We’re not sure what Drew Barrymore’s holiday cards look like, but we do think they should reflect how far she’s come from a dark past to a bright future.

During the holiday season, when we are thinking of gifts and holiday cards and joy, it crossed my mind that Drew Barrymore, whom I admire, should choose a holiday card that would celebrate the strides she has made in her life.

There are many things I respect about Drew Barrymore. I love that she is “who she is.” She has traveled to a place where she seems to really have figured out that she likes herself…an enviable place for anyone to get to, in my opinion. Whether she is aware of it, I don’t know, but I believe that she has had angels in her life. Many who started out the way she did have not survived the journey.

One can only imagine the rocky path on which she first trod. It was a pure case of too much too soon, and an apparent serious lack of adult guidance. She was introduced to “show biz” at the tender age of 11 months! When you read about her beginnings, you wonder how she had the strength to turn her life around. Drugs and other forms of substance abuse were introduced to her at the young age of eleven.

Now if I were to be consulted on the holiday card issue, my thought would be to avoid the typical Santa Claus, tree ornaments, bells, or snow people in favor of something that I find untraditional, yet adorable that typifies Drew. That something is her participation in the adorable, “Olive, the other Reindeer” video. With characters named Olive, Martini, and Round John Virgin, the Christmas card possibilities seem innumerable. Can’t you just picture Drew with antlers, and her friend, Martini, singing, “Silent Night?”

No matter what holiday card Drew decides on, the true gift that she gives is her blithe (her middle name is Blyth), spirit, and big heart. She was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the U.N. World Food Program in 2007, which is a serious honor. What shows that this gal steps up to the plate is the fact that she personally donated one million dollars to the cause.