montymops
Actually I like the round robins at Christmas. None of them are boasting about anything- they just say things as they are - the good and the bad - often the humorous. They come from many old friends that I haven’t seen for ages so I find it so good to catch up on news.
You obviously have very good friends Monty pops. I usually get that kind of message via email. I like to hear what my friends and their children are up to. I write them myself. I think that is friendship.
The RoundRobins we often used to get, less so now, were very impersonal and the same sent to many people so they never really asked you anything or were interested in you. At the end, they say something like "Hope you are all well".
I was once so cross with one we received I wrote a counter one back turning everything negative,dd is onto her sixth husband and now has 12 children etc., luckily DH pointed out how silly I was being and I never sent it.
