The ‘Year In Summary’ Christmas Letter
Today I received my first ‘year in summary’ Christmas letter.
You know the type. “Oh, my gosh. Has another year really gone by so fast? Apparently it has. Let me tell you all the things I’ve been doing.”
As much as I would like to make fun of the YIS letter, insult it a bit, maybe threaten it with a pie in the face, I have to admit I don’t mind them too much.
The letter that came today came all the way from a dear friend in Canada whom I haven’t had contact with since not long after Christmas 2007. It’s great to read about how she’s getting on, what’s new in her life, etc, because we only have postal mail contact and she lives on the other side of the world.
However, there are those letters that never fail to piss me off. I bet you know them too.
There is the snooty variety. Just picture me pointing my nose up in the air and speaking in a disdainful tone. “Well, now we had to sell off the third car in late February, we’re really proud of meeting the credit crunch face on.” Right.
There is the pointless drivel variety. “We got a puppy and we named him Max. He’s a XXXX breed crossed with a XXXX breed but we really think he looks like he has a bit of XXXX breed in him even though his… And then in February…”
There is also one of my personal favourites, TMI addict variety. I won’t go into the specifics of that one, but they usually involve kids, body functions and ‘yay!’ learning new things.
Even with all the horrible varieties, I’m still halfway temped to type up my own ‘Days of Our Lives 2008’ just because it’s easy to type up one thing and print off multiple copies. I’m not actually sending out cards this Christmas, but still.
Do you do the ‘YIS’ typed Christmas letter?
December 17th, 2008 at 3:15 am
No, I think that, along with the personalized Christmas cards, is an American thing! But I’m considering doing a YIS post on my blog… I’ll skim over the more socially unacceptable bodily functions, but it will probably include a few lessons learned!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
A North American thing? (As in, including Canada.) I’d believe it. I think Canadians and Americans are the only people I get the YIS letters from.