My Dear Readers,
As an important part of our lives I wanted to send you out the photo we had taken for our Christmas cards. Now, be forewarned that this isn’t your typical card, but I think you’ll find it suits us well.
In the spirit of the popular movie, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, I came up with this idea. My Mother never cared for that movie, or any of their other movies (unlike most of America) due to the main character, Chevy Chase’s wandering eye when it came to fidelity. I respected her for that opinion, and it too affected my opinion of the films. So, unlike many friends my age, I don’t consider Christmas Vacation to be the absolute best Christmas movie. I love It’s a Wonderful Life (which I’ve already seen this year), the original cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas (I know every line), and have recently fallen in love with Dolly Parton’s movies, Coat of Many Colors & Christmas of Many Colors. If you haven’t seen those two, then do yourself a favor and check them out!
But back to Christmas Vacation. It was the inspiration for our Christmas Card this year. If you recall, the infamous Cousin Eddie came along to visit in an RV. His lifestyle was frowned upon, and like him, I’m sure people look down in disdain for the life we have chosen to lead. Selling our large home in favor of a fifth wheel. Parting with our possessions to squeeze our family of five into a traveling home. Well, it may seem unconventional or even crazy, but if God leads, you follow.
In this Card we decided to go along with the stereotype and make a little fun of ourselves. So please enjoy at our expense the bags of trash, naked baby, and dirty children’s faces.
Thank you for following along as we learn our way through this life.
Love,
Ben, Brie, and the girls
Claudia Miller says
Way to go Brie!!! This is awesome!!! Love the humor and your openness to going against the grain. Lord I pray your hand of blessing on this family, May you make your face shine upon them and give them your ever loving grace.
Claudie Miller
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you so much!
Deby says
Love it!
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you!
Kim says
Brilliant – merry Christmas to you
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you!
Trudy Castrogiovanni says
Love it!! Thanks for the chuckle, and Merry Christmas to you and your amazing family!
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you!
Nancy Obrigewitsch says
That’s awesome! I love that movie, just because it’s hilarious! Had no idea about CC. That isn’t something I respect of course.
Dave says
Awesome! Our family did a Christmas photo about 25 years ago with blacked out teeth and uncombed hair! We had a ball! Your husband gets the award as far as I’m concerned for backwoods trailer trash man! Merry Christmas and may you get lots of hygiene products! Haha!
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you!
Lisa Pierce says
I’m sure all your recipients will chuckle as much as I did! Thanks for sharing this. May God bless your Christmas now and always!
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Thank you! And you!