I guess I am in a minority, I really enjoy getting updates from friends and family, especially those who are far away. Oh, Bill joined boy scouts, Tim broke his arm, Joe decided to enter the Navy? I think it’s interesting.
But all the negativity about these letters has actually made me start writing them. I am afraid the recipients make fun of us or something.
We're talking about bragging, boasting, and showing off.
Can't you see the difference?
My husband does our Christmas cards and we got a record crop in the mail this year. He writes a personal note on each card, but I did finally get him to put the addresses on the computer so he doesn’t have to hand write them all. When you write the personal notes, you would not believe how many write one back to you.
I was especially touched this year when our neighbor whose husband had a heart attack wrote a thank you to my husband for mowing their lawn last summer. Little things like that mean more to me than a computer generated letter bragging about the kids.
I really like getting pictures....two this year showed their sons in military attire....I will remember to pray for them during the year and keep their pictures handy.
I’m with you. I like hearing about what my friends and relatives have been doing during the year. Even if you exchange notes with people more than once over the year, it’s hard to cover everything about their jobs, visits, kids, grandkids, pets, etc. If I didn’t like the people enough to care, I wouldn’t exchange Christmas cards with them!
I typed a letter for the first time, this year. With ten of us, it just takes too long to give even a brief mention of each if I hand-write them individually. At least my friends are getting a card, instead of wondering if we moved or died.