Impressive printed holiday greeting cards for 2012

This week, one of my most active and business-communications-savvy contacts on LinkedIn, Paul Castain, has posted an articulate tribute to the enduring qualities of printed greeting cards, even--no, make that especially--in this era of digital media. http://yoursalesplaybook.com/the-5-cards-you-should-write-this-holiday-season/

Additionally, for all greeting-card lovers in search of design novelties:  my colleague at PrintAction, Trish Witkowski of foldfactory.com, has uploaded a series of videos showing a collection of 16 ingenious holiday-card ideas from all over the world. The more exotic ones include a card that presents a slice of pumpkin pie and one that can be assembled into a paper model truck. 
http://www.printaction.com/News/20121211-holiday-cards.html