A stack of blank lilac cards with a gold-tipped pen and a small brass bell on a brown surface.

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Michael

I got three hundred and sixty Christmas cards! ...And I'm not sending ANY of them until someone sends ME one.

— Do Not Adjust Your Set  ·  1967

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker has hundreds of Christmas cards ready but refuses to send any until receiving one first. The emphatic demand turns a generous seasonal gesture into a contest over who makes the first move. Abundance of cards sits comically beside a shortage of goodwill.

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