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The Christmas letters have started arriving!

(59 Posts)
Calendargirl Tue 10-Dec-24 12:03:09

One year the writer’s GS had ‘gained employment at a local hostelry as a trainee bar manager’.

“Oh, he works in a pub then” said DH.

MissInterpreted Tue 10-Dec-24 11:38:03

Brilliant! I get one from a cousin every year and this year, she mentioned that her husband had just retired. So later that evening, I thought I'd google his retirement and see if I could find the newspaper article she'd mentioned in the letter. Well, let's just say my google search revealed a major skeleton in the closet she didn't mention in the letter!

crazyH Tue 10-Dec-24 11:18:05

Had a good laugh 🤣

hulahoop Tue 10-Dec-24 11:13:00

That's brilliant 😂😂

pascal30 Tue 10-Dec-24 11:09:42

well worth £5.. you nailed it...

GrannyGravy13 Tue 10-Dec-24 10:57:43

🤣🤣🤣

Smileless2012 Tue 10-Dec-24 10:56:15

I really shouldn't have sat down with a brew to read your OP Rosies because I nearly choked while laughing tchgrin.

Shinamae Tue 10-Dec-24 10:54:31

Fabulous 😂😂😂😂

RosiesMaw2 Tue 10-Dec-24 10:52:18

Oh how my heart sinks although I have to hold my hands up and admit that in years gone by I used to write one “sharing” the exploits of our AC and the arrival of the DGC.

Apologies all round . ( Lucky escape you might think).

So this year as I don’t have a printer I thought I’d send it to you instead.

It’s Chrimbo, guys! Peace and goodwill and all that.
Sorry if you had to go to the Post Office and pay a fiver to collect this, but hey, have you seen the price of stamps? Bet you still think it’s worth it though to hear all about me
I probably can’t read your news as I’m currently, well, not at my usual crib. It was a bit tricky when the cannabis lamps overheated, blew all the fuses and burned the house down. Landlord not too chuffed so I’m keeping a low profile sofa surfing at Sid and Noleen’s for a bit
The kids are great though. Darryl should be out soon, thanks Sir Keir but I don’t know what he’ll say about the little ‘un as he’s 2 next week and Darryl went down 4 years ago. Ah well, cross that bridge when we come to it
Hermione and her kids are doing great. Tonya hasn’t been excluded from her school all year and moves up to Year 1 next year. Well done her! The triplets are a right handful but we let Fluffy the pit bull keep an eye on them so they don’t get up to mischief.
I got a new job last March, didn’t like it much though so I’m going to do another course at the Tech so they don’t stop my benefits Can’t choose between Nail Technology and Nuclear Physics. Reckon the Nail Technology will be the better earner when I finish the course so I’ll prolly do that.
Better get a move on and get out to the shops. As it’s the festive season I’m not going shoplifting at Tesco as per usual, thought I’d go upmarket and go to Waitrose.
Cheers big ears !🎅