tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post5669532840405221303..comments2023-11-03T03:14:43.155-07:00Comments on Pseudo's Spot: Snark Fest: The Christmas NewsletterPseudohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-63950154701860529002009-01-03T16:40:00.000-08:002009-01-03T16:40:00.000-08:00hehe... We used to make up anti -xmas letters- the...hehe... We used to make up anti -xmas letters- they would start by saying things like " Great news!! Junior only got arrested five times this year and our sweet 16 year old daughter has just completed her second go round at rehab....etc". Stuff like that.crone51https://www.blogger.com/profile/06831571973211180467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-87069204452389741452009-01-01T21:20:00.000-08:002009-01-01T21:20:00.000-08:00Oh and there's a lot to be said for mother/daughte...Oh and there's a lot to be said for mother/daughter bonding even if it's a little devilish. *wink*Smart Mouth Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157189992200894945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-40547617502249519912009-01-01T21:19:00.000-08:002009-01-01T21:19:00.000-08:00I love it that you wrote this post. I feel the ex...I love it that you wrote this post. I feel the exact same way. Meeeowww.Smart Mouth Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157189992200894945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-7402202849865787352008-12-31T13:44:00.000-08:002008-12-31T13:44:00.000-08:00This may top the letter that we get from one of ou...This may top the letter that we get from one of our friends detailing month by month each illness and bad event. It is hilarious!<BR/><BR/>And your husband is wrong. Your snarkiness is really just the truth.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999741671175495307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-50654574919596968892008-12-29T14:17:00.000-08:002008-12-29T14:17:00.000-08:00You know, maybe it's because a lot of our family f...You know, maybe it's because a lot of our family friends are Asian -- or maybe because they're lazy? -- but we never got holiday newsletters. When Andy first told me about them, I felt gypped! Apparently he and his mother and father also receive one in particular every year that just SCREAMS "snark me!"<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing! Some people are unbelievable... :PKristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771013578685419826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-87647850600927412942008-12-29T13:23:00.000-08:002008-12-29T13:23:00.000-08:00ooh - I'd love to read it in its entirety. There i...ooh - I'd love to read it in its entirety. There is a book out that is a compilation of bad "year in review" Christmas letters, I've often thought of buying it for laughs.essbeseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745117719761568320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-72096705643443867602008-12-29T09:25:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:25:00.000-08:00Ann - I like the way you read bewteen the lines......Ann - I like the way you read bewteen the lines...<BR/><BR/>Joanie - hey, go easy on yourself. There's a big difference between bragging to a few ppeople highlights as they come and a four page Christmas bragfest.<BR/><BR/>movie - your family sounds like so much fun. Daughter and I somewhat ad lib our family's underachievement, mis-steps, and quarrles as we are reading the letter.<BR/><BR/>anna - well, thank-you!<BR/><BR/>thistle - yes,the entertainment value alone is worth it all, even the irritation at the perfectionism. I wanted to do a fun letter, but husband is weird about it.<BR/><BR/>tabitha - you're right. tha's the part of the letter that i find the most irritating.<BR/><BR/>blondie- yes yes and yes. I haven't seen these people years, but wonder if it's like this in person.<BR/><BR/>mama - i actually think so too, I could have been a lot more catty.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-74915489188370339932008-12-29T07:00:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:00:00.000-08:00Ummmm....it totally deserves all the snark you can...Ummmm....it totally deserves all the snark you can throw at it.Mama Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056327117924455147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-64704677409204201022008-12-29T03:25:00.000-08:002008-12-29T03:25:00.000-08:00Did they seriously say the rich and famous part? ...Did they seriously say the rich and famous part? Oh my God. Get a life and some class, folks! My parents get a couple letters like that and I just thought those people were crazy...there's more out there! God save us all!The Blonde Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085499120024055465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-29713779775705812792008-12-28T20:02:00.000-08:002008-12-28T20:02:00.000-08:00Wow, that would be a read!!! That's why I don't s...Wow, that would be a read!!! That's why I don't send them.... I'd just have to much to brag about... LOL ;)<BR/><BR/>I'd be mad too, if I didn't get a call about Hawaii!!!!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>~Tabitha~<BR/><BR/>freshmommyblog.comTabitha Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019907765384844007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-21361976206415401882008-12-28T18:12:00.000-08:002008-12-28T18:12:00.000-08:00It sounds like the Braggerbooters need a blog - th...It sounds like the Braggerbooters need a blog - then they could brag to their booter's content, every single day if they wanted.<BR/><BR/>What drives me batty in holiday cards is the people who send one of those photo cards - no personal note, not even a signature! I get one every year from a cousin and his wife with a picture of just their three dogs (they're not in the picture at all).InventingLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882590455596544329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-77028218194556552622008-12-28T17:21:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:21:00.000-08:00it seems like we all get one of these doesn't it.....it seems like we all get one of these doesn't it...ours was a relative back east which altho we love them dearly, as the years wore on we started to feel a little less enamoured of the letters...seriously...perfection is sometimes so hard to abide ;)<BR/><BR/>although i have to say, the letter you receive is epic...entertainment value alone is worth the price of the stamp. And i love Movie's anti-brag idea, perhaps you should compose one next year and send it back just for fun...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-5346888027018957662008-12-28T16:39:00.000-08:002008-12-28T16:39:00.000-08:00Woot! Thanks for the shout-out - I'm so glad you ...Woot! Thanks for the shout-out - I'm so glad you liked the letter!<BR/><BR/>Embrace the snark - YES.<BR/><BR/>And - I have just realized to my chagrin that I am remiss in not having added you to my blog roll already. A lame oversight that I am on my way to correct this instant!<BR/><BR/>Snarky - I mean HAPPY New Year!<BR/><BR/>XO<BR/><BR/>AnnaAnna Leflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968276973881720329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-47230173258413893622008-12-28T16:13:00.000-08:002008-12-28T16:13:00.000-08:00Excellent snark... We grew up looking forward to t...Excellent snark... We grew up looking forward to the yearly christmas letter from one relative's family. <BR/><BR/>We always composed an anti-christmas letter that highlighted all of our under-achievements... wicked fun. <BR/><BR/>:-)cheatymoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328903955238115971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-20542254854772996782008-12-28T15:04:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:04:00.000-08:00On thinking about the braggy newsletters, I'm afra...On thinking about the braggy newsletters, I'm afraid I might be a little guilty of this myself (but really... what momm doesn't brag a little about their kids?) I do, at times, send an email when one of mine gets a good part in a school play or is accepted to the college of his or her choice.But I think I try to keep it simple... at least I hope I do!Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943128638748507880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-55107355587654799142008-12-28T12:40:00.000-08:002008-12-28T12:40:00.000-08:00I couldn't have said it better myself! Bravo!I couldn't have said it better myself! Bravo!Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943128638748507880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-88577357769934258432008-12-28T10:48:00.000-08:002008-12-28T10:48:00.000-08:00Okay, I agree on the comedy icons you linked. Read...Okay, I agree on the comedy icons you linked. Read between the lines: when not in scheduled activities we have absolutly nothing to say to one another, you'd be amazed what a family can achieve with crack cocaine, and our therapist recommended more quality time so we're building a McMansion in Hawaii...Thanks so much for the kind words on my blog!Ann Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-79384195462171507752008-12-28T09:27:00.000-08:002008-12-28T09:27:00.000-08:00You won't believe it, but yours is the last post I...You won't believe it, but yours is the last post I'm reading before going to bed...seriously :) G'nite :)♥ Brajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693196044262677095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-84441134508030483362008-12-28T07:19:00.000-08:002008-12-28T07:19:00.000-08:00Braja - not a relative,thank the lord,but the husb...Braja - not a relative,thank the lord,but the husband, who only appears in the letter as a breadearner, is a friend from before he got married. I think we are just intheir address book at this point. And yeah, i think that's cool too. The virtual world where you are in India reading my post, while I'm over here in Hawaii reading your post and are internet connections are whirring by each other somewhere over the internet. Yours was the last post I read before I went to bed last night.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-51721033062922862172008-12-27T22:58:00.001-08:002008-12-27T22:58:00.001-08:00btw i was on your post when your comment came in. ...btw i was on your post when your comment came in. that happens a lot...isn't it cool?♥ Brajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693196044262677095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-70734541480916650602008-12-27T22:58:00.000-08:002008-12-27T22:58:00.000-08:00That's not bitchy at all. And that last paragraph ...That's not bitchy at all. And that last paragraph about the future of the rich and famous? Jesus Mary Joseph, what is in their WATER?? If I had relatives like that I'd be more than catty: I'd be suicidal and murderous all at once...<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm overreacting :)♥ Brajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693196044262677095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-37503271278424455102008-12-27T21:28:00.000-08:002008-12-27T21:28:00.000-08:00oh d'arcy!!! yea, you're back..We missed you. Ho...oh d'arcy!!! yea, you're back..We missed you. Hope your creative juices got a nice break.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-38885058517510312422008-12-27T21:03:00.000-08:002008-12-27T21:03:00.000-08:00by the way, it's me, D'Arcy, I just changed my nam...by the way, it's me, D'Arcy, I just changed my name for the new year....I felt like I wanted something a bit more powerful! Yeee haawwww!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-60646412415992495772008-12-27T20:57:00.000-08:002008-12-27T20:57:00.000-08:00kate - I love stories of emails gone rogue. Eroti...kate - I love stories of emails gone rogue. Erotica even better.<BR/><BR/>EM - I haven't seen the kids in a long time. I hope they are not too full of themselves.<BR/><BR/>just b- I am pleased as punch if I was able to bring forth a special word from you.<BR/><BR/>Casey - ugliest baby card ; -) that's too funny.<BR/><BR/>star and supernova - welcome! thanks for stopping by and oh my, people put in potty training now? I think I missed that.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3198460211087859887.post-22844831915411009612008-12-27T19:43:00.000-08:002008-12-27T19:43:00.000-08:00good advice, all my friends are young moms, so I g...good advice, all my friends are young moms, so I get about 10 christmas cards talking about potty training, it's golden times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584248569655542892noreply@blogger.com