Those "family" bragging Christmas newsletters

[mum4jenn]

I know there was a thread on here the other day about those annoying bragging newslatters that are included in the Christmas card. I could not find that thread so I started another one.

I wanted to share The "lovely" newsletter we received this year.

This is from My husband's brother and his family. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.


"Dear Family and Friends,
2008 has been a wonderful year for our family. Chelsey is a senior in college and has enjoyed being the Philanthropy Chair of Phi Mu. Robby and Dana continue to enjoy their jobs. Dana passed the comprehensive exams this fall and is writing her prospectus. Because of this, our lives have been consumed with reading, writing, and studying. The more we learn, the more we realize we don't know!
Wishing you a wonderful 2009!
Robby,Dana, and Chelsey




Wasn't this a wonderful love filled letter????? Bragging bores me!!!!

LOL!!! Care to share YOUR bragging letters????

 

[SeeDisney]

Well, I have to say in my opinion......I don't find those bragging christmas cards at all annoying or boring. I enjoy reading up on other people that I don't see day-to-day about their or their kids' accomplishments.


They're pround parents. So what is wrong with it?

 

[DVCLiz]

Ha ha - "Philanthropy Chair" is not a very big deal - now, MY daughter was Panhellenic PRESIDENT her SOPHMORE YEAR so I suppose I could brag about that if I were desperate for my friends to know about my daughter's social life in her sorority!!! Which I am not...

 

[Stacerita]

I have stopped reading brag letters.

 

[mum4jenn]

Well, I have to say in my opinion......I don't find those bragging christmas cards at all annoying or boring. I enjoy reading up on other people that I don't see day-to-day about their or their kids' accomplishments.


They're pround parents. So what is wrong with it?

Well....MOST of the bragging is about themselves. We get a once a year card from them and a pre-printed brag letter all about their great accomplishments. I did notice that they neglected to write about the FIRE their dd started in her apartment while cooking something on the stove and forgetting it!!!! LOL!!!

 

[EthansMom]

I don't mind the letter posted by the OP... it's brief and to the point. I dislike letters that go on for several paragraphs with the bragging. And I dislike bragging letters that I know deviate from the truth... a la: "DD is doing great (in prison); DS and DIL are well (currently getting a divorce); etc..."

 

[mum4jenn]

I don't mind the letter posted by the OP... it's brief and to the point. I dislike letters that go on for several paragraphs with the bragging. And I dislike bragging letters that I know deviate from the truth... a la: "DD is doing great (in prison); DS and DIL are well (currently getting a divorce); etc..."

Yeah I guess we were lucky with that one!!! Usually the letters are longer so I guess we lucked up this year.

I have recieved those really long ones as well and they are funny when you know the REAL story behind the lies!!!

 

[disneymom3]

I don't mind the letter posted by the OP... it's brief and to the point. I dislike letters that go on for several paragraphs with the bragging. And I dislike bragging letters that I know deviate from the truth... a la: "DD is doing great (in prison); DS and DIL are well (currently getting a divorce); etc..."

We don't get any of those. I like the letters we get except for one. The people go on and on about their cat. Yeah, whatever.

 

[luvmy3]

I had never heard of this tradition before. We got one in a card from family this year. While I don't consider it bragging, I thought it was a strange thing to include in a Christmas card.

 

[Disney Doll]

OK, so I have crazy SIL.

She doesn't send her letter at Christmas, because she doesn't want it to get "lost in with all the others. I like mine to stand out".

So we get her bragging letter at St. Patrick's Day.

Past letters have included
~~Her then 6 year old commenting on how "uterus" and "humerus" rhyme (this was the year she had her hysterectomy & he broke his arm...can you tell?).
~~Same kid a couple of years later commenting, as they were white-water rafting, "Who needs to go to stupid Disneyworld when you can do stuff like this, which is SO much better". We are pretty sure that this was added for our benefit, since there is a certain amount of envy at our ability to go to WDW a couple of times per year because we have DVC.
~~This married mother of 2 commenting on how God sent her a "gift"...that gift being one of her girlfriends...and several paragraphs waxing poetic about attributes of said girlfriend. Meanwhile husband and 2 sons warranted one sentence each that year. I would think that if I had a wonderful husband and two fabulous children that they'd be my gifts from God, wouldn't you????
~~Of course, in the other years when we weren't waxing poetic about our "gift from God", the boys are the smartest, most gifted children alive. They are quintuple black belts in karate at the ages of 12 & 11 respectively...they are soon going to be taking over for the sensei, their teachers are too stupid to teach them, the Boy Scout leaders can't keep them interested or occupied and on and on and on.

So far, I win!

 

[Stacerita]

OK, so I have crazy SIL.

She doesn't send her letter at Christmas, because she doesn't want it to get "lost in with all the others. I like mine to stand out".

So we get her bragging letter at St. Patrick's Day.

Now that takes the cake for bragging letters.

 

[disykat]

I guess it's in your perspective? It doesn't seem like bragging to me, just stating what they're up to. Most people I know have gone to college and enjoy their jobs. If they were bragging they didn't do a very good job of it IMO.

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

My favorite was the one where a family friend went on and on in hers about how her daughter hemorrhaged during birth..and how uh..the bleeding afterwards was constant.

I mean...I did too. But I didn't really wanna put it in the family newsletter.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

This is from My husband's brother and his family. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.


"Dear Family and Friends,
2008 has been a wonderful year for our family. Chelsey is a senior in college and has enjoyed being the Philanthropy Chair of Phi Mu. Robby and Dana continue to enjoy their jobs. Dana passed the comprehensive exams this fall and is writing her prospectus. Because of this, our lives have been consumed with reading, writing, and studying. The more we learn, the more we realize we don't know!
Wishing you a wonderful 2009!
Robby,Dana, and Chelsey

Wasn't this a wonderful love filled letter????? Bragging bores me!!!!

LOL!!! Care to share YOUR bragging letters????

I thought that was a nice letter...short and sweet.

 

[Angelhalo]

I guess it's in your perspective? It doesn't seem like bragging to me, just stating what they're up to. Most people I know have gone to college and enjoy their jobs. If they were bragging they didn't do a very good job of it IMO.

I totally agree. I don't see anything braggy about it at all. Heaven forbid people update you on their lives and think that you might actually be interested! For shame on them for thinking their family might care about their lives. Why would they send a letter filled with the bad things happening in their lives?

I enjoy reading up on the relatives and friends that I don't get to see that often, and like hearing about the good things happening in their lives.

 

[aprilgail2]

For shame on them for thinking their family might care about their lives. Why would they send a letter filled with the bad things happening in their lives?

I enjoy reading up on the relatives and friends that I don't get to see that often, and like hearing about the good things happening in their lives.

Sorry but my feeling is that if we are family or friends and close enough to share Christmas cards etc then we should be up to date on what is happening in each others lives-not need a brag rag once a year to "keep up"

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

This year, my family sent out one of these newsletter things, but instead of all the good, I mentioned all the BAD stuff thats happened. Heres how it went...

Hey all, its been a topsy-turvy 2008! First our dog got run over by the mail truck. We were devistated, but such is life!! Now that both DH and I have lost out jobs and cars, its harder to get around, but thankfully, the snow and freezng rain stopped long enough for us to shovel our neighbors driveways - they paid us in food!! Then there was the whole bank incident.... were just happy little Johnny is out of jail for Christmas. Ahhhh togetherness!!!

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I'm glad I'm not in some of your families! My family is spread out literally from coast to coast. Unfortunately, I sometimes go a few years without seeing some of them. We are also not the greatest at keeping in touch, but we still love each other and want to be kept up to date with what is going on in eachother's lives. What better time of year? It's at the end of the year when everything is wrapping up. I enjoy reading all the family letters every year, and if they want to talk about the good things, why not?

And really, that letter's not that bad. I'm sure your family appreciates you putting on the Disney board, complete with names, for all to see.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

This year, my family sent out one of these newsletter things, but instead of all the good, I mentioned all the BAD stuff thats happened. Heres how it went...

Hey all, its been a topsy-turvy 2008! First our dog got run over by the mail truck. We were devistated, but such is life!! Now that both DH and I have lost out jobs and cars, its harder to get around, but thankfully, the snow and freezng rain stopped long enough for us to shovel our neighbors driveways - they paid us in food!! Then there was the whole bank incident.... were just happy little Johnny is out of jail for Christmas. Ahhhh togetherness!!!

I love your letter.
I don't like those bragging letters either.
A few years ago we wrote letter like yours too. Our friends got a kick out of it.

 

[Mr Man]

I am ok with brag letters.

As time goes on, and my family and friends spread across the world, these brag letters at Christmas-time give us all a nice visual and written reminder of how everything is changing......yet kernels of who we were remain......

I prefer bragging to bemoaning life's challenges any day (but I'm a glass half-full kinda guy).

Actually, I would prefer that all my family and friends would come brag at my house tonight but this is not easily done.