Whether you simply haven't had the time to send out cards this year or have forgotten someone on your list, here's a collection of Holiday e-Cards services to help you spread some good cheer online.

Paid E-Card Services

Jacquie Lawson

http://www.jacquielawson.com

The best animated e-cards online, Jacquie's picturesque vignettes and charismatic animals capture both the beauty and the warmth of the winter season. A chocolate Labradour named Chudleigh was one of the first animals to be featured in her cards and has become a signature presence in her work and much-loved by fans. For a basic annunal fee of $12 you can send ALL the cards on her site and continue to use them throughout the whole year. No limits, take care of everyone on your list for just $12.

Sloppy Kisses

http://www.sloppykisscards.com

Include your pet in your holiday wishes with these cat and dog-themed animated e-card. Each card shows your furry friends engaging in winter and holiday activies, from skating and toboggoning to gift-giving and enjoying a festive dinner. You get to choose the breed of pet in the card as well as the pet's name and personal message. Some of the cards let you upload a photo of your own pet to use.Pay $10 for an annual membership and you can access all of the cards, sending as many as you like, for a full year. Proceeds go to the PetFinder.com foundation.

Free E-Card Services

Care2

http://www.care2.com/

Care2 is an online website that discusses and promotes solutions for social issues such as global warming, human rights, wildlife protection, and women's international rights amongst others. To help draw people to visit their site, they offer a free ecard service offering eloquent animated ecards for the holidays. For each card sent through their service, they will make a donation to an environmental nonprofit group that will go towards saving a square foot of rainforest.

Sharenik

http://www.sharenik.com/

Here you can create personalized video e-Cards by uploading up to 15 home videos or digital photos and using them to create an interactive holiday greeting.Once you've chosen a layout, picked your photos, and added text, you can send a link to your creation out to as many as 500 different people. You'll need to register for a free account and profile and your friends will have to fisit the community to see the cards. Basically, its the same idea as YouTube, but applied to e-Cards.

Right At Home Penguins

http://www.rightathome.com/holiday08/penguins.aspx

Here's one for the kids. Send a dancing penguin along with a personalized message. You can choose from disco, salsa, tap, western, and more. For each dance the penguin changes into a different costume. Customize your own holiday greeting and then send it off to a friend.