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Daughter and son? That sounds like a Mississippi thing.
My daughter's quite a bit older. I'm sure when the fever hits my son will be pleased to see his sister's friends dropping by. Let it be known if my son were to impregnant my daughter I would NOT put that in my bragging Christmas letter.
My brother does this EVERY YEAR.. UGHHHHH.. YES we already know his GIRLS are PERFECT
Nope I dont like it
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I dont mind hearing about the Family news of course, but its the constant bragging (maybe I am jelous of his family)
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I guess one of the problems is that the letters go to people in a wide variety of socioeconomic situations.
If you tell your co-worker about your great trip to Hawaii, they probably won't mind because they make around the same amount of money, and have similair opportunities.
Your unemployed single-parent cousin with five kids to feed, on the other hand, might take your stories to be gloating, insensitive, offensive, etc.
Letters are a lost art form, and the concept of an annual newsletter is great, but as we've seen in this thread they mean different things to different people.
I guess the key is to write with a tone that is positive, without coming across as arrogant or in-your-face. No easy task.
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Yes. And they're all from families we haven't seen or talked to in years.
And thats the key right there! How to update the past year without seeming smug.
What kind of things will I be able to show my grand kids someday about their mother?
When she was 11 months old and her father lost his job, we moved and she experienced her first snow.
When she was three she made her first (and so far only) trip to the emergency room with a ruptured ear drum.
When she was five her grandfather passed away.
When she was in high school, her maternal grandmother...
In addition to the honor roll, school plays, field trips and the like...
But sometimes thats the point. Now days families get scattered to the four corners of the globe, and we don't always have the opportunity to be able to see them as often as we like, for many reason. I have many friends and relatives that I haven't been able to actually see in person for many years, but by sending out a letter or a note even if its just once a year, is a way to touch that person, and let them know you still think about them and care.
I actually wished that more people did them. I have family that I wish that I knew. I don't know anything about them, because they never took the time to write. Not even at Christmas. I recently reconnected with a cousin that I didn't know I had. I found a Christmas card that he sent my mother. She was in the early stages of Alzheimer's when I asked her who Charlie was. She couldn't remember, so I wrote him. With that letter, I found my cousin Charlie who was able to provide me with photos and information about my dad's family. I wish my mother had shared his mail with us when she was well. Charlie is still good about writing to me, and I will definitely write him, and share family photos, even if it's just once a year at Christmas.
My mom has sisters, and brothers that she didn't keep in touch with. I know life gets busy, but I feel that at least at Christmas there could have been cards and perhaps letters. I only found a few when my mom passed away. Perhaps there were, but not to us children and I wish that there had been.
I guess when you get my age, you look to the past, and where you came from. I am trying to do it a little different than the way my parents did.
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I don't know why, but this thread is disappointing to me. For those of us that like getting updates on people we don't see all year, it's nice to know they at least think enough about us to send out a card at least once a year.
For those of us that buy a large amount of cards and spend quite a bit of postage to show people that care about what our family is up to, it sad thinking people don't even want them. I'm happy to see someone's kids getting awards or going off to college. I'm not so miserable that I can't be happy for people that are nice enough to drop a card in the mailbox for me.
It's this thankless, "what about me" attitude in this thread that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
A lot of people have stopped sending Christmas cards, or letters, altogether. 44 cents, per card or letter, is a lot of money for some people, or so I've heard it said. I have decided that tomorrow I need to get to the post office, so I can purchase some stamps. I figure a hundred stamps will cost me $44. That's a whole lot less money than what I spend on gifts for each of my children, grandchildren, and the few other people that get a gift from me during the holidays.
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Yup.. it's a sad day in Muddville... where even sharing happy thoughts is seen as bad and self-pity rules all.
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Don't let a few sourheads ruin it for the rest of us. I repeat I LOVE getting the Christmas letters. Pengy and Barbaraann, little do you know now but some day your grandchildren will enjoy reading about what mom or dad's family did that year, I know my kids thought it was pretty cool to find out what Tim's family growing up was like via their Papa P's annual X-mas letter/book.
I just wish my family had taken the time and energy to do one. Maybe ours would have been boring but still it would have been cool to share with my kids and future grandkids.
Aashee someday I expect to read in your's that your daughter was at the olympics and barked at another countries team and I am pretty sure one day I will read that your son has become a security officer at DL just so he can kick people out of the park for flash photography on POTC.
Hmm, this is making me think I should do one this year. It might go something like this: January - made beer and replaced the fridge; February - threw my own surprise party and gave away beer; March fixed the washing machine went to DL, etc...
Maybe it's who writes it and the tone that's bothersome. Like if it's overly adverb-tastic, I'm not going to read it. Tone down the adverbs! Tone down the adjectives.
"Sally learned to ride a bike."
Compared to...
"Sally learned quickly and astutely how to ride her bright hot pink two wheeler bike, with the neon green streamers and the ice white basket, down Michnally street on a Friday!"
Ack!
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