Cool Stuff: O Plus D Holiday Cards

Full disclosure: I get a bit Grinchy this time of year.

I just don't care much for all of the forced good cheer, the mandatory mall-shopping, and the sometimes-tiresome familial togetherness. I'm about as excited about the prospect of sending out dozens of holiday cards as I am about an upcoming tooth extraction. And unless they contain a meaningful personal note or at the very least are really cool-looking, the cards that land in our mailbox -- especially those from people we haven't heard from since the last impersonal Christmas card -- are likely to be deposited straight in the recycling bin.

And the dreaded "Christmas letters"? In my opinion, these are only tolerable as satire. In fact, I keep toying with the idea of distributing a holiday letter that cheerfully informs our friends and relatives of the year's actual goings-on. You know, like: "Leah went up another pant size and strove valiantly to keep the encroaching 'Is this really all there is?' ennui at bay. Meanwhile, Nick finally made peace with his receding hairline and continued to nurse a secret crush on the kids' former elementary school principal. (Even Leah had to admit that, with her lustrous silver bob and still-lithe figure, the principal was smokin' hot.)" But somehow I don't think our collective kin would get the joke.

So anyway, if you're reading this and you're one of the members of our extended family who's in the habit of sending out generic Christmas cards or painfully sincere "the year that was" letters, please just don't.

If, however, you want to send us one of the wonderfully caustic cards from Los Angeles designer Olga Krigman's O Plus D (Offensive + Delightful) line, we'd be tickled to get it.

"Here's Your F-ing Christmas Card," above, is my all-time favorite. Some other good ones:

Chanukkah Schmanukkah

Happy F-ing Holidays!

Time to Start Drinking

I'm Going to Need a Lot of Eggnog

Resolutions ... Why Bother?

Happy F-ing New Year!

O Plus D holiday cards are $4.25 each or $20 for a set of ten. Get yours right here.

And while you're there, Krigman's all-occasion cards are definitely worth a look, too. (I should probably stock up on a few of those "I'm an Asshole" apology cards for any of my Christmas-letter-writing relatives who are, in fact, reading this, huh?)