TO OTIS

WITH LOVE

ANDY AND WIFE

WITH DOG

This Christmas card from the estate of Hal Smith, Otis Campbell from The Andy Griffith Show, spawned a question. Do any people collect Christmas cards from famous people?

I think it would be pretty interesting to see what kinds of cards different famous people sent. We spend some time selecting the kinds of cards we send. They're important to us. Rather than just send what's on sale, though we're not adverse to that either, they still must have something about the celebration of the birth of the savior. I mean that is why we celebrate.

While I love cardinals, and there's nothing wrong with Joy, Andy's card could probably be found in the sale item bin. It's pretty generic. Along with the verse.

But maybe I shouldn't be too rough on him. Maybe he wasn't all that close to Hal (Otis). Maybe Otis was the town drunk in real life and so he warrented only a marginal card or left over from the previous Christmas.

Cards, like appearances, tell a lot about people. One of the funniest Christmas cards I ever saw was one a friend sent to a friend. Talk about recycled. It was one sent to him by another friend. He simply magic-markered the name out and signed his name below the mark out.

I wonder if any of the stars ever did that. Maybe Jack Benny. But if no one has ever thought of collecting Christmas cards from celebs, well, feel free to borrow my idea.