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The Smug Joy of A Round Robin

Every year, my parents receive several Round Robins popped inside Christmas cards. Some are informative, fairly unbiased news about the family with little to no bragging, an easy way to catch up friends you rarely see/talk to with your news. Some, however, the majority in fact, are not quite so reserved in their retelling of the events of the year and their family's news. These I love to read. But not for the reasons the writer intended. After reading the worst/most amusing Round Robin my parents' received this year from some old friends from decades ago they never see and I've never met (and to be quite honest, reading the Round Robin, I'm glad of that fact), I decided to pen something of the same vein to share the horror many families are inflicted with in the Christmas cards they get each year. It is, if not the Ultimate then, a Supreme Middle Class Problem. Dear Friends and Family, Well, it’s been a big year for the Smythe family! But every year is.