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We get one Christmas letter each year which is absolutely hilarious. This family is so creative and writes a really funny parody of those other christmas letters. It's just the best....I'm usually crying I'm laughing so hard!
Oh man, I love those! We have gotten them a time or two and they are great!
LOL Gotcha. But in my defense, I didn't know you were addressing the OP only since you didn't quote anyone.
And before I saw your reply - actually as soon as I wrote the post - I went back and made it less snarky, so I'm sorry you saw the first draft.
Not a problem. Didn't mean to sound snarky myself either. I'm just someone who sends out Christmas cards every year (just plain old cards) and have some immediate family members who never ever ever ever send one back. Or call to say happy holidays. Or put up a frigging Facebook post saying "have a good one". I'm getting to the point where I'd like to scratch some people off the list, but every year, in the holiday spirit, I try to be the bigger person. So when someone goes through the time and expense to send out a holiday greeting, I have trouble sympathizing with the person who is griping about getting it.
I've always liked them. And as you say, OP, if their lives aren't really like that (and you know it) it is worth a good chuckle. However, with practically every relative I know on Facebook, none of it is news. The death of the Christmas letter.
My outrageous gay neighbor used to send the best ones, hilariously real. We got to hear about his breakups, his stint in rehab for crystal meth and his adventures in the red light district of Berlin.
I miss those! Damn social media, ruining it for the Christmas letter.
Ah, well - I'm not offended at all, but thanks for the clarification!
Every year while I was married to my ex husband, we got the most repulsive letter from his sister. Knowing what that family was REALLY like, their newsletter was absolutely insane. They were some of the weirdest people I have ever known - I mean truly horrible people in many ways, and I often felt sorry for their kids. But this newsletter - OMG, it was so self righteous and sanctimonious! It was full of stories about their mission trips, their home schooling awards, their church activities, etc and while there's nothing inherently wrong with any of that, I knew just how dysfunctional and weird and sad their family was and their misrepresentation would have been funny if it wasn't so sad.
I think this insight may have made me a bit cynical about the whole concept!
Ha ha, I know the type. We call it "Fakebook life" on Facebook. The husband wants a divorce, house is a mess, they are broke, kids aren't taken care of, constant fighting..........but on Facebook it's pictures of their expensive vacation, photos of them cuddling and poems about love and devotion and all the "supermom" things she supposedly does. Then you get to read the comments from their friends/admirers not "in-the-know" about how great their family is.
We don't get the Christmas letters anymore because everyone does the updates daily on Facebook instead of once a year in the mail..........but same concept.
My mother in law sends one...a very embellished one. Many years ago I transported cancelled checks for a job. She wrote about my job transporting important documents for banks. Everything was made to sound better than it was.
Not a problem. Didn't mean to sound snarky myself either. I'm just someone who sends out Christmas cards every year (just plain old cards) and have some immediate family members who never ever ever ever send one back. Or call to say happy holidays. Or put up a frigging Facebook post saying "have a good one". I'm getting to the point where I'd like to scratch some people off the list, but every year, in the holiday spirit, I try to be the bigger person. So when someone goes through the time and expense to send out a holiday greeting, I have trouble sympathizing with the person who is griping about getting it.
I know what you mean about the Christmas cards - apparently they are becoming a lost art. Which is a shame because I really enjoy sending them out each year - and receiving them each year. And like you, I always send out more than I receive.
I am not on social media, so I do not hear the day to day stuff. So for me, it is nice to get a quick synopsis of the year. I am disappointed when I open a Christmas card and it's just signed - note personal note, no letter, no picture, no update. Sure, some are pretty braggy...vacationed in Spain in January, Hawaii in February, skied in Utah in March, cruised in April, etc. Oh well. It is fun to see pictures of others kids and grandkids growing up.
I always send out something extra with my cards. Some years it's been a picture collage. Other years it's been letters, but usually written from an interesting perspective....from the fish's point of view, or life in our house as the dog saw it, or from the cats' points of view. I have fun with it. Based on feedback from those who receive my letters, they like them and look forward to them.
I'd rather read about someone's trip to the Antarctic (I have interesting friends) then "The dog died the day Big Mike lost his job."
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