This Year's Holiday Cards Feature Bad News -- And Job Inquiries

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:00 PM ET

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Holiday letters, those typically peppy annual updates on family doings, are bringing tidings of a lot less joy. More hard knocks are creeping in as unemployment persists and the economy bumbles along. Laid-off holiday scribes are using the letters in their job hunts. Pink slips, the lousy housing market and tales of forsaken vacations have displaced some of the glad tidings of yesteryear.

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