Sending an annual holiday letter with your Christmas cards typically means printing out a separate sheet of paper, folding it in half a few times, and stuffing it inside the card so you can fit everything into the envelope. Wouldn’t it be nice to skip the whole printing, folding and stuffing part? Well, you can.…
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Christmas Letter Examples – Howard Family Christmas Letters
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Here’s an example of how to turn the events of your year into a story. This is one of four actual Christmas letters sent out by the Howard family of California. Each year, their holiday update would include a very short story that would usually feature characters from the North Pole learning about things the…
Catch a Video of Santa in Your House
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When you were a kid, did you try to stay up late at night to catch Santa in your house? Millions of children have tried to catch the jolly old elf, but somehow his magic only seems to work when you’re asleep. But with today’s high technology, you’d think there would be a way to…
Christmas Cards: Then and Now
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Christmas Cards Christmas is the perfect time of year to reconnect with friends and family at home and abroad. The practise of sending messages of good will to each other has been made since Pagan times. German records show that people sent New Year cards in the fourteenth century, which later developed into a tradition…
Green Your Holidays with a Christmas Letter Template
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Sending Christmas cards and letters is a fun tradition during the holidays. But if you’re looking for ways to go green and help cut down on paper waste, you may want to consider using a downloadable Christmas letter template rather than store-bought stationery. Using a printable Christmas template for your annual holiday letter to family…
Lyrics for “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Lyrics Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, liv Our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Make the Yule-tide gay, From now on, Our troubles will be miles away. Here we are as in olden days,…
Samples of Christmas Letters
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Your annual Christmas letter doesn’t have to be a letter at all. You’ll find ideas for multiple choice quizzes, newsletters, creative stories, digital Christmas cards and more on the Christmas letter ideas page. But If you’ve already read through the list and want to see how some people have put their own fun ideas into…
Christmas Newsletter Template – Red Snowman Banner
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This MS Word newsletter template for Christmas is designed to make your Christmas letter writing easy! Simply open the document in Microsoft Word (version 97 or newer) and edit it like you’d edit any Word document. The holiday design includes places to include your own update on the first page and family photos with captions…
The Tradition of Holiday Greeting Cards
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Many people enjoy receiving Christmas greeting cards during the holidays, but have you ever stopped to wonder how the tradition of sending Christmas cards began? Sir Henry Cole, a British inventor and civil servant, produced the first commercial holiday cards in 1843. He commissioned an artist named John Horsley to illustrate them, and Cole obliged…
Talking to Your Kids About Santa Claus
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My son finally came to me and asked about Santa Claus. I had been preparing for the question for almost three years, but it still made me a little sad to know this magical part of his childhood was coming to an end. My greatest fear was that he would turn around and tell his…