Dear Friends and Family Members,
I LOVE photo Christmas cards. Don’t you? I get to see people I often haven’t seen all year. Sometimes for several years.
It’s even better when they include a Christmas letter catching me up on everything they did that year. Some people find those letters to be impersonal but who has time to write a personal letter to everyone on their Christmas card list? I love ‘em. Keep ‘em coming.
In recent years, however, I have noticed a disturbing trend in photo Christmas cards: the parents are missing.
You know who you are.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love your children. I love your pets. It’s just that I would like to see you – my friend or family member – in the photo. I mean, let’s face it, if I haven’t seen you in over a year, it’s a good bet I don’t know your kids very well. As adorable as they are, it is you I miss.
So please, include yourself in your photo Christmas card from now on or I shall be forced to retaliate with a photo card of my beloved cats. As much as you adore me, is it really my cats you want to see staring back at you from your mantle?
Also, I am getting tired of people looking at my Christmas card display and asking if I sponsor an orphanage.
Happy holidays, everyone. May you live through the catastrophe.
Love,
Sheila
