Dear Family and Friends,
I did not want to write a Christmas letter this year. I felt like I was too busy shuttling my “unsocialized” homeschooler to Girl Scouts, swim lessons, homeschool co-op, History Girls’ Club, and Activity Day Girls. Just the other day, when the printer jammed again, and your addresses were trapped in its bowels, I told *W, “That’s it! No Christmas cards this year!”
I was very emphatic.
He didn’t seem to care.
However, everyday when I get the mail, I find more fun news about what all of you are up to. I decided I didn’t want to risk getting booted off your card list. So, I promised Newt a dollar to write our letter.
My instructions were simple:
1. Start with “Dear Family and Friends”
2. Tell something interesting about yourself, me, and Daddy.
Here is her letter:
Dear Family and Friends,
We, and by we I mean my mom and me, we have been baking treats today. And some of my mother’s and mine relatives have just been over here.
This year I have been to the zoo with my baby cousin and my cousin and my aunt and uncle. It was fun; I got some ice cream, too.
And I bought a wii with my own money that I saved up.
Some things about my mom are she mostly likes going on the computer or reading a book.
My dad is funny.
I have a dog named Shasta. She is lazy. She likes to lay on my bed all day.
The end. Now where’s my dollar?
Know, what people? I think I got ripped off.
I guess I forgot to tell her to wish you all a Merry Christmas and to share our love for the Savior, but perhaps that was implied?
Oh, well, if you want something done right…
From our family to yours, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas full of joy and the spirit of Christ whose birth we celebrate this time of year.
Please don’t kick us off your card list.
Love,
The Heidi Family
*Obviously, names have been changed to protect the paranoid.
Do I get bonus points for using the word “bowels” in my Christmas Letter?
What’s in your letter this year?
Hysterical! Merry Christmas
.-= Jeannetta´s last blog ..Hate Mongers =-.
What IS on our Christmas card this year is a strategically located pictured for the express subliminal purpose of communicating to my parents that while they may not like it, Spin and I are a united front.
What is NOT in our Christmas card is a letter because I am over volunteering information about my life to people who may or may not care. (Except for blogging on the World Wide Web, that is.)
.-= Soliloquy´s last blog ..The List =-.
I LOVE it !! Go Heidi ! Go Newt !!
I think that is about right for a dollar. It doesn’ t go as far as it used to. Have a great christmas. See you in the new year!
I love it! She did a great job and I hope you sent it out “as is” including the “where’s my dollar”. We didn’t do one this year. First time ever. And, like you, I feel badly when one comes in the mail. But I love the tiny itty bitty little bit of stress that has eeked out of my holidays with this dismissal of one task. I am often a slave to my traditions so I’m cutting some loose.
.-= Carol (Sardine Mama)´s last blog ..Distressed Aging Among Wood and Women =-.