Just for fun text of 05 Christmas card.
Dear Friends and Family:
Well it’s time for our yearly Christmas letter. We hope you enjoy it.
Cozette and I started the New Year in spectacular fashion. During the 2005 holiday season that ended on New Year’s day of 2006 we sent out 53 Christmas Cards By January the 3rd. we’d received 61 cards and 6 Christmas letters.. Seven more cards than we sent out. That pleased us very much. Last year we mailed 49 cards and only received 35 in return. But what really made us feel good is that we were mention mentioned in five of those Christmas letters. That meant that when those people recounted the important events and people in their life for that year, we were considered important enough to mention.
For example, In Bart and Martha Smith’s Christmas letter, they described Bart’s 60th birthday party they held in their back yard. Streamers were tied to the fence posts, balloons, floated above the garden, wonderful refreshments were served on the patio and music from on a boom box floated out over the yard, . They mentioned that more than 150 people accepted their invitation to celebrate Bart’s special day . We didn’t think about it at first but then we realized, we were two of those people. It pleased us so much to be mentioned in their letter. We just didn’t expect it.
In John and Mary’s Christmas letter they expressed great joy at having a new member of their family. In July they got a new dog. named Butch. They reported how much happiness he had brought into their lives and how everyone who came in contact with him loved him. We met Butch on the beach once in July when John and Mary were taking him for a walk. I bent down and scratched him playfully under his chin He wagged his tail for me. He was so warm and friendly I could tell he liked me. I just loved that dog. We were sure they were thinking of us when they said “everyone who came in contact with him loved him.”That was such a nice gesture on their part.
Six of the 59 cards we received were from mortgage and real estate companies. Cozette didn’t think we should count them as they were sent via bulk mail and addressed to “occupant” But I felt we should include them because they were delivered to our mail box and several of them were quite tastefully done. One had the picture of all the real estate sales persons in a sleigh being pulled by 6 reindeer. They were all waving happily as though they were in a parade. It was so cute. How I ask could we not include cards of that caliber?
We were also thrilled to receive 7 electronic cards. Cozette didn’t think we should count them either since they weren’t really card cards. But I loved them because they had pictures that moved and sang so they are part of the 61 cards we received. Two of the electronic cards not only included our e-mail address but all of the e-mail addresses of everyone else on their list. It would be a breach of confidence to tell who was on those lists besides us, but our e-mail address was right there among addresses of some very important people.
We also noted where we were in the order of the list under the assumption that they would put the addresses of those people they loved the most at the top of the list. In two of those lists we were in the top 25 (25th and 23rd). That made us feel very close to those people In one we were second from last, but we just met them a few years ago.
All in all it was a very good Christmas Card year.
Well it’s time for our yearly Christmas letter. We hope you enjoy it.
Cozette and I started the New Year in spectacular fashion. During the 2005 holiday season that ended on New Year’s day of 2006 we sent out 53 Christmas Cards By January the 3rd. we’d received 61 cards and 6 Christmas letters.. Seven more cards than we sent out. That pleased us very much. Last year we mailed 49 cards and only received 35 in return. But what really made us feel good is that we were mention mentioned in five of those Christmas letters. That meant that when those people recounted the important events and people in their life for that year, we were considered important enough to mention.
For example, In Bart and Martha Smith’s Christmas letter, they described Bart’s 60th birthday party they held in their back yard. Streamers were tied to the fence posts, balloons, floated above the garden, wonderful refreshments were served on the patio and music from on a boom box floated out over the yard, . They mentioned that more than 150 people accepted their invitation to celebrate Bart’s special day . We didn’t think about it at first but then we realized, we were two of those people. It pleased us so much to be mentioned in their letter. We just didn’t expect it.
In John and Mary’s Christmas letter they expressed great joy at having a new member of their family. In July they got a new dog. named Butch. They reported how much happiness he had brought into their lives and how everyone who came in contact with him loved him. We met Butch on the beach once in July when John and Mary were taking him for a walk. I bent down and scratched him playfully under his chin He wagged his tail for me. He was so warm and friendly I could tell he liked me. I just loved that dog. We were sure they were thinking of us when they said “everyone who came in contact with him loved him.”That was such a nice gesture on their part.
Six of the 59 cards we received were from mortgage and real estate companies. Cozette didn’t think we should count them as they were sent via bulk mail and addressed to “occupant” But I felt we should include them because they were delivered to our mail box and several of them were quite tastefully done. One had the picture of all the real estate sales persons in a sleigh being pulled by 6 reindeer. They were all waving happily as though they were in a parade. It was so cute. How I ask could we not include cards of that caliber?
We were also thrilled to receive 7 electronic cards. Cozette didn’t think we should count them either since they weren’t really card cards. But I loved them because they had pictures that moved and sang so they are part of the 61 cards we received. Two of the electronic cards not only included our e-mail address but all of the e-mail addresses of everyone else on their list. It would be a breach of confidence to tell who was on those lists besides us, but our e-mail address was right there among addresses of some very important people.
We also noted where we were in the order of the list under the assumption that they would put the addresses of those people they loved the most at the top of the list. In two of those lists we were in the top 25 (25th and 23rd). That made us feel very close to those people In one we were second from last, but we just met them a few years ago.
All in all it was a very good Christmas Card year.
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