Dan, Kate, and Chad stumble into the unfamiliar The Christmas Card from all-too-familiar time: an era before the infection, before the burnt-black X of the Hall Mark. Here, was a run-of-the-mill Christmas TV movie; one outside of the dense crust of Christmasland, where men were men, troops were heroes, and the only festive darkness was the darkness in America's heart. Welcome back to the War on Terror, baybee!