I know there’s a lot of ambivalence out there about Christmas letters, but I must admit, I love them. I don’t enjoy finding that perfect photo or the time involved in crafting the letter, addressing, stamping, etc., and sure we all get those letters that make us say, "Really? Really?" But I think Christmas letters have value, and not just for the recipient but for the sender as well.
I couldn’t say it any better so I’ll just post what my husband wrote in our letter this year:
Perhaps in this era of Facebook, Twitter, blogs and texting, the annual Christmas letter is now irrelevant. But on our living room coffee table is a book containing a copy of our annual Christmas photos and letters from the last 17 years. In a quick flip of 17 pages, we can see our lives flash in front of us. For our family, these letters to you serve as a permanent and written record of God’s faithfulness to us. The letters also remind us of a statement written in one of our first Christmas letters, “the days are long but the years are short." While we have generally left out the “ugliness” of life (because no one really wants to read about the disappointments, fears and challenges), it has been there. And when we reread the letters, we are reminded of our many blessings through the years and the challenges that God has brought us through. And we are further reminded of the fact that there are new blessings and challenges to come.
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| Our Christmas letter book |
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| A peek inside: In 2002 each child created their own version of a card |
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