The week before Christmas must be every postman's nightmare, and every local TV newsroom's dream as they scamper down to their local sorting office to film the inevitable 'record number of cards sent this year' item. And if you've forgotten to send any, or are indeed, too tight to splash out on some then you can send them electronically. Hop over to Care2.com and send a friend or distant family member their very own electronic greetings card.

There's heaps to choose from, and if you join their service you'll be able to add all sorts of extras as well as your message, like music and stuff. What's more though, Care2.com donate 10% of their profits to wildlife and environmental causes around the world. So not only are you wishing someone some good will, you're also helping some animals round the world (and can then have fun shooting them with a clear conscience in NFK) and the environment (which you can blow up in, well, almost anything).