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The 2009 Collection

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From me:
01 A practical joke
02 My grandparents die
03 English Tour
04 Barn swallows
05 Buying hubcaps
06 Group photos
07 Mr. Science
08 Backpacking, Middle English
09 Leukemia
10 Comfort Clothes
11 Marmots and Texas
12 Eagle, Turkey and Emu
12 Accident and Hike

From Alert Readers:
01 In the Foothills
02 Excess
03 Things unsaid
04 11 Kids
05 Multiple Choice
06 . . . bit my ear
07 Facts and Stats
08 Neiheisel Review
09 Family and Horses
10 Sing a Song
11 The Professional
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Around the World
Coping with DUI
Defining Pretentious
The 12 McQ's

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This is a guide to the the letters Alert Readers sent me in 2009. Note that some letters are from past years.

Summarizing the Year: Vera C. is aging gracefully. A nice mix of family news and travel. She has 50 years worth of Christmas letters, which she gave to each adult child in a binder.

PC Carols An Alert reader takes a funny look at the traditional carols, from a politically correct standpoint.

Cute Kids sayings An Alert reader carries a notebook in her purse for cute things the kids say throughout the year.

Four Songs an Alert reader dreams his family is on "American Idol" and writes four song parodies.

This is one page of over four dozen devoted to Christmas news letters. The main Christmas News Letters page has links to more examples, plus some general guidelines and specific suggestions for writing Christmas news letters. If you have an example, either good or bad, that you'd like to share with the rest of the world, send it to me and I'll add it to these pages.

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This page updated: June 21, 2014