This photo would make the perfect Christmas cards for Betty White. It was taken last holiday season at the Eukanuba/AKC Dog Show, where she accepted a check to fund research for canine cancer.

Betty White has been in show biz for over 60 years! Do you think she has an assistant to handle the annual sending of her Christmas cards? Just think of the length of the list of people she sends celebrity holiday cards to.

Betty is well known for her role as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. While she stopped playing that role by the time I was born, I remember watching The Golden Girls as a kid and loving her as Rose Nylund. There was nothing like watching Bea Arthur’s Dorothy give Rose the stink eye – and a snarky remark – after yet another anecdote about her days in St. Olaf. I still laugh at the reruns and sing along with the theme song.

It’s no wonder that Betty has won six Emmy awards – and been nominated for 18! Earlier this year, she won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild – which was easily the funniest award skit of the night as she made fun of The Proposal co-star Sandra Bullock and hinted at “having” a couple of peers in the audience. Whoa, Betty!

Because Betty White transcends generations and is probably a lot funnier than most younger actors today, it was a bit shocking to realize she’d never hosted Saturday Night Live. Thanks to some determined fans on Facebook, that changed in May, when everyone’s favorite octogenarian hosted and gave the show its highest ratings since Sarah Palin’s appearance before the 2008 presidential election! Something tells me Lorne Michaels should be updating his Christmas cards list… as should Valerie Bertinelli, who will soon be co-starring with Betty in a new sitcom called Hot in Cleveland. Do I smell a hit?

Aside from her many show biz accomplishments, Betty is also well-known for her love of animals. Interested in animal health and welfare, she has long been affiliated with organizations such as the Morris Animal Foundation and the Los Angeles Zoo. But don’t call her an animal activist. In a recent press conference, she explained that she has no interest in politics or demonstrations when it comes to helping her furry friends. Maybe those crazy PETA people should send Betty a Christmas card, too!

Last Christmas, when tabloid website TMZ caught up with Betty and asked her what she wanted for Christmas, she told them – Robert Redford. This is an ongoing answer to any number of similarly-posed questions, although Betty has never met the man and has said she’d be embarrassed if she did! I think he owes her a Christmas card, don’t you? Perhaps he is in fact dreaming of a White Christmas himself. Could a Redford-White pairing be next? You never know…