The Xmas letters started in 1989. It was a rebellion, of sorts, against the kind
of letter which explains that the kids had been head of school, become Miss Universe,
studied with Mother Teresa,
been nominated for Nobel prizes, etc. I intended that our ones would be different.
And, indeed, so they are. (They are also all written in the present tense, which is
curiously difficult to do).
Only one of early ones has been lost. (If you have a copy framed in your bathroom, or
hiding in the budgie cage, please let me know). [You may think this optimistic, but a Certain Person
did indeed have some of them in her budgie cage.]
#35, 2023 Dictators
#34, 2022 Songs
#33, 2021 Plague
#32, 2020 Odd laws
#31, 2019 Very punny
#30, 2018 Traditional cures
#29, 2017 Christmas traditions
#28, 2016 DJT
#27, 2015 Explorers
#26, 2014 Etymology
#25, 2013 Lists
#24, 2012 Contranyms
#23, 2011 The Dejection of Rejection
#22, 2010 Predictions
#21, 2009 Tiny bubbles
#20, 2008 Fairy tales
#19, 2007 Saints alive
#18, 2006 Patently absurd.
#17, 2005 Knowledge of English.
#16, 2004 Astrology.
#15, 2003 Quotations from Famous People.
#14, 2002 The if-only edition.
#13, 2001 The movie edition. Quite clever, I thought.
#12, 2000 A Rather strange quiz.
#11, 1999 Dates and Y2K.
#10, 1998 Report of the Special Persecutor.
#9, 1997 (no theme)
#8, 1996 The anagram edition. One of the greats.
#7, 1995 Themeless, and in plain .txt. (Amazingly, some people didn't use Word).
#6, 1994 A Marketing-driven intro, and a promise of a new thing called an "internet".
#5, 1993 part1 part2 part3 No theme.
#4, 1992 part1 part2 part3 No theme.
#3, 1991 part1 part2 part3 part4 No theme.
#1, 1989 part1 part2 No theme.
lost: the Beatles one. (And very good it was, too. Maybe even the best one.
And lost !). Must have been 1990, I suppose.
