The card had come from Emma Darcy, and that name may be familiar to very dedicated readers, but for the rest of you I shall fill you in. I met Emma in my first year at Bath Spa University where we shared a class or two, then in second year we shared some classes again (and then, sadly, I didn't really see her that much at all in the third year). She wrote quite an interesting blog entry about fanfiction for this blog, as well. I always enjoyed working with her and we always got on quite nicely, but we never met in a 'social' capacity, it was always just through the university.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, when I saw a form on her Twitter asking for the addresses of people who would like a home-made Christmas card from her, I almost wasn't going to fill it out. I thought to myself "I'm sure she has more important people to send cards to than her classmate from over a year ago!" but, eventually, I filled it out anyway, not really sure if I'd get one. Of course, I did get one, and I was very pleased when it arrived. Since it was very nice, and Christmassy too, I felt the need to record it here as a blog entry!
You should go and watch a video or two on her YouTube channel, she's currently doing a thing called "Vlogmas" where there are pleasant little daily vlogs about Christmas. But even when it's not Christmas she posts a lot of good content so it might be worth your time to take a look.