There's been a lot of talk about sending Christmas newsletters. Some of us love to send them. Some of us hate to receive them. I've gotten some doozies over the years. One year, we heard all about a friend's battle with her weight. This year, we got one that said "I was diagnosed with bi-polar this year. Luckily, I found a really good psychyatrist nearby." I don't know about you, but I think that's too much information for a form letter.

What interesting Christmas newsletters have you received?

OH my.......LMAO. I did not receive any newsletters this year. For our dose of "funny" this holiday season, we watched Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation last night

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I have not gotten any newsletters this year, either.

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I've never gotten a Christmas newsletter until this year. From those unknown people Jim and Diane.
The weirdest thing she said in it was.... her and Jim were visiting their son in Ohio, and she had been out shopping, and when she drove back to her sons home.. she passed out at the wheel and plowed her car INTO their house!!
She says her blood pressure got too high and made her pass out. She stayed there the entire MONTH it took them to fix the car and house!

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I have not received one in years. And it was hard to enough to write a little personal note on each card. I could not come up with enough for a page or two. It would be soooooo booooooooring. It would be like: We spent a lot of time working and then at the computer and tv. In the summer we went camping and I made sure to eat frosting every FatAss Friday.
I mean, what the heck am I going to say?

There you all just got my Christmas bulletin. Don't go saying I never sent you anything!

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Anna - You are so funny! Rep, er kudos, coming your way for your great sense of humor!!!

cj/

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

We get one every year from my DH's cousin. To read their newsletter, you'd think they were world travelers and had tons of $$$. They don't realize all the relatives know they don't have anything and he's been fired from so many jobs it's pitiful. He's just like his parents - brag and always wanting to one-up you. They let you know about every visit to grandma and how great she is (grandma is an alcoholic), every trip to the mall, the pool, etc. (you get the picture). He has a 'wonderful' job with * * * (he keeps getting fired from jobs because he's incompent). His children are the smartest children in the world and excel at every sport (they're normal kids - no more smarter than anyone else's). One year my DH went to New York to take a one week class for the company he worked for. That same year the cousin also went to New York and you would have thought the mayor himself met him at the airport from the way they told it in their Christmas newsletter!

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. Wonder why people feel the need to tell in great detail about their lives and even go so far as to lie to make it sound more grand than it is?

We got one from a family member that talked about her mom dying, them putting their beloved pet to sleep, and something else that was awful. It's different if we are talking at Christmas and we discuss this stuff. Not in a Merry Christmas letter.
A friend of the family wrote in painful details every trip (including names of all 12 relatives and friends), every award her kids won, how incredibly talented they are, ad nausem. It was seriously 2 pages of this crap. Too much detail, kept confusing me.

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I just read my nomination for favorite of the year. My Mom's cousin wrote "the most memorable thing that happened this year was the discovery of my 7 lb tumor..." Then she goes on to describe the surgery and outcome (in vivid detail!)You'll all be relieved to know everything's fine Hard to beat that for informative newsletters though!

Well, I just wrote and mailed my holiday letter out yesterday. I don't think it's as bad as the ones mentioned here, but ya never know! Basically it's just one paragraph about each of the boys....what grade they're in, what they're into these days....no superlatives. In fact, I actually wrote that DS2's aspirations exceed his capability in football given that he's 5'5" and weigh 115lbs. But then again, my kids are just regular kids.

cj/

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I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code. -Emo Phillips

I cant remember ever getting one or even having a need to send one. Mine would go something like........

It's been another wonderful year of waking up on this side of the grass!
All the children are growing up wonderfully! They all passed their grade! this year looks like they will pass another! Gotta love those C's! Work for me has been great! Nothing better than working for the IRS and answering the millions of phone calls that start with "Where's my stimulus!? " Talk about job security! Dh's job is sure keeping him busy, they fired his assistant and now he gets to do the job of at least two people! Sure makes those 12 hour days go fast! DD just got her first job this year, at only 16 she is he best bagger Acme has ever seen! DS is doing very well in his private school, his outbursts have been greatly reduced and his autism is well under control! DD #2 loves Hannah Montana and is such a joy to get up in the morning. DS #1 well like I said they are all passing so far! and No he still hasnt gotten his hair cut, but can sure play a mean game of call of duty on his X-box!
Ahhhh life is good! Have a Great New year! tune in next year for another mediocre newsletter!



Really what is the need? To brag? Anything that happens, if were close enough then they already know whats going on in my life, and if they are not then why bother?

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Got one from a great, great aunt in Iowa. Her whole letter was about how my Great Uncle, who I really don't even know, broke his leg. She was "putting up corn for the season." Her DH stumbled over the doorway and fell. But...they got the corn put away (I don't even know what that means). Anyhoo, the next day, as she was putting on my great uncle's stockings (don't ask, don't tell), she noticed the swelling. Apparently, he recovered nicely. However, they only mentioned the four new grandkids after all the drama.