Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!! Summary

Jocelyn Dunbar writes this dark version of a holiday newsletter. She opens with warm wishes to her readers and acknowledges their certain shock that after the tumultuous year that the Dunbars have had that Jocelyn would still produce a holiday newsletter.

Next, she introduces Khe Sahn, the newest twenty-two-year-old member of their family. Clifford, the patriarch of the Dunbar clan, apparently impregnated a Vietnamese woman while on his tour of duty in the war. Twenty-two years later, on Halloween night, Khe Sahn arrives at the Dunbar's door wearing a lot of makeup and very little clothing. Jocelyn mistakes her for a prostitute, but after hearing from Khe Sahn's lawyer, grudgingly admits her into the Dunbar home.

Jocelyn mentions that her son, Kevin, is excelling in school. Khe Sahn, on the other...