The not-for-us card

Oh happy day - it arrived! My favourite christmas card of the year, the one I anticipate more than any other and the one which makes me grin from ear to ear. What's so special about it?
Well, it isn't for us. It arrives at our address, with a perfectly neat and legible envelope bearing our correct house number, street and postcode. The only thing is, we are not called Jules and Harvey. Jules and Harvey have never lived in this house, or on this street, for that matter.

The only thing I know about Jules and Harvey is that they have chums called Graham and Olwyn. Not close chums, because Olwyn apologizes that they haven't managed to meet up again this year, but they are clearly tenacious, because their card has arrived with us for the last 3 (possibly 4) years.

I do love the perkiness of Olwyn, though her habit of using capital letters in the middle of words is slightly bizarre. I also note that she has selected the religious option for her stamp rather than the secular but cheery Wallace and Gromit - though of course, it is possible that Graham was in charge of the stamping and posting of cards. 

Each year, I am fearful that Graham and Olwyn will have pruned their Christmas card list and we (or rather Jules and Harvey) will have been crossed off, but thankfully, not this year! Now, to assign it pride of place on the mantlepiece.

Comments

[ruth]

Just so funny! Maybe the capitals in the middle of words is a secret code!

[Vicki in Michigan]

I think we should all pick someone at random from our local phone books, and send them a card each year, signing it from Graham and Olwyn....

It could be a random act of cheer (and perplexity, I suppose)........

[Cristina]

That´s so funny!
I got a bit worried, though.
I´ve been writing my m´s and n´s like capital letters since I was 12 - for oh, about 27 years now. But they are very small capital M´s and N´s. It just seemed easier to write them like that, you skip the fuss of those slow loops and after all, I make them small!
The only one who has ever commented on this was a boy who used to sit next to me in sixth grade. Nobody else has seemed to notice in all these years. But now you have me wondering... am I as peculiar as Olwyn?

[Byrney]

How bizarre, we have the same..and I also can't find the right people! Except this year I recognised the envelope but inside the card was toally blank!! Odd!

[zill.y]

So charming and nice. Most amusing Christmas post I've read so far this year.

Best wishes, zill.y - who only recently stumbled over your beautiful blog