to whom it may concern, happy holidays

Did you receive a press release holiday letter this year? You know the ones, they read like a year end recap of family events, and they are not written specifically to any one person or family. It’s all very broad, and all encompassing.


Little Timmy’s gone to medical school in Mexico city, wow time flies huh…..Of course it hasn’t all been good news, Tom’s been out of work for going on three months now, but he makes the most wonderful marmalade, and tries to keep busy. We lost Gracie in August, but that old dog’s time had come, can’t believe she made it 17!!!!! She will sure be missed.

Have you received this letter? Do you send this letter? My family always gets them from people we don’t really know very well. My mother would often read it out loud (cause otherwise we would never read it) and we would all look at each other and say who? with each name. My mom would stop periodically and say ‘ oh yeah you remember Cary, she’s Skip’s oldest…. And we would Wonder who Skip is.

I think with email, the press release holiday letter is a dying breed. You remember the holiday press release..sure you do..Cary, Skip’s oldest, would always send them to us.