The Great Christmas Card Debate

Yes -this was the great debate between my mother and myself today.
It all started innocently enough when Dennis, the bald fellow next door but two, a man in his sixties, popped a christmas card through my mother`s letterbox.
Now, the aforementioned card, was of the flimsy, paper variety, with a very attractive picture of a badger on the front. Well, my mother thought it was a skunk, but I assured her that I didnt think they made christmas cards with skunks on them. My mother`s main beef with the card however, was not the skunk, but the fact that the christmas card was cheap and nasty, and in her opinion - the type of card one send someone is the measure of esteem that is felt for that person. In other words - if you only send nice cards to people that you like. But in this day and age, good quality cards can be purchased pretty cheaply in multi-packs and in her opinion, there is no need to send anyone a skunky card.
However - my argument was that perhaps Dennis sends everyone cheap, flimsy cards, and its probably nothing personal. After all, not everyone sets such great store in cards. In fact, as I pointed out, my uncle never sends anyone a card as its firmly against his principles . My mother`s answer to this was that she`d rather have no card at all that a cheap, paper card.
When I returned to my house later - I live next door to my mother - I was astonished to see skunky blue-tacked to the centre of the living room mirror.
Ha ha ha ha! Very funny mother!