Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  Here's a post from Christmas past:


It's been so great this month to get all the cards and letters from people I generally don't stay in touch with well enough. But I'm sad to say I only got a few Christmas Letters, the ones where people summarize the entire year in a one page letter. I love those letters, but one time I got one from a friend I have since lost touch with, in which she confessed to an "almost" affair she had with a co-worker.

Awkward!

But the more I thought about it the more I like the idea of an annual Christmas confessional/too-much-information letter. I think I could easily tell enough about myself and my family to keep people from looking me in the eye until at least Thanksgiving, the hard part is paring it down to a single page. I'd have to pick a theme like "lies I've told this year" or "bathroom incidents." But even that might be a little long considering the millions of lies I've told, and that 2009 is the year I learned that it's very important to take bathroom breaks at work when I can, and not to try to hold it too long. (lesson learned the hard way)

That all sounds too hard when I really just want to wish you all a fantastic Christmas and New Year. I'm happy to say that my biggest problem these days is the ever-present Chex Mix crumbs in my bra (itchy). I hope Chex Mix in your bra (or something of equal seriousness) is the biggest problem you encounter in 2010. I'll work on my theme for next year's letter. You work on yours too.

3 comments:

  1. I missed this letter last year, so I appreciated the opportunity to read it today! lol

    ReplyDelete
  2. Same to you, even though I guess this is you in the past. Great blog!
    +followed

    ReplyDelete
  3. Merry Christmas to you (a little late) and Happy New Year to come (a little early! I love the idea of an overly honest Christmas letter. Maybe a bit more honesty would keep me from tearing up those letters I'm sent before I even read them.

    ReplyDelete

I would love your comments.