Christmas Letter Pizzaz

Are you dreading creating your family letter for the year? Try this approach to get your creative juices flowing and make it more interesting for all involved. (i.e. your readers!) Write down the highlights you want to hit for the year. Now start creating a letter that reads like "The Night Before Christmas." To do this, you want to have 12 syllables per line and you want to rhyme each group of two. Here was our family letter from last year to give you an idea of how it goes. (I haven't worked on this years yet, but heck, the years not over!)

The year 2006 has come and gone so fast
With bittersweet memories that are sure to last.

The year started off with long awaited good news
A baby was due before Trinity reached two.

February we learned about love and respect,
A marriage conference we will never forget.

News came in April of the first of our losses,
Amy’s Grandmother went home to be with Jesus.

Amy went to Illinois to say her goodbyes,
Then returned home in time to turn around and fly.

Off to Florida for vacation we were bound
We stayed with Aunt Cookie and she showed us around.

The Cubs and the Diamondbacks played in early May
What a great way to celebrate Amy’s birthday.

But what was so much fun became cause to be sad,
When at the end of the month, we lost Amy’s Dad.

What a tremendous loss to all those who loved him
It seems so unreal we won’t see him ‘til heaven.

Somehow we moved on and prepared for the baby
Angelina arrived on September twenty.

Three years of marriage, one year of David’s Salon
Now two children at home, how fast the time has gone!

If we could talk to our dad two things we would say
We love you so much; tell Jesus “Happy Birthday!”

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
David, Amy, Trinity and Angelina

Give it a try - you may find it's not nearly as hard as it looks!