Heart Cracks
The Christmas letter has been put to bed, off to the printer. and writing it has engendered all sorts of decidedly un-Christmasy emotions. Christmas letters evoke plenty of different feelings from those who write and receive them. They are the subject of parody since the basic template tends to skew toward a yearly recitation of the author and his/her (and let's be honest here, it's predominantly her) family's highlights, bypassing any lowlights. Not that families don't have them but the archetype just doesn't support same. It's much easier to chronicle how wonderful 2023 was as opposed to even mentioning those events south of the life's border. I always attempt to be at least somewhat self-deprecating in our Christmas letter, choosing to include what might not be considered typical photos, avoiding a highlight reel of the children's and grandchildren's greatest accomplishments. And yet I am excruciatingly aware my letter is stuffed to the gi...