard. The household with the most points post-holiday wins a prize to be determined later.

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Gain Points when you receive cards from:

1. Dentist, insurance agent, drycleaner, mailman, your own mother, an email card: +.05.

2. Another relative, your boss, friend with no personal message enclosed: +1.

3. Any of #2 that has a reference to an inside joke: +3.

4. Card with personal message enclosed or from long-lost friend you haven't heard from in twenty years: +10.

Lose Points when:

1. Signature is imprinted rather than handwritten, photo is of helpless pet in a holiday costume, card plays annoying music: -2.

2. Your name is spelled incorrectly, card is the same one you received last year, or return-address label was provided by charity to which sender may not have actually contributed. -3.

3. Family newsletter contains words such as gallbladder, spleen, and gout. -5.

4. Long lost friend you haven't heard from in 20 years asks for money or a place to live. -10.

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Bonus Points:

1. Handwritten return address, card with newsletter or photo enclosed, or card in which all family members appear to have signed their own names. +3.

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2. Xtremely clever hand made card, oversize card requiring xtra postage, card sent from foreign country: +6.

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3. Card with check, cash or gift certificate: +20.

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Post-holiday, I will bring this post back and ask you to report your points in the comments. Household with the most points gets prize. According to Real Simple, the higher the points, the better your holiday karma. Ready.... Set.... Go!