A COUPLE'S quest to make a personalised Christmas card took them on a journey across Europe.
John Murray and his wife Marcia set up an operation of military precision.
Their aim was to make an e-card to send out to friends via computer.
On holiday in Mosern, Austria, they stood near a public webcam they found during research at home in Honley.
Marcia then rang up her brother in Meltham on her mobile phone.
He logged on to the webcam through his computer and told them where to stand.
Then there was a wave from John to prove it was them and the picture was saved.
Despite all the effort, John said: "It was simple, really."
Mr and Mrs Murray sent their card to the Examiner after we asked readers for examples of their e-cards.
We reported last week how Kirklees Council leader Clr Kath Pinnock and her deputy Clr John Smithson were joining a growing trend by turning away from posting Christmas cards and using cyberspace instead.
Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman revealed he was ditching the corporate Christmas cards he usually sends out and giving the money saved to charity instead.
The Murrays sent their card last year and are not revealing this year's design just yet.
John joked: "I don't think it would have been as effective with the webcam in St George's Square."
* Reader David Wright, of Paddock, used beautiful nature photographs for his e-card.
Four different designs of TP Woods, Gledholt, are featured.
This year marks 10 years since one of the first electronic Christmas cards was sent out.
Users of the worldwide web were invited to a dedicated web page to pick out one of six scenes from a Christmas light display in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the USA.
The card could then be sent to a friend or family member anywhere in the world.
Even though relatively few people were using the internet and few had e-mail, some 14,500 internet cards were sent.
