Christmas Letters... Don't Get Me Started

Have you written your Christmas letter thisyear? Hmmm. Some people do and some don't. I have to admit, I have issues withthe traditional Christmas letter. In retaliation and a joking mood severalyears ago, I posted the Christmas letter I'd sent only to my sister. Amazingly,it's had more hits than any other blog I'veposted.
Why? Maybe people are searching the Internetfor examples of traditional letters because they're not sure what to write. Imean honestly, what do you say about a whole year in one page? Or, maybe they'veshared my letter with others because they thought it was funny. It's anythingbut conventional. Here it is:
Greetings to you this holiday season!
I wanted to shareour year with family and friends.
New Years -surgery, yada, yada, yada.
St. Patrick's Day -son's surgery, wheelchair, therapy three times a week.
Easter - familyfight.
Fourth of July -blah, blah, blah.
Thanksgiving -turkey, baking, lots of stress.
Now it's Christmas.
Happy Holidays, everybody!
Personally, I've receivedsome pretty annoying Christmas letters where they just went on and on…and onabout all the wonderful things each family member had done (and even bought…andeven said). I guess they hadn't figured out that if we really wanted to know,we would've kept in touch maybe once through the entire blooming year! J  Let's face it. Nobody's year could be thatgood, and who are they trying to impress anyway? Get real.
Whoa. Sorry about that. Ihave issues with gloating Christmas letters. How about you? Are you a Christmas letterwriter?  Do you like to get the long(several pages long) letter from Cousin Hildy and hear every detail of everyfamily member's life over the year? (Save it for your diary.)  What's your view on Christmas letters?
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