AT THIS TIME of year when I was a child, Christmas cards would start arriving for Mum and Dad from family friends around Australia. Not only was there a card, but folded inside was a letter containing a year’s worth of information, catching us up on where they were living now, where they’d been on holidays, and even if a beloved pet had died. A family photo or two was always included to show how much the children had grown. Given there was no email or social media back then – in fact, we didn’t even have a home phone,
