Holiday Notes For the Family

Every year I like to write fun little notes to go along with all of my gifts for people. But why should I have to be creative just because I’m a professional writer? Let’s have ChatGPT do the work, and I’ll take the credit.

“Can you write four quirky but charming notes to include with the gifts for my Mom, Dad, sister, and brother?” I asked the AI.

“Sure! Here are four quirky but charming notes to include with your gifts,” ChatGPT responded.

They were all variations on a similar theme:

Note for Brother:

Dear Brother,

I hope this holiday season finds you feeling loved and appreciated, just like you make me feel all year round. You are my role model and my biggest supporter, and I am so grateful to have you in my life. I hope you love the gift I’ve picked out for you. Remember, it’s not the size of the gift that matters, it’s the size of the love that goes into it.

Love always, [Your Name]

I wouldn’t call that quirky or charming, and every single family member got the same “it’s not the size of the gift that matters” last line, which feels like a bit of sexual innuendo and not the kind of thing I’m going to be saying to my family. I told ChatGPT these notes were inappropriate.

“I apologize if the notes I suggested were inappropriate or offensive in any way,” it said. “Please keep in mind that as an artificial intelligence, I do not have personal experiences or feelings, and my responses are based on patterns in the data that I have been trained on.”

A likely story. Guess I’m going to have to write the Christmas cards myself.