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I'm watching The West Wing and this scene came on

CHARLIE
Mr. President, they've asked me to talk to you about your Christmas cards.

BARTLET
What about them?

They both walk in THE OVAL OFFICE.

CHARLIE
They want to know which ones you're going to sign by hand and which ones
get the autopen.

BARTLET
I'm gonna sign them all by hand.

CHARLIE
Sir, we went through this last year.

BARTLET
I'm gonna sign them all by hand.

CHARLIE
I'm not sure that's practical.

BARTLET
I don't like the whole idea of the autopen.

CHARLIE
Nonetheless.

BARTLET
Let's do them all by hand. How many can there be?

CHARLIE
Christmas cards.

BARTLET
How many am I sending out?

CHARLIE
1,110,000.

BARTLET
Seriously?

CHARLIE
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
I'm sending out 1.1 million Christmas cards? [sits down]

CHARLIE
It's a three-tier system, sir. There are about a thousand names on the First
Family's
list, then there are about a one hundred thousand campaign workers and
contributors.

BARTLET
Who are the other million?

CHARLIE
You send a Christmas card to everyone who writes a letter to the White House.

BARTLET
I do?

CHARLIE
Yes, sir. And somewhere around a million people wrote you letters this year.

BARTLET
Okay, but some of those were death threats.

CHARLIE
They've weeded those out.

BARTLET
Well, I'm not signing 1.1 million cards.

CHARLIE
I wouldn't think so.

and then I got to thinking how close anyone ever came to 1.1 million cards or letters in their life, so there.