Comments on Pens Fatales: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Letter

ok so you don't really have dark curly hair &a...

2009-12-06T20:07:24.774-08:00

ok so you don't really have dark curly hair & wear silly sweaters? i am so confooozed

Yeah, awesome photo!

2009-12-04T15:31:37.054-08:00

Yeah, awesome photo!

Dear Laurie, You are my favorite Christmas boutiq...

2009-12-04T14:55:30.090-08:00

Dear Laurie,

You are my favorite Christmas boutique gift item!

xxoo
~drew~

Hi Laurie, Loved your post - hilarious. My fave li...

2009-12-03T21:32:58.338-08:00

Hi Laurie,
Loved your post - hilarious. My fave line: "So many stories, so little wine." I can't wait to read your next book!

Love,
B.

@Mel--I laughed at your story about your poor dad ...

2009-12-02T11:43:13.269-08:00

@Mel--I laughed at your story about your poor dad until I cried. I was on a conference call. Thank God for the mute button.

I'm one of those moms who sends out the mass p...

2009-12-01T08:36:07.058-08:00

I'm one of those moms who sends out the mass produced letter every year along with the picture of the kids. I love writing and sending the letters. The outtakes of the pictures of the kids is well worth the 2 weeks it takes to get a decent pic (they are now 5 and 3 1/2 years old). Maybe this year we'll even include the dog - but no cats. I'm glad someone finds the letters amusing.

Almost as annoying as the mass produced letter is ...

2009-11-30T20:48:57.684-08:00

Almost as annoying as the mass produced letter is the Xmas postcard with the picture of the kids. Where are the adults? Why do I only get to see the kids?
So one year I retaliated. I created a postcard of my own. It was a picture of my dog, huddled in the debris of my current renovation project with a Santa hat on. The caption was "Merry Christmas to you too..." I sent it to everyone who sent me a kiddie card. Not a single one of the got the point. I am glad to read these messages and hear there are other crumudgeons like me out there.

La-la-love you! There. That was my daily dose of...

2009-11-30T15:28:53.572-08:00

La-la-love you! There. That was my daily dose of peppy bubbly happiness.

You really do always make my day, Laurie. Thanks.

Ugh, I hate getting those letters. I'd rather...

2009-11-30T09:52:43.960-08:00

Ugh, I hate getting those letters. I'd rather someone just handwrite, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," than type up a totally impersonal, mass-produced missive. To me they say, "I couldn't be bothered to personally address you, dear friend (or family member), instead, since everything is about ME, here's a newsletter all about ME."

Yours, however, I would not mind receiving -- very funny and entertaining!

Speaking of magic erase mops, isn't it time fo...

2009-11-30T08:55:52.034-08:00

Speaking of magic erase mops, isn't it time for a new list of your favorite things Laurie?

I, myself have adopted your awesome lipstick that you reccomended- (it stays on all day!) and bought a few magic erase sponge thingys that work like a dream. (The Occitane sp? was a little too subtle and sophisticated for me, but it was a swell two weeks of feeling soft and smooth)

Your honesty and humor are what drew me to your site and your book and will continue to keep me chuckling at the computer screen, and buying your books!

hearts! merry christmas and so on don't stop w...

2009-11-30T08:07:17.135-08:00

hearts!
merry christmas and so on
don't stop writing!
Ever!

Laurie - you are an absolute treat and I love your...

2009-11-29T20:21:15.957-08:00

Laurie - you are an absolute treat and I love your particular way of telling like it is.

Wait- a clean eraser MOP??? I must have. I think...

2009-11-29T19:27:30.494-08:00

Wait- a clean eraser MOP??? I must have. I think that your holiday letter is lovely, and I would like to get one like that. I am glad to hear your mechanic is back on the outside- I am still searching for the perfect mechanic.

Greatest Christmas Letter Ever!

2009-11-29T11:49:16.615-08:00

Greatest Christmas Letter Ever!

Hmm....Shelly is still unemployed after resigning ...

2009-11-29T11:14:35.699-08:00

Hmm....Shelly is still unemployed after resigning her job to move in with her fiance in another town, who, she discovered, sleeps with his teenage daughter and calls it a "parenting style". She is thrilled to be free of the numbnuts and is happily knitting a new life which will not include men until 'hell freezes over', an unlikely scenario given the current world climate situation. Happy Holidays.

This was one of my favorite parts: "I got add...

2009-11-29T09:58:25.052-08:00

This was one of my favorite parts: "I got addicted to Netflix and decided it was a better investment than dating so I upped my subscription plan."

Excellent!! I actually did send out a truthful one...

2009-11-29T02:01:00.578-08:00

Excellent!! I actually did send out a truthful one last year, after being laid up bed bound with a damaged spin for 4 months and spending the whole year awaiting surgery I was feeling a little....sour. So I told it as it was 2008 was the year of pain!!! It acually felt good sending it too !!
There are far more of us grumbly, cranky, crazy realists out there in the world than you might think, and letters like this help bring us together.
Thank you Laurie :)

We just got home from Maine, and I am far too tire...

2009-11-28T20:53:55.930-08:00

We just got home from Maine, and I am far too tired to mess about with fonts, but remind me sometime to teach you to say "Welcome to my totally screwed-up life" in Russian.

By way of illustrating why I should never write a Christmas letter I started an account of my Thanksgiving weekend; it is now a novella, and if I can pare it down a bit I will use it as my blog post tomorrow. Suffice it to say that multiplying the number of minor mishaps I can fit into one long weekend by an entire year would not be pretty.

Pulitzer, shmulitzer. I eagerly await your book.

they're not russians they're armenians in ...

2009-11-28T20:34:35.804-08:00

they're not russians they're armenians in your building...big difference!

As a longtime Crazy Aunt Purl lurker, it's nea...

2009-11-28T20:24:59.038-08:00

As a longtime Crazy Aunt Purl lurker, it's neat to finally see your face. I just love the letter-sounds like something I'd write.

I like your letter better than the fake ones about...

2009-11-28T19:44:54.324-08:00

I like your letter better than the fake ones about Johnny and Susy. If I wrote one it would be about a paragraph long and probably never get sent out. Sort of like the Christmas cards I always mean to send and never get around to mailing. Which reminds me...

Magic Eraser Mop--damn!

2009-11-28T14:21:30.931-08:00

Magic Eraser Mop--damn!

omg I love you, you totally made my day! I look f...

2009-11-28T13:37:05.680-08:00

omg I love you, you totally made my day! I look forward to getting home from work during the week and sitting down at computer and reading your Crazy Aunt Purl.
Awesome letter :)

Ha! If the letters we got every year were as hones...

2009-11-28T13:15:22.666-08:00

Ha! If the letters we got every year were as honest and funny as yours, I wouldn't mind reading them!

Funny, Laurie! I would be so thrilled to get a le...

2009-11-28T13:01:01.719-08:00

Funny, Laurie! I would be so thrilled to get a letter like yours!