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		<title>Merry&#8230; Christmas?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got back to Chicago today and collected two weeks&#8217; worth of mail. Among the Christmas cards was a plain white #10 envelope addressed to me in a neat, all-caps hand. The return address is from &#8220;Halpert&#8221; on Ellsworth St. in Naperville. Odd, since I don&#8217;t think I know anybody in Naperville. Nor anybody [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I <em>finally</em> got back to Chicago today and collected two weeks&#8217; worth of mail. Among the Christmas cards was a plain white #10 envelope addressed to me in a neat, all-caps hand. The return address is from &#8220;Halpert&#8221; on Ellsworth St. in Naperville. Odd, since I don&#8217;t think I know anybody in Naperville. Nor anybody named Halpert.</p>
<p>I opened the letter and found a two-page faux-typed &#8220;Christmas&#8221; letter (including a faux water ring on the back). I scanned both pages, which are below&#8212;you&#8217;ll have to click on them to enlarge, but I beg you to do so. The letter itself is pretty funny, but I have NO IDEA who sent it to me. (I don&#8217;t have a home phone, so my address isn&#8217;t listed). The return address on the actual letter is my work address (sans suite number), which is&#8230; coincidental? creepy? weird? Please, for the love of all things holy, if you sent this to me, let me know. It&#8217;s driving me crazy.</p>
<p>If you need further persuasion to enlarge and read, here&#8217;s the second paragraph for you:</p>
<blockquote><p>To begin at the beginning. Many of you will have heard that, while walking home from mailing our holiday missive in early December 2006, I was struck in the temple by an Audi. <strong>Servilia</strong> and the kids feared the worst, and their fears were confirmed when I survived. I&#8217;ve long believed that there is something positive to learn from even the darkest event. However, I have been very, very wrong. Getting hit by an Audi is an uniformly bad thing.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.southoftheloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmas-letter-pg1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-473" title="christmas-letter-pg1" src="http://www.southoftheloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmas-letter-pg1-242x300.jpg" alt="christmas-letter-pg1" width="366" height="453" /></a><a href="http://www.southoftheloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmas-letter-pg2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-474" title="christmas-letter-pg2" src="http://www.southoftheloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/christmas-letter-pg2-240x300.jpg" alt="christmas-letter-pg2" width="366" height="456" /></a></p>
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