So, we’ve finally reached that point in our marriage where we’ve created enough long distance friends and family we rarely talk to that it justifies sending a dreaded Christmas Letter to them. Now, I’m not a total scrooge with these things, because I genuinely do like hearing about the families of the people I love. But I throw up a little each time I read the phrase “is so gifted” “brand new SUV” or “exotic tropical vacation”.

So I started thinking about this past year and what I should put in our family’s Christmas letter. 2007 was pretty sucky. I really don’t know how to announce my father’s death and still keep some “holiday cheer”. I thought maybe if I wrote something unique, like a poem, that it might work. Unfortunately, in my pregnant glow, I’ve moved from being “hormonally sarcastic” to “complete and total b*#@!” So the only thing I’ve managed so far is:

Maybe if we brag about our family under the guise of holiday cheer,

You’ll leave us alone the rest of the year.

The stanzas don’t really work, but I like it. But from there I have writers block.

What are your feelings on Christmas letters? Do you like them? Hate them? Burn them ritualistically on New Years Eve?

PS-email me your address if you want a card. They’re pretty good this year, I have naughty and nice ones. What you get says something about you. granolagirl94 at gmail dot com.