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Originally Posted by scottmandue
Once again showing that you can post the most innocuous idea on PPOT and someone (or several someones) will step up to the plate to piss on it.
You hate getting letters? Or do you just hate Christmas and anything to do with it?
I used to get one or two every year... they seem to getting less popular... certainly never wasted the time and energy to get pissed off about it.
I'll end on an amusing note, used to get one from the mother of a family that lived behind out house that moved away and they had a boy my age that was in my group of friends.
So I'm out having beers with my buddy...
"So did you hear that Steve is gay?"
"Steve? Our Steve? That used to live the house behind us?"
"Yes"
"How did you find out?"
"It was in the Christmas letter.... Steve and his life partner went on a cruise together"
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Scott, neither. Want the truth? They seem like the point is to brag, that they're only written to brag. What if that same family had a bad year? Would they send them out that year as well? Is it really to "catch up?" I'm of the belief that if we haven't talked in that long, if I can't bother to pick up the phone, if you haven't called me in that long either, then chances are you don't really give a crap about my "magma cum laude" status. At least I don't. Pick up that damn phone! If we were really such great friends or family, then I would've already known all that is on that paper.
There was one that I truly enjoyed, however, from Theo Lefteddy in Greece. The man was approaching 80, and wrote about his visit to the Great Wall of China. He states it was wonderful, but would recommend doing it before the age of 70. LOL. Swear. Was soo cute. I enjoyed that one because it wasn't trying to "impress," it was to truly tell us Merry Christmas and to get our asses to the Great Wall
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I still like that letter of mine, that would be fun to receive. I actually wrote that one up myself too (great feat for me, I'm analytical, not creative).