Merry Christmas to All
A Christmas Card Newsletter47 total reviews
Comment from LateBloomer
Hi Terry, Congratulations on your very first Christmas letter. I enjoyed reading your letter. It made me smile from the beginning to the very end. I also see that your social life is about as active as mine--minus the 10 grandkids. Believe me, you don't need that much activity.
I especially liked:
-- fifteen pounds too fat. Okay, maybe twenty-two
(Terry, you and I must be sharing the same scale. How amazing. How does it magically move between Texas and NJ? Hmm. Note to self--check on movement of scale. Perhaps install camera and put an App on phone to track its movements.)
-- But my one house plant is still alive after a year and a half.
(You're sounding too much like myself. Nothing lives in this house. Not a plant, not even a gold fish. I did kill the neighbor's gold fish. They left it with me while on vacation. I warned them that I'm not good at stuff like this. I left the bowl in a nice warm place which happened to be in front of the kitchen window during the summer--no a/c. I think I boiled it to death. Oops. They took it well. I did warn them.
My three granddaughters each gave me a cactus plant. I thought that I might have a chance there. Two years later, two of the three are living and have grown a bit. I guess I gave the one that died too much water. My granddaughter showed me how much water they need--a drop. I guess a teaspoon was too much. It just turned to mush and died. It melted like the wicked witch on the Wizard of Oz.0
OMG. This review is beginning to sound like the Christmas letter that I should have written. Forgive me for barging into your letter. Terry, this is what happens when you enter a contest.)
-- seven hundred seventy-five shots of Gentleman Jack Daniels.
(Besides laughter, I think that the shots of Jack are your best medicine. You can still take the 8000 pills too, and make the doctors happy. It can't hurt. After all, they need a job, the pharmacist needs a job, his tech needs a job, the cashier needs a job, the guy who puts the gas in your car and changes your oil so that you can go and pick up these pills needs a job. Just consider yourself a good Samaritan. You are single-handedly keeping the economy of Texas going. Perhaps you should have voted for yourself in the mid-term election? You still have time to decide if you want to run for President. Just food for thought--no pressure here.)
A well done, fun Christmas letter. As this is a contest entry, I wish you good luck. Enjoy the eggnog. Cheers! Margaret ~ LateBloomer
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Hi Terry, Congratulations on your very first Christmas letter. I enjoyed reading your letter. It made me smile from the beginning to the very end. I also see that your social life is about as active as mine--minus the 10 grandkids. Believe me, you don't need that much activity.
I especially liked:
-- fifteen pounds too fat. Okay, maybe twenty-two
(Terry, you and I must be sharing the same scale. How amazing. How does it magically move between Texas and NJ? Hmm. Note to self--check on movement of scale. Perhaps install camera and put an App on phone to track its movements.)
-- But my one house plant is still alive after a year and a half.
(You're sounding too much like myself. Nothing lives in this house. Not a plant, not even a gold fish. I did kill the neighbor's gold fish. They left it with me while on vacation. I warned them that I'm not good at stuff like this. I left the bowl in a nice warm place which happened to be in front of the kitchen window during the summer--no a/c. I think I boiled it to death. Oops. They took it well. I did warn them.
My three granddaughters each gave me a cactus plant. I thought that I might have a chance there. Two years later, two of the three are living and have grown a bit. I guess I gave the one that died too much water. My granddaughter showed me how much water they need--a drop. I guess a teaspoon was too much. It just turned to mush and died. It melted like the wicked witch on the Wizard of Oz.0
OMG. This review is beginning to sound like the Christmas letter that I should have written. Forgive me for barging into your letter. Terry, this is what happens when you enter a contest.)
-- seven hundred seventy-five shots of Gentleman Jack Daniels.
(Besides laughter, I think that the shots of Jack are your best medicine. You can still take the 8000 pills too, and make the doctors happy. It can't hurt. After all, they need a job, the pharmacist needs a job, his tech needs a job, the cashier needs a job, the guy who puts the gas in your car and changes your oil so that you can go and pick up these pills needs a job. Just consider yourself a good Samaritan. You are single-handedly keeping the economy of Texas going. Perhaps you should have voted for yourself in the mid-term election? You still have time to decide if you want to run for President. Just food for thought--no pressure here.)
A well done, fun Christmas letter. As this is a contest entry, I wish you good luck. Enjoy the eggnog. Cheers! Margaret ~ LateBloomer
Comment Written 07-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Margaret, LOL. That is the most fun review I have ever received! Thank you. I wish I could give a six for a review, but I can give you a nomination for reviewing. Terry.
Comment from Bill Schott
Terry, this Christmas letter is most entertaining and definitely the most organized and compartmentalized one I've seen in this contest -- or ever in my life.
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Terry, this Christmas letter is most entertaining and definitely the most organized and compartmentalized one I've seen in this contest -- or ever in my life.
Comment Written 07-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Bill, LOL, thank you for reading. Terry.
Comment from humpwhistle
Sorry it took so long to write this review, Terry. I've been trying to sell my house for the last six months. Suddenly the nibbles turned into a bite, and I've been preparing for today's closing. Honestly, I'd been contemplating a solution to the house problem involving a Zippo kiss. That won't be necessary.
As I always, I enjoy you understated and well-timed humor. Most xmas newsletters are about as interesting as the fine print on an insurance policy.
Yes, I am a left-over hippie. While there's no proof that I have any Native American blood, I've always felt a kinship to the Eastern tribes. Iroquois is a good guess, but Wampanoag seems to suit me better.
I'm glad you're writing some fiction now. With fiction, all things are possible.
Well done, Terry. Merry Christmas.
Peace, Lee
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Sorry it took so long to write this review, Terry. I've been trying to sell my house for the last six months. Suddenly the nibbles turned into a bite, and I've been preparing for today's closing. Honestly, I'd been contemplating a solution to the house problem involving a Zippo kiss. That won't be necessary.
As I always, I enjoy you understated and well-timed humor. Most xmas newsletters are about as interesting as the fine print on an insurance policy.
Yes, I am a left-over hippie. While there's no proof that I have any Native American blood, I've always felt a kinship to the Eastern tribes. Iroquois is a good guess, but Wampanoag seems to suit me better.
I'm glad you're writing some fiction now. With fiction, all things are possible.
Well done, Terry. Merry Christmas.
Peace, Lee
Comment Written 07-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 07-Dec-2022
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Mr. Humpwhistle, I am honored by the six stars. Thank you. You may have a story about selling your house. Merry Christmas to you, and a happy Wampanoag too! Terry.
Comment from Sanku
Your Christmas Newsletter is sure to be the winner .I gave me a lot of chuckles.
21 pills a day? I am sure that is an exaggeration. Anyway this was really interesting as well as entertaining.
I am here in this site because it is a kind of escape ..
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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Your Christmas Newsletter is sure to be the winner .I gave me a lot of chuckles.
21 pills a day? I am sure that is an exaggeration. Anyway this was really interesting as well as entertaining.
I am here in this site because it is a kind of escape ..
Comment Written 06-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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Sanku, thank you for the review. actually, the number of pills has been increased to 22. Terry.
Comment from jmdg1954
Quite a lengthy Christmas letter which I do not believe any family member would read through.
All in all quite jumpy from here to there back to here.
I enjoyed your interaction with the FanStory members and reporting of them.
Best of luck in the e contest.
Cheers, John
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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Quite a lengthy Christmas letter which I do not believe any family member would read through.
All in all quite jumpy from here to there back to here.
I enjoyed your interaction with the FanStory members and reporting of them.
Best of luck in the e contest.
Cheers, John
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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You don't think they will read it? Well, to heck with them. I won't send it to 'em. Terry.
Comment from LJbutterfly
This is hilarious, with one laugh after the other. I'm sorry to read you suffered with the dreaded Covid, but it didn't dampen your spirit. I never thought of counting my yearly intake of pills. I did it and was shocked and depressed. Sparkling events: All of your political candidates lost, the doctor asked one question and then reminded you of the co-pay, you learned to write fiction. Best wishes in the contest.
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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This is hilarious, with one laugh after the other. I'm sorry to read you suffered with the dreaded Covid, but it didn't dampen your spirit. I never thought of counting my yearly intake of pills. I did it and was shocked and depressed. Sparkling events: All of your political candidates lost, the doctor asked one question and then reminded you of the co-pay, you learned to write fiction. Best wishes in the contest.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2022
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Thank you for the six stars! I am delighted you enjoyed my newsletter. Terry.
Comment from irishauthorme
Wow. My life in a nutshell(!)
I am eighty-six, so the pill regimen is also a daily thing for me.
My wife and I both had the COVID shot plus the booster and still got COVID. All your symptoms.
My pain-killer, morale booster, sympathetic failure companion, achievement celebration companion for success, and general stand-by is a good scotch on the rocks, but also tasty in eggnog.
Read Ann, am a fan of Humpwhistle, but also not in his class.
Yeah, Merry Christmas, and Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.
irish
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Wow. My life in a nutshell(!)
I am eighty-six, so the pill regimen is also a daily thing for me.
My wife and I both had the COVID shot plus the booster and still got COVID. All your symptoms.
My pain-killer, morale booster, sympathetic failure companion, achievement celebration companion for success, and general stand-by is a good scotch on the rocks, but also tasty in eggnog.
Read Ann, am a fan of Humpwhistle, but also not in his class.
Yeah, Merry Christmas, and Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.
irish
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Irish, I raise my glass in thanks for the review, and your honor, Cheers! Terry.
Comment from Faith Williams
Thanks, Terry, for sharing your year in review, quite thoroughly in some places, (that is an awful lot of pills) and rather humorously in others (what is the definition of clinical baldness?). You can have all my shots of eggnog as it's disgusting. Merry Christmas to you, and may your new year be filled with joy and laughter!
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Thanks, Terry, for sharing your year in review, quite thoroughly in some places, (that is an awful lot of pills) and rather humorously in others (what is the definition of clinical baldness?). You can have all my shots of eggnog as it's disgusting. Merry Christmas to you, and may your new year be filled with joy and laughter!
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Faith, thank you for the six stars. LOL, I love your review! thanks, Terry.
Comment from Annmuma
I am going to run out of '6's just reading your stuff!!! This is superb and no doubt a contest winner. I love, love it. Thanks for mentioning me! I do truly enjoy our friendship and look forward to our conversations. I saw no spag and my interest in each word never ebbed --- the transition from paragraph to paragraph was fluid. Excellent -- exceptional post. ann
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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I am going to run out of '6's just reading your stuff!!! This is superb and no doubt a contest winner. I love, love it. Thanks for mentioning me! I do truly enjoy our friendship and look forward to our conversations. I saw no spag and my interest in each word never ebbed --- the transition from paragraph to paragraph was fluid. Excellent -- exceptional post. ann
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Ann, thank you for the six stars, but I do think there are some very good entries for this contest. It is a very fun Christmas contest to be a part of. Terry.
Comment from Debi Pick Marquette
OMGosh Terry, this is your all time best yet! I know I might have said that to you just a few times before. But I am cracking up laughing, because your humility sounds almost like you don't realize how funny you are.
.Just not sure how this can be topped! My favorite parts were all of the above. Your ideas of what were socially acceptable, drive through pharmacy, your doctor w the political elections, but for something as brilliant and important as this, you have my vote!
i didn't hate the fact that you mentioned me with the others at the end. That did mean a lot to me too. Thank you for making my night with this w fun and entertaining Christmas Newsletter, my hilarious friend!
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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OMGosh Terry, this is your all time best yet! I know I might have said that to you just a few times before. But I am cracking up laughing, because your humility sounds almost like you don't realize how funny you are.
.Just not sure how this can be topped! My favorite parts were all of the above. Your ideas of what were socially acceptable, drive through pharmacy, your doctor w the political elections, but for something as brilliant and important as this, you have my vote!
i didn't hate the fact that you mentioned me with the others at the end. That did mean a lot to me too. Thank you for making my night with this w fun and entertaining Christmas Newsletter, my hilarious friend!
Comment Written 05-Dec-2022
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2022
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Debi, thank you for the six stars! I am delighted you were entertained by the Christmas newsletter. I don't think I ever received one that was entertaining. Merry Christmas, Terry.