Please don't take my Mommy away. 
The "imprint" on the card?  "E[.] loves her mom and [Beloved], Inc." 
It was sweet. 
Julez's card:
To:  The fabulous
wonderful
terrific
beautiful
polite (only sometimes)
Nice
Not Mean
MOMMY!!
From:
[insert funky arrow pointing back to the top which I did not fully understand]
the fabulous
wonderful
terrific
beautiful
polite (only sometimes)
nice
not mean
J!!!
p.s.  Thanks for all your hard work to give us clothing and warmth.
Her "imprint":  "J., Ink of Niceness (copywright) there always nice and cheery!!"
Sweet girls.  Their cards for Beloved were no less sweet and loving.  Perhaps j.'s was slightly less narcissistic ;) 
Beloved is snoozin' on the other couch with his Pod in ears, happy to have one again.  I think he liked his gifts.  We kind of tricked him, making him think he was having a purely practical bday - we wrapped the pod into a shirt, and it was the last thing he opened.
Now our birthdays are over, and we can move on.
Move on to Solstice, for which I must start making gifts for!!  Crap!!
Our tree is going up this weekend, and I want lights on our window that faces the street.  I love holiday lights.  I love the glow they put in the house.  Hopefully the decorating will be fun and not stressful.