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Growing up, we received tons of Christmas Cards.   My Mother would display them all over the kitchen wall and when I came home from college each Christmas break it was like an instant update on all the family friends.  In all my married years I have not sent or received as many as those on the kitchen wall.  It is eight days until Christmas day and my household  has strung up less then ten cards on the fireplace mantel.   Each year we receive less cards than the year before.  With the ease of electronic mail some of those paper cards  are now viewed on a monitor. I say there is nothing like sitting on the couch holding all the cards and catching up with old friends.  Some people have chosen  to stop sending out cards altogether. I really like Christmas Cards, after all it is Christmas time.  History shows that the origin of sending Christmas cards began in 1843 when an Englishman sent out cards to his friends wising t...