Home exchange made it into our 2011 holiday letter. Do Europeans send out general holiday letters? Many Americans do. Here's an example, from a Jonathan Coulton song:
This year has been a little crazy for the Andersons.You may recall we had some trouble last year.The robot council had us banished to an asteroid.That hasn't undermined our holiday cheer.
And we know it's almost Christmas from the marks we make on the wall.And that's our favorite time of year.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, Where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jonathan_coulton/chiron_beta_prime.html ]On every corner there's a giant metal Santa Claus who watches over us with glowing red eyes.They carry weapons and they know if you've been bad or good.Not everybody's good but everyone tries.And the rocks outside the airlock exude ammonia-scented snow.It's like a Winter wonderland.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, Where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.
That's all the family news that we're allowed to talk about.We really hope you'll come and visit us soon.I mean we're literally begging you to visit us.And make it quick before they [MESSAGE REDACTED].
Now it's time for Christmas dinner - I think the robots sent us a pie! You know I love my soylent green.We didn't have any news nearly that interesting to report, but we did make note of our 2011 home exchanges, as follows:
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime, Where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.
We are still enjoying vacationing by swapping homes with other adventurous travelers. In 2011 we traded homes with swappers in Montreal, Toronto and the Amish Country of Pennsylvania during our summer road trip to visit Grandma, Grandpa and the rest of the family Down South. Because driving 300 miles from New York to Canada is how most people get to Tennessee, right? We now have a new GPS so our next home exchange to see the family will be in Asheville, North Carolina this Spring.
One negative about holiday letters is the difficulty negotiating the line between informing others about the high points of your year and bragging. We accomplished such a home exchange triumph in 2011 that it was impossible not to sound smug about it...
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