we've been brainstorming life updates in response to a request for holiday-newsletter material.
lauren and joe have received their spare set of house keys from their petsitter who moved to new jersey.
lauren and joe have stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb.
lauren and joe have succeeded in business without really trying.
lauren and joe are on a wintertime sleigh ride through hans christian andersen's copenhagen.
I've found that holiday newsletters I've received make for great entertainment when shared as dramatic readings during family gatherings. Sort of a fictional genre subset.
ReplyDeletei should really go big or go home. given what i do for a living, who's going to fact-check me?
ReplyDeleteI get a little bummed when I get a holiday card with no update insert. How can I judge your life choices if you leave me no material? (Font choice is a decent back up)
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But I think my cynicism is a cover up for the fact that I do actually like getting holiday updates and I think I'm the only person under 90 who is into it.
what's weird(er) is when you receive a holiday card from a friend who you didn't was the newsletter type AND THEY TALK ABOUT YOU IN THE LETTER. WTF.
ReplyDeleteI'm a holiday letter writer...will you still be my friend? Putting the 7th to bed this year, almost can't believe it.
ReplyDeletereading them's all good; i just lack personal milestones that don't involve high fructose corn syrup.
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