Holiday Cards vs Facebook

I was raised to write long holiday letters every year, and hand address and sign hundreds of cards. Last year I just didn't get to it. No one noticed. I've noted a steady decline in the numbers I receive, and yet I feel like I'm more up-to-date with friends and family than I used to be. I think the on-going updates and interactions via Facebook, blogs, and other social media have supplanted the old tradition. And for once, in a good way.

I think it's so much nicer to keep up in little bites through out the year instead of reading paragraph after paragraph of bragging about how the kids are doing in school, what vacations we took, home improvements, etc.