My first round robin of the year...

[Crackle]

I've moved too ... that's why I should have got these letters out earlier....

I'm sure I sent your card to your old address..... sorry

He hasn't moved, he's just forgotten where he lives, again.

 

[Arch]

I usually get one from a cycling acquaintance which is great fun - there's a little about his children (grown up, I don't know them), but lots about his tours and so on, and written very tongue in cheek and self deprecatingly - exactly how he is in real life.

 

[byegad]

I get one from a family member. The 'gems' are the bits about people I've never met that they are friendly with. As I don't care whether these strangers live or die I now crumple the A4 sheet up and burn it without reading it. This has greatly improved my last three Xmases.

 

[theclaud]

There's a funny book by Simon Hoggart that reveals the breath-taking smugness of some of these missives. It's called "The Hamster that loved Puccini" and it's available on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hamster-That-Loved-Puccini/dp/1843544741

That's a bit rich.

 

[ufkacbln]

I get one from a family member. The 'gems' are the bits about people I've never met that they are friendly with. As I don't care whether these strangers live or die I now crumple the A4 sheet up and burn it without reading it. This has greatly improved my last three Xmases.

We have close relatives who are classic writers, but we never get one of theirs!

However every new year we have great fun reading an illicit copy and trying to match the claims in the letter with the reality!

My favourite was nice flat they rent in a small village. If you believed the letter, the whole massive house in which theirs and 5 other flats were rented was their house!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

We get one from a distant friend, and whilst it isn't too bad, there are still a few bits in it which make you wonder why you are still reading the damned thing!

Also, is it just me, or are the majority of these letters sent by religious types??

 

[byegad]

You may be right, the family member who sends mine is a god botherer.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You may be right, the family member who sends mine is a god botherer.

The guy I mentioned above is too, and on seeing a lot of these letters generally, there always seems to be a lot of reference to what the people in them do at Church etc. I mean, is boastfulness really part of the teaching of the Church??


...Of course, they might all be lying just make themselves appear more perfect

 

[rikki]

I feckin' hate round robin Christmas letters...

*[edit: apart from Mrs Rikki, and Summerdays, of course... I'm sure theirs are charming and elucidating]

Um. It's not Mrs Rikki. The Lady of the House is married to the Man of the House, not me. (My son and I live here with Mr & Mrs and their 2 children).

I haven't read her letter, but I'm certain that it will contain a bit of cringe-worthy offspring-bigging-upping bilge

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I haven't read her letter, but I'm certain that it will contain a bit of cringe-worthy offspring-bigging-upping bilge

My Dad doesn't do one (thankfully), but I always remember he once wrote a family history type of thing which he sent to our relatives.
It was round about the time that I had had chemotherapy, and he wrote in my description about how infertile I'd now be.

Yes, thanks Dad!!
I could have killed him on the spot!

 

[byegad]

The guy I mentioned above is too, and on seeing a lot of these letters generally, there always seems to be a lot of reference to what the people in them do at Church etc. I mean, is boastfulness really part of the teaching of the Church??


...Of course, they might all be lying just make themselves appear more perfect

Boasting I'm sure, part of the 'holier than thou' complex churches seem to encourage.

 

[rikki]

Is there any evidence that God is bothered by them?

Of course not!

 

[postman]

I thought a round robin was a betting term.Something li9ke picking five selections then everything multiplies.Quite good if they all win.

 

[swee'pea99]

What kind of person uses expressions like It is a delight for me, Last month I attended, and a most joyous and amusing talk? To paraphrase my eldest's favourite expression to me: 'what is wrong with them?'

Round robins: burn them. End of.

 

[byegad]

My mother, who died 4 years ago always said on getting the 'missive' 'They're all mad, why do I care about Auntie Maureen's varicose veins?'