The 10 coolest ways to send holiday e-greetings

Christmas cards are for the super-organized, for how else will they get to their destinations on time? For the rest of us, GMANews.TV has compiled a list of the coolest ways to greet your friends and loved ones online. Check out this list and you’ll be done greeting everyone before the end of Christmas Day. Besides, cards made of atoms are so BF (Before Facebook). 1. CardFunk Cardfunk lets you upload photos of you and your friends, then embed your faces in an animated e-greeting card. There are a number of hilarious preset animations that you can choose from. This is perfect for friends who love a good laugh. 2. BubbleJoy Bubblejoy lets you record videos using your laptop’s webcam. You can choose an assortment of cute “cutouts" where you can insert your talking heads. But unlike Cardfunk where you and your friends can share one card, the cutouts in Bubblejoy are usually for just one person. 3. Sharenik Sharenik gives you an assortment of greeting cards for different occasions. You can embed up to 15 photos or videos in one greeting card. This is perfect for families who want to send long messages while showing off their Christmas tree in the background. 4. Egreetings.com Egreetings.com gives you the usual set of e-greeting cards that can be personalized for different occasions. But what makes this site unique is the option to send interactive Flash-based games to friends and loved ones. Some of the games let you “pimp Santa’s ride" or air “holiday complaints." This is the perfect way to greet your gamer friends. 5. eVCards This site allows you to record videos from your webcam or upload existing videos from your computer. The site embeds the video in a holiday cutout so it’s up to you if you want to send something funny or heartwarming. This e-greeting is best sent to your video buff or cinephile friends. 6. Free Ecards.com This site offers the standard fare of free e-cards and few “bonus" e-cards and other extended features if you sign up. What makes Ecards.com special is they donate a percentage of their revenues to wildlife conservation efforts and environmental organizations. If you want to wish your friends a merry Christmas and help save the environment, this is the e-card for you. 7. Funny e-cards “Santa wardrobe malfunction" and “butt ornaments in Christmas tree" -- if you want your friends to LOL in front of the computer screen this Christmas, then Funny e-cards is the site for you. Because it focuses on humorous greetings for all occasions, those mushy Christmas messages have no place here. 8. 123 Greetings For the more conservative friends and loved ones, 123 Greetings offers the widest selection of slightly animated e-greeting cards that range from “cute" to “religious." The site is very easy to navigate and it comes with added features like Facebook sharing, RSS feed, and a calendar of events. 9. Care2 e-cards Care2 e-cards are cards with a cause. The site is a hub for a community of socially aware Netizens. The founder says he made the site to “make it easy for everyone to live a healthy, green lifestyle and impact the causes they care about most." 10. EasyHi If most of your friends are Facebook addicts then EasyHi is the app for all your Christmas and New Year's greeting needs. This app lets you make a video greeting and allows you to personalize it with photos, stickers, text, and some special effects. You can post your holiday creation on your friends' walls for all of Facebook to see. - JPF/YA/HS, GMANews.TV