Jolly O'Leary wrote:Merry Friday Christmas!
I have received many Christmas letters over the years. They have become something of a joke, nothing bad ever happens, everyone always has new house, new husband/wife, new kids, new cars, new jobs, etc. More like brag letters. Maybe the down to earth Midwesterners are more realistic. I know they are supposed to be upbeat, but I think even Dear Abby wrote a "fake" one in her column one year to emphasize how unrealistic they have become. We received one from someone I knew in college for about 20 years and had no other contact with. Eventually, I started throwing them away without reading them as one felt like one was so "backwards" compared to these particular yuppies. I have only sent one out, that was the year I married Perky and was moving to Sweden. I even used an old address book so as not to miss people I had not heard from in a few years. Well, that was the year there was a fire at a post office here in SA and much mail was lost, including my Christmas letters. OH well, the best laid plans.........
Wow that is Christmas cynical; to write phony all is perfect letters at the holiest time of year. My family never did that -- we included updates on loved ones being treated for cancer or other diseases. Some were in rehab for alcohol or drug addictions. We were honest and shared our faith too. The atheists -- not so much. But no one wrote all is lovely & up yours letters. So sorry this was your experience Jolly. Now young people shun traditions like this in favor of social media and/or tweets. It is will never be the same.
