# What do you write in your holiday cards? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767 "2003-12-03T20:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/1 "2003-12-03T20:09:19Z")
So it’s that time of year again when all my lovely friends and relations kindly send me cards celebrating this festive time of year, and also that time when I buy cards to send to them and agonize over what to write in them. The envelopes are addressed, postal codes looked up, stamps purchased, pen is at the ready, and once again I’ll be damned if I can think of anything to say. The cards I get sound so nice ! And the ones I write sound so idiotic! Anything beyond “Dear Gramps … hope your holidays are great … love from the cowgirl family” and I get a serious case of writer’s block. (Thank-you notes are also brutal.) How do you think of things to say that won’t have your friends/relations shaking their heads thinking “What fools these **cowgirl** people are !!” Or, can you reassure me that no matter how stupid I think I sound, people who read them will not think me an idiot and will just get the warm fuzzies I intend? ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/2 "2003-12-04T03:30:44Z")
Honestly, no matter what you write in your cards, I’d imagine that people are thrilled to hear from you and to know that they’re remembered. The very fact that you’re willing to take the time to do all that you do to keep in touch says very nice things about you indeed. For myself, I stick with a brief, hand-written note on the inside of the card, updating my recipients (about 40 in all) on what I’ve been up to the past year. It’s a good excerise for me as this is usually the only time that any of the folks recieving cards generally hear from me. Every once in awhile it does lead to us getting together later on in the new year, which is a cool bonus. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/3 "2003-12-04T04:39:07Z")
I usually just sign them. Sometimes I don’t even write the person’s name on the inside of the card. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/4 "2003-12-04T10:43:30Z")
I ALWAYS write “To blah, blah and blah, Here’s hoping you all have a great Christmas and an even better New Year, Love from Honey and Emo (finance)”… Write it every year and I doubt anyone notices! ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/5 "2003-12-04T18:42:49Z")
You are a close friend indeed if you get more than a handwritten “Merry Christmas” (with obligatory hand signed names of everyone in our family) from us. I guess the cards are a small part of the season for the Jammer family. 🙂 Jammer ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/6 "2003-12-04T18:52:19Z")
Dear whoever, Wishing you a wonderful holiday! Twiddle, Mr. Twiddle, and Twiddlette ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/7 "2003-12-04T19:09:39Z")
Dear \, blah blah blah on preprinted card Your friend, Dan … even for those of you who aren’t my friend. No! Kidding! Kidding am I! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/8 "2003-12-04T19:25:49Z")
It depends on how well I know or like the person. For example, like **dan** , I’m sending some cards out to message board folks. In those, I tried to pick a few words about them specifically, so that it wouldn’t just be a generic merry christmas from some random person in the ether. But considering I generally can’t be bothered with holiday cards, I’d probably be prone to just signing my name and putting no message on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/9 "2003-12-05T01:52:42Z")
PS: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226831](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226831) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/10 "2003-12-05T02:45:33Z")
I write an Xmas brag letter for the very reason that 99% of the Xmas cards we get are just an assembly line of " Love, Don and Char" and nothing else. It’s fine for people we see regularly, but the ones that have moved away, I’d like updates on their lives. So, I do an anti-brag letter. I poke fun at our lives about just how \*fabulous \*we are and how we’ve reached our MFD ( Maximum Fat Density) and name drop in the yearly missive. (Which is blatant ass kissing.) This year will be the fourth year and apparently, it is wildly popular. Everyone tells my mom, husband and inlaws how much they laugh over it. Yet, all I ever hear is crickets. So, if I get motivated, I will be taking a picture with the kids and dog holding signs that say: [bold]Happy Holidays 2003 [/bold] You never write. You never call. What are we, chopped liver?" Even Mr. Ujest thinks its funny, which, really, if you think about all the 19 bajillion things he’s tried to veto, is just amazing. I just need to get motivated. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/11 "2003-12-05T02:49:18Z")
nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/12 "2003-12-05T03:11:42Z")
Oh, just a sampling off of this years newsletter: It still neets editing, but you’ll get the idea. Also, Ron is my husband’s name. > [@](#): > > **September:** > > Carsten is in Kindergarten two full days and one half day a week. Teagan is in 3 year old preschool two mornings a week and this means that Mama gets two hours two times a week to herself to do something, which is not any of the following: cleaning house, organizing the house or thinking about the aboveforementioned subjects. I did spend a great deal of Thursdays, child free, garage sale-ing, which scored, but not limited too, the following: a portable record player $2, a box of K’nex ($5), two pair of kids roller blades ($3) and other assorted crap that made me joyously happy and Ron shake his head at said junque. > > Attend a Meatloaf concert with our close personal friends,\*\* Ken\*\* (Rock and Roll Groupie) and **Christine** (Oscar Winner) Burney where the tickets were free, the weather stayed away from rain by Ron’s sheer will and a good time was had. So much so, we decided to get lost in a corn maze the following weekend with them with our kidlets, their \*\*Annika \*\*(2) (Kung fu master) being naturally bright and vivacious. > > Construction on the pole barn begins and drags on due to many factors, one being inclement weather, the other being that the men working on it are not 1) German 2) not Ron 3) both. In a pre-emptive strike against her husband and his quest for “ What object will I discuss \* ad naseum \* for the next year before my wife passes out from the sheer force of my tenacity, sputtering, _“ I don’t care, just go and buy whatever you want just so as long as I never hear about the pole barn (sic) again?”_ I decide to begin negotiations for a new(er) van. I naturally am looking for only two options: a decent cup holder and CD player. Ron’s only option is: no monthly payment. It’s gonna be loads of fun, look for the outcome in next years brag-fest, or possibly on the CNN news ticker: \*Wife gets cup holder. Husband pays $22,000 for peace and quiet. “Worth every penny.” Says hen-pecked hubby. \* > > Did something I never thought I would do; Joined a bowling league with my close personal friend and future Bowling hall of famer, \*\*Rachel \*\* AKA as Obi Wan. Which at the time this manifesto went to press, of fifteen teams in the league, we are (AHEM) Number 1. As we are all use to the Lions (suck) and Tigers ( bigger suck), we are not quite sure how to deal with this winning position but seeing you (yes, you) green with envy sure wouldn’t hurt.) > > School.Bowling.Pole Barn. Coma. School. Bowling. Pole Barn. Coma. The lather rinse repeat of our fall. ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/13 "2003-12-05T13:48:25Z")
Happy holidays and a peaceful New Year! (Because I have Christian friends, Pagan friends, Jewish friends, Athiest friends (who still like cookies and cards), etc. I myself am a heathen. Seems to work. No complaints yet. The hard part is finding non-religious images and messages in Ohio.) ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/14 "2003-12-05T15:16:15Z")
I don’t know. My wife doesn’t let me read them before she mails them out. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-write-in-your-holiday-cards/216767/15 "2003-12-05T15:24:20Z")
I usually just dash off a quick “Happy Holidays” and sign our names. This year, I’ll put in a short computerated note with a photo my mom took of the 3 of us - for the benefit of those who haven’t seen us in eons. I hope to get some of that done this weekend.