Sometimes I Feel Special

Co-workers tend to get a little sentimental this time of year. Like today's mass emailing to "alldistro":
With the approach of this Season, I reflect on the blessings that I have.
One of the most wonderful of these blessings is your friendship.
I wish you and your family the most wonderful Christmas and may the New Year bring you happiness, peace, and prosperity.
May God Bless You

or how 'bout this one:
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:
Shortcut to: http://badaboo.free/merryxmas.swf
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Ok, this one came right after they found out I'm the new editor of the company newsletter but it did make me feel good:
Hey on a different note: I do want to wish you and your Family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! You are a terrific person that I truly love working with! (and I'm not sucking up....I really mean it)!

All these warm fuzzy emails made me feel, well... not so warm and fuzzy. I realize it might take a bit of time to call, oh, say, 500 employees and tell them how much their friendship means to you during the holidays (screw the rest of the year). And I realize you might feel a wee bit embarassed to say the mushy words outloud. But how can I take any of you seriously if you email me and 499 other coworkers your holiday sentiments using language that hasn't been spoken outloud since Shakespeare.

I handled my "coworker holiday gratitude" a little differently. I wrapped tiny little ICE BREAKERS LIQUID ICE mints and put a teeny tiny bow on each of them and handed them to just the people who made my work exsistance a little pleasanter with the following note:
Before you get the wrong idea about my gift, let me just tell you that its not bad.
All I’m saying is “You’re a breath of fresh air.” Merry Christmas

In other news:
I've just been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

Wait...so were you. Now we're all special.