 She started with the three doors leading into the kitchen and branched over to the living room. Did your family do this? As a boy growing up, I thought everyone put Christmas cards on their door frames. But later I learned that we were a little unusual. The point of the cards was to brighten up the old farmhouse and also to remind us that we were part of a very large circle of family. I remember reading these cards and asking who this or that person was. My mother would say, oh, you know them. That's your cousin in Detroit.