Speaking of Christmas cards; tis the season. We’ve never been really good at the practice of sending out cards. It just never rises to “High” on our priority list and so we often will send them at the last minute, vowing to do better next year. But we are fans of the Christmas letter; that extraordinary combination of Christmas card and informational letter. There have been lots of jokes about these letters and they are often placed in the same category with Christmas fruitcake but we love them just the same.
Mind you; we don’t send these letters ourselves, we just enjoy the receiving. And we look forward to certain ones; letters from Alex, from Julia and Art, and from Kay. Yes, even Marilyn’s letter. But I was thinking…right after reading Julia and Art’s great letter, that there is no reason why the Christmas Letter couldn’t be on-line. A Christmas Blog. (Julia writes quite well and really should have a blog of her own.) And the best part of a Christmas Blog would be the photos to go along with the story. In a physical letter, you can only send so many photos before the costs make it prohibitive to have lengthy list of recipients. And the cost of the cards! The postage! You can blog for free…and it’s a great way to embrace the 21st century. Sure, Hallmark will fret and so will the postal service, but if we could make it a movement, we could see it sweep over the land, from coast to coast! (Can you imagine Marilyn’s letter on-line…and with photos?)
Now that I think about it, some enterprising souls could offer Christmas Blog templates and on-line courses on how to use them. For a nominal fee, of course. Stay tuned!
I love the blog idea with pictures. The Marilyn letter would be highly improved if there were pictures. I understand a copy of the letter is on it's way. Will forward with speed.
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ReplyDeleteAnd when I said we should make it a movement...I was inspired by the immortal words of Arlo Guthrie; "You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them. And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement."
Iknow it's a Thanksgiving song, but it's close enough to Christmas to use it.