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The Glory of Family Holiday Letters
Matching shirts, exclamation points, and oversharing.
Remember when people sent family letters at Christmas?
One page — if they were merciful — folded into Christmas cards sent each year by what I now realize were striver-families.
These letters were sent only by families with kids, because who gives a shit what married people without kids or, single people are doing throughout the year (gasp!)? The family’s annual message sing-songed in one page better than AI ever could.
Sent by families a who lived far away, they were designed to update you on their glorious year — from the sports the kids played to funny mishaps, milestones and, of course a few words about their summer vacation. All delivered with lots of exclamation points!!
“Conner turned five this April and started Mighty Might travel football this fall!! We travelled 10,000 miles this year! And we qualified for the nationals in Haiti! We’ve decided to rent and Airbnb! Go Conner!”
And then in the P.S. “It’s also why Conner has two broken legs and a black eye in the enclosed family photo. We aren’t abusing him! Pinky promise!!!!!”
