Christmas Cards from the Dead

[j. d. worthington]

We've all heard of cards arriving years (sometimes decades) late, but I must admit this is one of the oddest Christmas stories I've yet seen:

Cards from heaven have dead man talking - Yahoo! News

Title: "Cards from heaven have dead man talking", from AP, datelined Dec. 25, 2007....

[GOLLUM]

Great sense of humour really.

Thanks for sharing.

When I first saw the thread I thought it might be about authors who are now dead and who had previous Christmas cards/correspondence compiled into a book. Anyone put together a 'Christmas cards/discussions from the past' by SFF authors or other Genres?

[j. d. worthington]

Well, there has been The H. P. Lovecraft Christmas Book, which contained his various verse greetings to people over the years -- one of which, incidentally, was "Festival" (a.k.a. "Yule Horror").

[pyan]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

We've all heard of cards arriving years (sometimes decades) late, but I must admit this is one of the oddest Christmas stories I've yet seen:

Now, that's just cruel....


Funny, but still cruel.

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Okay, now that was just ridiculous....

[dustinzgirl]

The worst thing is you can't pull a prank back on a dead guy.

I think that's just adorable that he wanted to make sure his family and friends felt his presence after his death.

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

Originally Posted by dustinzgirl

The worst thing is you can't pull a prank back on a dead guy.

I think that's just adorable that he wanted to make sure his family and friends felt his presence after his death.

Well, maybe, but I think that stretches the term "presence" to the extreme....at least he had a bright outlook on things.

[Briareus Delta]

Hilarious. What a brilliant idea. I'm sure no-one was offended by this - the amount of planning that went into it just shows how much he thought about his friends and family. I might start working on my own after-death prank.......

[scalem X]

It's one of them rare win-win situations.

After all you can only spoil it by comming back from the dead for real.

[tangaloomababe]

I thought it was funny, thanks JD. Perhaps many would be saddened to recieve one of these cards but I think its very sweet.

[j. d. worthington]

Frankly, I think the emotions would be a bit of both -- especially given the character this fellow apparently had; but I think, overall, the gesture would be a positive one...