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Family Forgot Old Dog On Christmas Card And Got Hilarious Replies

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It was almost a very pugly Christmas for one Massachusetts family.

Tina Haupert designed the family’s 2022 Christmas card and sent them out to friends and family the first week of December.

The Haupert holiday card featured Tina, her husband Mal, their son, Quinn, and the family’s new lizard, Scales.

“This year, my son got a lizard so that was kind of the new family member,” Haupert tells TODAY.com.

But when friends and family received the Haupert’s holiday greeting card, they immediately noticed a very important family member was absent: Murphy, the family’s 13-year-old pug dog.

“He’s 13, so he has been on the Christmas card every year,” Haupert says, adding that friends and family are used to seeing his face. ” I don’t even know how it happened, I was just focused on the lizard because he was the new family.”

Concerned family and friends started messaging Haupert.

“No Murphy?” one asked.

Another texted, “I can’t believe SCALES made the holiday card and NOT Murphy.”

One friend couldn’t believe what they were seeing and demanded to know who was responsible for the card.

Others worried the poor elderly pug had died.

“Pug okay?” one asked.

Another inquired, “What happened to Murphy?”

Haupert and her husband knew they had to make it right.

“We love Murphy, and our family and friends know how much we love him,” she says, adding that Murphy is an honorary guest at nearly every event and many friends have babysat him on various occasions.

She tells TODAY.com the family printed new cards and mailed them out the next day.

“I’M STILL HERE” the card reads, with a zoomed-in photo of Murphy’s face. “Happy Holidays! Love, Murphy”

On the back of the card, a personal message from Murphy reiterates that his humans forget him on the annual card and “I assure you I am alive and well.”

“The text messages after people got Murphy’s card were so funny,” Haupert says. “People were rolling.”

A TikTok video Haupert created of the debacle has racked up over 700,000 views and more than 800 comments. The same video has reached nearly 15,000 views on Instagram.

“Honestly it was just us being our goofy selves,” Haupert says. “We just love the dog.”

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‘It was just a joke’: Gym owner defends controversial billboard after vandals attack – Manchester Evening News

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A gym owner has defended a controversial billboard poster advertising his business after it was vandalised.

The advert – for the PT Factory in Denton – features text which states: “Tired of being fat & ugly? Now just be ugly!”

Ollie Lawrence, who owns the gym, said the poster was intended as a “light-hearted joke”. Although he has received a handful of complaints since it appeared in Stockport Road earlier this month, he said most people had reacted positively.

But on Monday morning, Mr Lawrence discovered that someone had hurled several pots of paint at the billboard.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “It was just a light-hearted joke. It wasn’t our intention to offend anybody.”

The poster, which advertises gym memberships at the PT Factory, was put up on December 5. Mr Lawrence, who set up the gym 12 years ago, said he hoped the advert would attract attention and “put a smile on people’s faces”.

“I would not have put it up otherwise,” he explained.

“We spoke to a lot of people beforehand and 99pc have seen it for what it is – a joke. We’ve had thousands of comments saying how brilliant it is.

“We have had about eight of nine complaints and unfortunately someone has done what they have done.”

Despite the backlash, Mr Lawrence said he does not regret the wording on the poster.

“There’s nothing malicious in it,” he said. “That’s not who we are as a business.

“We wanted to get a funny line out there to try and get our personality across. How do you do that on a billboard?

“We’re a really friendly gym. The eight people who have complained don’t actually know me as a person.

“I’m a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I’ve always been in this industry to help people.”

Mr Lawrence branded the actions of those responsible as “a step too far”. Despite the damage, he said he intends to replace the billboard in the New Year.

“The billboard was quite expensive, he said. “That’s the main reason I was upset.

“It’s a step too far. There are things I might disagree with but I don’t go vandalising them. I just ignore it and think ‘that business isn’t for me’.”

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