Christmas “News” letters

That did raise a (wry) laugh, Maw - a friend of ours used to send a very long screed with his thoughts (or rather pontifications) on the state of the U.K./World. We called it The Thoughts Of Chairman Malcolm (not his real name).

An elderly Canadian relative of dh invariably sends 2 x A4 sides in a tiny font, detailing all the doings and ailments of 14 people you’ve never heard of, followed by every last detail of every holiday (a lot) that she’s taken since last Christmas - with every single ailment/fall/mishap encountered along the way.

Kate1949

Oh yes the Christmas Round Robin. I get one every year from someone who has a perfect life, perfect children, a soon to be born probably perfect grandchild. The holidays they've had, how well they are all doing and what the cat had for tea.

Oh god yes - these things are all the same, aren't they? Are they supposed to make the rest of us green with envy or something? I stopped sending cards to the relative who sends them every year in the hope that she'd take the hint. Maybe this year...

You are right Callistemon.

Kate1949

Oh yes the Christmas Round Robin. I get one every year from someone who has a perfect life, perfect children, a soon to be born probably perfect grandchild. The holidays they've had, how well they are all doing and what the cat had for tea.

They're always perfect with perfect children and grandchildren in these Round Robins.

Then you might meet up occasionally and they confess that their lives are not so perfect, they're quite normal like everyone else!

Do yours come with a gap for the sender to add your name, Maw in a misguided attempt to make them personalised?

Or do you get the 'Dear all' opening?
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Oh yes the Christmas Round Robin. I get one every year from someone who has a perfect life, perfect children, a soon to be born probably perfect grandchild. The holidays they've had, how well they are all doing and what the cat had for tea.

Yes to BOTH!

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Those things are so boring, I usually get at least three, look on them as free firelighters.

Would it not be better to send cards to people you like