Monday, December 3, 2007

UNIVERSAL CHRISTMAS LETTER

Is it time to write that Christmas letter? A friend just emailed saying she dreaded writing that letter. It was always a challenge to relate the good news without sounding obnoxious. We have done Christmas letters in past years that seemed obnoxious even to me. Can’t help bragging a bit about the off spring. Maybe we could save time just filling in the blanks on this universal letter. Keep a copy on your computer and reuse it next year.

THE UNIVERSAL CHRISTMAS LETTER

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings from the ______________ family. 20__ has been a ___________ year for us.
In ___________ all of us traveled to ___________. We flew on ______________
While we were there, we visited _______________. The shopping was great and we purchased our first ______________.

The _______________ are growing up too fast. __________ lettered in ____________.
_____________ is progressing nicely in ______________ and will perform a concert with _____________. All of them made the honor roll. All of them are considering trying out for the Olympic team. _________________ is especially gifted academically and wants to be a doctor. ______________ wants to become a scientist and solve global warming. ___________ placed first in her first pageant. She hopes to continue on the pageant tour and compete for college scholarships. __________ was accepted at Harvard and Yale.

_____________ was promoted and now senior _________ with ___________. I have been taking classes at ____________ in ___________. I hope to open my own business selling online next year. Our financial advisor told us to diversify our portfolio so we are looking at investments in ___________. Our new Maserati will be tax deductible as _________ picks up clients at the airport with it.

We plan to move next year and are talking to architects about building a new __________________. We want the design to meet all of our desires. ___________wants a pool. __________ needs room to store his vintage autos. ___________ want ______________. I’ll let you know when we have taken possession so you can visit us. We are planning a guest suite.

My _________ and family visited this summer. All of us had such fun catching up on each others lives and playing _____________.

August was our ___________reunion. ___________ was class president so __ was on the organizing committee. We took a group of old friends out on the yacht.

Hope your holidays are special.
Love,

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