How do I set up iCloud without duplicating my contacts in address book?--I'm not syncing with iTunes.

I'm going around and around in circles trying to set up iCloud on my iMac and iPhone. The contacts are not duplicated on iCloud/contacts, or my iPhone, but they are duplicated on my iMac in address book. Sync calendars and Sync contacts are unchecked (turned off) on iTunes. I just went through my address book on the iMac and deleted all the duplicates, but they were all added back immediately. I've been trying various solutions from the forums. I tried merging duplicate contacts--didn't work. Help!

Okay--I'll try this, but before I do, can you answer another question?
When I deselect the box next to contacts on system preferences > iCloud, I get a scary air message that says, "Do you want to keep a copy of your iCloud contacts on this Mac? If you don't keep a copy, iCloud contacts will be removed from this mac but will still be available on other devices using iCloud."
My mac has all of my contacts, but there are some that are not on my iPhone (Chistmas card list). Will I lose the contacts that are not backed up on my iPhone?
Should I select "Delete from Mac" or "Keep Contacts"?
Similar air message with calendars, so I assume whatever I do with contacts will be the same as calendars.
Thank you so much for your help--this has been so confusing for me!! I"m sure this has been discussed over and over and I looked through the messages to find a solution, but just got more confused.

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Total number of contact cards: 25,000
Maximum size of a contact card: 256 KBMaximum size of a contact photo: 224 KB
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