Couldn't you at least remove the graphic?

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Seasonal greetings are an issue unto themselves, and they often create more than a bit of discomfort. If everybody else is wishing us a happy holiday, how can we not join in and wish them back? There's always somebody who's sure to be offended that we didn't write, or at least send some quaint animated gif that puts us into the right spirit for the holiday.

Reply to all has become the lazy way out for those of us who don't want to devote the effort to preparing a greeting card, but don't want to seem snobbish by not joining in on the fun. Essentially, all we have to do is let someone else do the work, and then reply to all with our own short sentence of greeting. The problem here, of course, is that instead of getting only one copy of a rather banal animated gif, we continue to receive that same graphic, again and again. If somebody really wants to wish me well, they could start by removing the graphic before clicking on send. I promise to understand that their greeting was still sent in the proper atmosphere of the holiday.

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