Newsletter

I have been writing family newsletters to include with our holiday cards for forever. I try to keep them amusing. I used to think boring and braggy were the two biggest failings of these type of newsletters, but over the weekend, an old acquaintance proved me wrong.

His pointedly Christmas letter was two-sided, thematically and literally, and a clear attempt to be clever, but the net effect was savage.

One side was addressed to “Comrades and Allies” and ended with “we wish you a very PC Winter Solstice and Joyous Kwanzaa. Remember to do your holiday shoplifting early to get the best selection. And always wear a mask.”  The second side, addressed to the choir he was preaching to, ended by wishing all “a blessed Christmas and very happy 2024.”

You get the gist.  

Of course, it has to be addressed. I wished I hadn’t seen it, but I had, and now, I have an obligation to act.

My approach will also be two-sided; there’s the practical one, where I tell him to take us off his holiday card exchange list. But first, I came here, to write this.