Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 22, 2022

John and Renee must be a couple they knew from back in their old swinging days. LOL

This also reminds me of the 2003 movie, We’re The Millers with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. That was actually quite funny.

Not as many people send real Christmas cards these days. It’s a dying art. Which is too bad.

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So does anyone have a guess on who John and Renee really are?

“Thending Chrithmath cardths! Oh, I don’t even know half these people!” ~ Bob Rivers

It’ll come to you… about January 6th! 8^ )

at least it’s not Roger and Barbara, Leah, or Mary, right?

It come to you Nancy who the Miller’s are.

That’s okay, DeGroots.

“Folks” tend to forget things when they reach a certain “age.” ;-)

[DUCKS]

They have full names and a return address to work with. Get on it Sherlock.

Would anyone care to educate me about the etiquette of sending these seasonal greeting cards? It is not part of my cultural experience, so I wonder occasionally how one decides about adding or removing someone from their list of recipients. Is there a time limit or a recency requirement of receiving from them in prior years? If one cannot remember, should one reply to request info? Presumably physical mail should include return info on the envelope. Who are the likely recipients? Immediate friends, family and current acquaintances? Distant family? Acquaintances from past associations with schools, military comrades, business contacts, religious institutions? Understand that I’m guessing, here. Must the greetings be in a physical paper medium, or has the time-honored practice been updated to include electronic media? If so, do recipients print out for themselves samples that include special graphics in order to display them? I ask because I have seen such physical greeting-cards displayed in some homes. Is the purpose of that to foster a feeling that the senders are participating remotely in the family celebration? I do not know how this custom originated, but it seems to me reasonable that a sense of remote participation and family connection might have played a significant part in it. If this is its primary purpose, does that bear upon the decisions about whom to include in the list of recipients?

Nobody does massive Christmas card mailings, any more. Facebook proved to be more efficient and effective; it’s not all bad.

The Millers own a beer company, and since I do not drink Miller Low Life beer, I do not send them a card.

I was half expecting it to be Moose and Molly.

Christmas card lists become cumulative and combined, then become automatic as each season comes and goes. If the list is anything like Frank and Nancy’s, the hand-written paper is folded, yellow, hard to read, scratched out, lined through.

Sadly, the tradition is dying. I am still one of those people who not only SEND Christmas cards, but search diligently for cards I deem appropriate to the recipient. (For example, I always send skating-motif cards to my fellow skating friends, religious cards to 90 year old aunts, ….you get the idea). My daughter used to make fun of me for doing this but she had an epiphany this year, telling me how wonderful it is to receive cards in the mail rather than bills and “junk” mail. She sent me a great card! My biggest pet peeve, though, are people who send those photo-of-their-family cards. First of all, with social media (and they are all on Facebook), I’ve SEEN recent photos of your kids/grandkids. And I cannot easily display a postcard as I can a “real” card. Because of the dying tradition and receiving fewer and fewer cards each year, I have started saving my favorites and re-displaying those each year along with one or two “new” ones. >sigh<

Props to Greg, though, her expression in the last panel is brilliant.

I can’t stand doing Christmas cards. I send none, I receive none, and that’s just fine with me.

Obviously, it’s Jon Moxley and Renee Paquette!! The DeGroots run in some exciting circles!! #AEW :D

We had one of those cards this year. it had my name first on the envelope but i had no idea. my wife said “I used to work with her.”

Yes, i know this awkward situation.

Never have that problem. Barely get back cards from those friends we stay in regular contact with and send cards to. Probably why our list gets smaller every year.

Not sending cards out has really hurt the Post Office. They keep threatening to close offices and reduce hours, but our taxes keep them working

Miller is one of the most common last names. If I was told we had a card from the Millers I’d need to know which Millers

Another name to put on the mailing list. How many are there because Frank and Nancy got a card from them, even though they have no clue who these people are.

I’m one of those annoying people who sends Christmas cards every year. Being “of an age” as they say, I try to write a small note in each one that will hopefully remind the recipient who I am. People seem to appreciate it, and that gladdens me as I thoroughly enjoy doing it. Happy Holidays.

We knew John and Renee. About 30 years and several states away. Think that they’ve moved since.

Nowadays it seems like sending a Christmas email has gotten popular – with a family picture and season message.

LOL!!!

OFF TOPIC

Sent this privately in the past, decided to share it here for those who want.

My Mother’s “Green” Soup, (as we called it) amazing for winter.

Ingredients:

2 larger onions, 3-4 potatoes medium, ¼ to 1/3 of an average stalk or 1 package of frozen spinach, 1-2 leeks or leek soup, Salt, pepper, nutmeg, garlic, thyme, Butter or margarine

To prepare:

Cut the onions into cubes, glaze the onions in butter, add the spinach, celery, fresh leeks, potatoes, thyme, salt, pepper, garlic, & nutmeg in water. Bring to a low boil for at least 30 minutes or until everything is tender. If you are using packaged leek soup, cook it separately, and puree it, meanwhile the rest can be boiling.

In a larger pot, place the pureed soup mixture and set it on low. Puree the other vegetables and add them to the soup mix. If you are using fresh leeks, just puree all the vegetables. Either way, check your seasoning to taste, add more water if needed. The soup should be thick but not too creamy. As long as the water does not separate from the floating vegetable, the puree is the correct consistency. Bring to a final boil, adding a little more butter if desired.

It will keep in a closed jar for a week refrigerated. Freezes indefinitely and reheats the same as when cooked.

I became a reactionary Christmas Card sender, only sending them to people who sent us one. I curse the ones that show up late!

I keep saying I’m not going to get cards out this year, but then I do anyway. About 10 or 12, to family and select friends. I don’t care if I don’t get cards back. I’m doing it to feel like I’m keeping in touch, important to me the older I get.

Judging from the ages of their children, Frank and Nancy have been married 25 years or so.

After 25+ years of marriage, most couples aren’t this coy with each other. We sure weren’t.

I got a graduation announcement from Carolyn Tidd for her daughter. I asked Patsy who she was. She thought I knew.

I emailed back to say we were glad she was graduating but how do we know them?

“You’re our aunt and uncle Patsy and David in Florida aren’t you?”

“We ARE David and Patsy, but give us some details.”

I found eleven David and Patsy Greens in Florida but from the other details I figured which was the one she actually intended. We kept in touch through her graduation from Georgia and a child or two. We have never met.

Sometimes that does happen……

This made me laugh out loud….mostly because it’s so, so true!

This week of strips with DeGroots at home for Christmas had been quite enjoyable.

My uncle, I thought he was your uncle. (What old beer commercial was that?

I love where Greg signed this one! Cute.

Maybe it’s like a recent Pickles strip where the mailman delivered the Christmas card to their house by mistake.

That memorable huh?

We had that happen more than a few times, with 30 years in the USN and moving every few years, quite often we got cards that took awhile to figure out exactly when and where we were stationed with them.

tomorrow: back to Puddles?

Whosoever they may be, John and Renee have the right gracious sentiment. So, be of good cheer, Frank and Nancy.

And be sure to keep or copy their return address from the card’s envelope!