Twenty-eight-year-old Alyssa Patrias has been making her own greeting cards and handing them out to complete strangers since ...

Twenty-eight-year-old Alyssa Patrias has been making her own greeting cards and handing them out to complete strangers since ...

At the most recent count, Gaston Pettigrew recieved over 1,700 cards for his 100th birthday on Friday. (Bruno Giguère/Radio-Canada) Pettigrew was just 18 years old when he enlisted in April 1943.

Pat DeReamer, who just turned 95, and Mary Kroger, who is turning 95 in May, told Washington Post the tradition started when they were 14 years old ... the card first, on her April 1 birthday ...

When the girl’s birthday came around, the friend sent the same card back to her. “Neither one ... old fossil!” As they’re both nearing 100, the greeting “has taken on real meaning this ...