http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010564056_xmascards22.html
Normally I'd have a pretty full basket by now, at least 15 or 20 cards. I'm trying not to take it too personally."
She shouldn't. This season is shaping up as a ho-ho-hum year for holiday cards, at least the kind you can collect in a little red basket. Even the post office has noticed a significant thinning of the usual torrent of festive envelopes.
For the first two weeks of December, said Postal Service spokesman Michael Woods, "we are seeing about an 11 percent decrease in first-class cancellations from last year, which is a good proxy for the number of cards and letters coming through the system."
