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    Hello, Christmas!

    Nov 26, 2020 4 minutes
    BY LISA BOGART, San Rafael, California

    PEOPLE HAVE A LOVE-HATE relationship with Christmas letters. I’m a lifelong letter writer, and even I struggle to hit the right note—newsy, fun, filled with holiday spirit but not bragging or full of details that no one cares about.

    This year, the struggle is off the charts. Who has good news to share at the end of one of the hardest years of our lives? I lost an uncle, friends were diagnosed with Covid, my son moved away, and my husband and I holed up in our house for months. For a social person like

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