Better Than Fruitcake

Really, I like Christmas letters. They're interesting and informative. All the better if they include a picture.

My only problem with them is that they force you to sum up the last year in two pages, and this almost invariably requires an overly upbeat, everlastingly optimistic tone that tends to imply a bouncy, year-long ride of perpetual happiness.

But maybe that's their place.

Note: not saying that all Christmas letters have this tone.