Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Writing a Christmas Newsletter
I’ve just finished writing my annual Christmas newsletter. I’ve read brutal satires of these newsletters, but what are the alternatives? Write a personal note to all 60 people on my list as I used to do and wind up sending out cards in February; write nothing but our name as some people do, leaving us wondering what is happening to them; or give up sending cards all together and lose touch with people who meant a lot to us in the past? I myself like family newsletters, but then I always have had an intense curiosity about other people’s lives: why I like to read blogs; why I love local gossip; why I was utterly absorbed in my grandmother’s diary even though nothing exciting happened and there was no soul-searching.
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The Christmas newsletter is, like all genres, better in some hands than others. The more generous and kind the writer, the better the letter. The ones that give this form a bad name are those that feature either (a) a litany of complaints or (b) a series of bragging "accomplishments".
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