Spread Holiday Cheer: Read Our Christmas Newsletter | CS Friends

[raebates]

Thought I'd share our Christmas newsletter with my friends here on CS. Feel free to share yours. I love learning more about each of you.

 

[pattikake]

I love it Rae! I want to put one together this year .. haven't done one in awhile. It's a great way to get all the updates and happenings with all of the family.Happy Holidays to you and your family.

 

[NooraK]

It's wonderful Rae! It's nice to know The Furry Guy has a name . I've written mine out, now I just need to get DH to read it to make sure I didn't miss anything, then translate it for those family members who don't read English. From there, printing and stuffing envelopes.

 

[raebates]

Be sure to share it, Noora. Yes, The Furry Guy has a name. Among most of our friends he's known by his given name. However, they love the fact that my friends know him as The Furry Guy. Patti, I can't not do a newsletter now. We've done one for a number of years. People we no longer get a chance to see and catch up with tell me that they always look forward to our letter. It lets them feel like we've spent time together.

 

[NooraK]

OK, here's mine.

 

[raebates]

Good job, Noora! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Chef Kearns]

Thanks for sharing guys!! I was wondering if I'd ever learn TFG's real name!! LOL!

 

[Jennie4PC]

Thanks for sharing your letters. It inspires me to write one of my own. Never have been good at that kind of stuff

 

[raebates]

The Furry Guy likes the fact that he remains mostly anonymous. It gives him a bit of protection from whatever I might say about him.

 

[Maragib]

Thanks for this thread, it finally spurred me to write our yearly letter, so i sat down and did it and now it is done thanks to you all!

 

[raebates]

Goo for you, Maragib. Are you willing to share it?Here's a hint for next year. Staring now, make notes about things that happen. That way you won't have to remember everything next year when you sit own to write your newsletter.

 

[NooraK]

I save all of our pictures on the external harddrive in folders titled with the dates of the events. I browse through those folders, and use the checkbook to look back at what we did each year. May be a bit of an unusual way to figure it all out, but it works!

 

[dkitten13]

Rae, I love it! I've always wanted to do it since I'm a scrapbooker and memory keeper at heart but I feel like our circle of true friends is somewhat small so I never have really done it. Would it be tacky to do via e-mail as I just ordered 20 photo cards for my little list?

Can't wait to read more and maybe I'll create one just to share with my PC friends!

 

[raebates]

These days email isn't considered tacky at all. I receive a few Christmas newsletters that way.

 

[Maragib]

I still need to edit, so if you see anything, or if areas are confusing, please feel free to let me know. Mara

 

[raebates]

Thanks so much for sharing, Maragib. It's a really fun letter. Since you asked, I noticed two typos:In the paragraph where you're talking about Caleb the world willing is missing an l. In the paragraph about yourself the word occasionally should be capitalized. Have a wonderful Christmas!