Comments on: The Christmas Letter: Love It or Hate It?

By: Lisa Dejager

Lisa Dejager — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:49 +0000

I am really looking forward to part 2 of this Blog

By: Lynneriney

Lynneriney — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:00:00 +0000

My husband and I live in a small town. Every year we get a Christmas letter from one of my husbands friends, John – who lives in the same small town as us. John is married but his wife does not write the letter; he does it himself. My husband sees and talks to John almost every week. John loves to talk about himself, his wife, his 2 grown daughters, his life, etc. Nothing is a secret so we know every detail of his life – if you know what I mean. And yet every Christmas we get a Christmas letter telling us again about their relatively boring life. As an example, their youngest daughter got divorced a couple of years ago and moved back home with her 3 dogs. Every year we hear she is still livng with them and every year we hear the names of those 3 dogs. WE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING IN THE LETTER. And to me that is the point. The people in my life whom I love and love me….already know everything going on in my life so why do I need to write them a letter telling them the things they ALREADY know??? Thats stupid. And why would I assume that people I rarely or never talk to or keep in touch with, would want to know the details of my life. I truly believe there are lots of people around who sincerely believe they are way more interesting than they actually are and that other people have a huge interest in them….when actually they don’t care one way or the other.

By: tam

tam — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:36:15 +0000

i used to write christmas letter all the time. and then one year, i just stopped. and i have no idea why. i enjoy receiving them. and i do love when theyre humorous. humor always keeps my attention. that, and any talk of oreos.

merry christmas, nicole!

By: Wick

Wick — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:43:43 +0000

Suzanne Deacon used to produce the most hilarious Christmas letters — because they looked so normal at first glance. As an example, she shared the fulfillment of a personal goal during the previous year: she’d visited every shoe store at Eastland Mall. At was all like that, and the cumulative effect was mind-boggling, especially as you set it beside other Christmas letters wherein you were informed someone had acheived their goals of climbing Mt. Everest, running a marathon in under 2 hrs. 30 mins, completing their PhD, and writing an opera.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:13:23 +0000

Shellie – Holy cow!!!! You guys have had a huge year! And a lot of exciting stuff to say in a Xmas letter. I’m sure yours would be a good read :) Thanks for all of your encouragement. It means a lot.

By: Shellie (baylormum)

Shellie (baylormum) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:05:48 +0000

I do because are so far away from my husband’s family. Especially the older aunts & uncles (large Polish/Catholic family). It’s short & to the point. And we moved 1700 miles from TX to WA in August, so really needed to let folks know why we moved. Hubby does NOT do any social networking. No twitter, no FB, and never myspace!! I try not to brag, because that’s what I hate about them. I’m not always humorous, but if it’s in there, that’s even better! Thanks for all you do for recovery. :)

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:05:56 +0000

Alex – What!? Everyone isn’t on facebook? Please don’t tell me they’re still on MySpace.

I see your point about infrequent communication. To that point I really wish we did more old fashioned, non-electronic letter writing year round. Perhaps a new years resolution for me? Hmmm…..

By: Alex Lowe

Alex Lowe — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:59:51 +0000

We don’t do one. If we did, we’d only send it to people we really don’t see or talk to often. Family members who aren’t on Facebook, etc. Yes, I just checked and sadly not everyone in the world is on Facebook.

We get a couple each year and they do come from people that I only talk to a few times a year so it is actually nice to hear what is going on.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:58:51 +0000

Makeda – I’m sure Jenni’s would be really funny. And sarcastic.

By: Makeda

Makeda — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:53:43 +0000

Our family never did them. I considered doing one this year since I traveled to Australia for the first time and completed my first triathlon this year. But in the end decided I didn’t have enough else to make it worth the read.

I bet you @jclayville would write a really funny Christmas letter too.