The 2025 Zezima family Christmas letter

Since | am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), | have decided to follow in that great tradition of boring everyone silly by writing a Christmas letter.

- Jerry Zezima, Tribune News Service

That is why | am pleased as punch to present the following chronicle of the Zezima family, which includes Jerry, the patriarch, and Sue, the matriarch, as well as two daughtersiarch, two sons-in-lawiarch, five grandchildreniarch and a partridge in a pear tree.

Dear friends: It sure has been an eventful 2025 for the Zezimas! The year got off to a “ruff” start with the adoption of apuppy named Opal, a sweet, smart and sassy Chihuahua who has captured the hearts (as well as the fingers and toes, which she likes to nibble on) of everyone in the family, especially Jerry and Sue's younger daughter, the doggy’s human mommy. Opal’s human sisters and her human daddy love her, too, and they are all proud that Opal graduated from obedience school, which is where everyone wishes Jerry would go. That's because he has done some incredibly stupid things this year.