Etiquette question: Do you acknowledge birthday cards?

Etiquette question: Do you acknowledge birthday cards?
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I don’t acknowledge birthdays, mother’s day, father’s day, arbour day, secretary’s day, or any of the other non-events invented by Hallmark to sell cards. When random stangers order me to have a “merry *********,” my response is to make direct eye contact and say distinctly and clearly, “Fuck. Off.” They almost never do it again.
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