tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post8233182364131215535..comments2024-03-28T19:48:00.261-05:00Comments on JUST ME: Christmas letters: Love them, or hate them?Donna. Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-39953703590227857292008-12-26T13:01:00.000-06:002008-12-26T13:01:00.000-06:00I usually write an update letter every year. Over ...I usually write an update letter every year. Over the years they have grown shorter and shorter...until this year I just skipped it. Ha! But really it was because nothing all that interesting happened this year. Personally I LOVE newsletters or notes included with cards. Often that is the only time I hear from certain friends so the letter is my only source of info on what they are up to. We have one friend who does some type of update letter every year - it is never the same format twice in a row but is alway hilariously funny. Could be a poem, or a photo essay, or a newspaper, or written in the form of a TV drama script. She is amazingly creative and I look forward to their christmas card every year more than any others. Shhh. Don't tell my other friends. LOLBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689649366003513145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-65290174384876328912008-12-23T19:25:00.000-06:002008-12-23T19:25:00.000-06:00I have never received one. I would not mind it at ...I have never received one. I would not mind it at all.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185860853151726676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-54940462014141969712008-12-23T15:32:00.000-06:002008-12-23T15:32:00.000-06:00Your letter is very nice and to the point. I disli...Your letter is very nice and to the point. I dislike the ones that brag on and on about kids and grandkids when you know everything is not that rosy.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-39670379039854363962008-12-23T15:11:00.000-06:002008-12-23T15:11:00.000-06:00I really like Christmas letters... I like ones tha...I really like Christmas letters... I like ones that are simple and to the point... LOL which is what I cannot seem to do in the ones I write nor in my journal... I have to re-write mine several times to get it trimmed down and keep it nice and short. I try to include honesty about the hard times and good news about the good things and usually I gloss over anything that was too terrible. If the year was a bad one I don't say too much about it or I skip the letter that year LOL. I love sending a few lines in a card too... but often just sign our names and a short line. Hugs,<BR/>LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170878398413791861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-23217142248261307652008-12-23T14:34:00.001-06:002008-12-23T14:34:00.001-06:00Well, I have to say that I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS, &...Well, I have to say that I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS, & I would love a Christmas letter too...but I have never received one. Your's was written very nicely.Holliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731060504909592779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-67677182041504328002008-12-23T14:34:00.000-06:002008-12-23T14:34:00.000-06:00Well, I have to say that I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS, &...Well, I have to say that I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS, & I would love a Christmas letter too...but I have never received one. Your's was written very nicely.Holliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731060504909592779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-50847265917455958132008-12-23T11:40:00.000-06:002008-12-23T11:40:00.000-06:00I send a letter out every year and will put it in ...I send a letter out every year and will put it in my journal tomorrow if you want to take a look. You've inspired me. Those that I seldom keep in touch with tell me that they look forward to it. this year I wasn't going to send one out, but I figured people need to know what's happened in my life anyway. I like your letter and looked for something I didn't already know and that is that those two grown grandchildren are not going to make you a great grandma anytime soon. You are right, we probably know each other more than some. 'On Ya'-maI'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-28438117889938085642008-12-23T11:39:00.000-06:002008-12-23T11:39:00.000-06:00I like christmas letters to a point. My daughter i...I like christmas letters to a point. My daughter in law sent us one and it was just for us .... and that was the best christmas letter I have ever gotten. She is a wonderful letter writer... I don't like the ones that just seem like a lot of braging on their kids or trips and the great life they live though.... Yours is nice<BR/>SandraSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481993822529754390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-11589680425368837792008-12-23T08:25:00.000-06:002008-12-23T08:25:00.000-06:00I think that letter is VERY nicely written! I've g...I think that letter is VERY nicely written! I've gotten some where the authors try very unsuccessfully to add humor into them, or are on the border of bragging about their lives. But, yours just tells it like it is. <BR/>You have had a good year, haven't you?Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550121039138724203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-46871045062317671332008-12-23T08:01:00.000-06:002008-12-23T08:01:00.000-06:00Christmas letter are ok..what determines which are...Christmas letter are ok..what determines which are best is the person sending them...we get one letter each year...telling of where, when, how, and who they have had visit or have visited.(but never us even tho they pass within two miles of our house LOL)...never any news of family except...we are fine...all are good..then you find out the dau is a hooker...the son is getting a divorce...and the other one is a drug dealer LOLOLOL...so much for honesty...I liked your letter...nice and simple...but let us know where you are in your life right now...Merry Christmas...hugs ... OraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-83849095191151467922008-12-23T07:20:00.000-06:002008-12-23T07:20:00.000-06:00I always get a card from a cousin who writes the b...I always get a card from a cousin who writes the best letters. Her life is so interesting. I also get a letter from an old friend who tends to write a bragging letter, even writing of herself by name instead of the simpler I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-81600506721189989572008-12-23T06:28:00.000-06:002008-12-23T06:28:00.000-06:00Sometimes I write a few sentences in certain cards...Sometimes I write a few sentences in certain cards.I like to read a few lines in a card. I think you have a great idea to just write a letter and send to all along with your card. Merry Christmas to you and Cliff. HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157512726495946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-20599216205539826032008-12-23T06:06:00.000-06:002008-12-23T06:06:00.000-06:00love, love love Johnny singing anything! lolyep I ...love, love love Johnny singing anything! lol<BR/><BR/>yep I like to get the letters. I used to write them some time ago, but haven't sent cards for some time now..DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-30911368312312296502008-12-23T05:53:00.000-06:002008-12-23T05:53:00.000-06:00yours is the nicest i've seen in a while, donna, s...yours is the nicest i've seen in a while, donna, short nice and to the point...I read one, once that had so much bad news in it, I was crying by the end of it. I cringed for years when i would get one, but i don't get many any more.<BR/>loopymamaloopymamain06https://www.blogger.com/profile/09526236259368946787noreply@blogger.com