Your point is well taken, Gerald. Suggestion for an 11th possibly acceptable card: the ironic or subversive Christmas card. Write about trivial indignities or glass half empty odes to subvert the genre. Like the paper cuts and hang nails you accumulated over the year. And the job you hate but you won't quit because you don't know how to be happy. In my opinion, this is the best kind of Christmas card. And you could split the baby with your wife by putting a nice picture on it. That way you get to work the surprise angle. Love your newsletter as always!
I'm an idiot and accidentally sent this out last night while migrating to Substack. It was from seven years ago! And there have been seven cards from us since, I'm embarrassed to say. I've refused to contribute, but now I'm thinking your No. 11 makes a lot of sense. My wife can do the cookie-cutter picture, and I will write an indignant blurb. That's a nice balance and doesn't seem like as much of a waste of a few hundred dollars or however much they cost. Thank you for the funny idea and thank you so much reading Mad Dawg, Evanston's finest!
Your point is well taken, Gerald. Suggestion for an 11th possibly acceptable card: the ironic or subversive Christmas card. Write about trivial indignities or glass half empty odes to subvert the genre. Like the paper cuts and hang nails you accumulated over the year. And the job you hate but you won't quit because you don't know how to be happy. In my opinion, this is the best kind of Christmas card. And you could split the baby with your wife by putting a nice picture on it. That way you get to work the surprise angle. Love your newsletter as always!
I'm an idiot and accidentally sent this out last night while migrating to Substack. It was from seven years ago! And there have been seven cards from us since, I'm embarrassed to say. I've refused to contribute, but now I'm thinking your No. 11 makes a lot of sense. My wife can do the cookie-cutter picture, and I will write an indignant blurb. That's a nice balance and doesn't seem like as much of a waste of a few hundred dollars or however much they cost. Thank you for the funny idea and thank you so much reading Mad Dawg, Evanston's finest!