Ok, here's my standard Christmas card form letter (note the creative use of the word "tonic"):
Dear (Your Name Here):
We hope this finds you healthy and happy. We are all very well and relaxing after a busy summer and fall. We traveled to the Carolinas quite a bit this summer and built a giant play structure in the yard. I am fairly certain the structure can be seen from the moon.
In the fall Alex started kindergarten. He loves school, and this has been a great relief to us as we got to see our shy quiet little guy blossom into a rambunctious “school boy”. It has also made life easier in terms of getting him to do things that he does not care to do. Julia and I can frequently be heard saying things like “School boys use a fork to eat their peas.”
Sarah, 3, continues to be a very talkative and intelligent little girl. Her preschool teachers constantly tell us how smart and cooperative she is. We do not tell them that her favorite thing to say a home is “No way Jose!” Both of the kids are a lot of fun, and both are developing great imaginations and fine senses of humor.
Julia has become very busy with the schools as well. Sarah’s preschool program takes place at Alex’s elementary school so she has been staying at the school as a volunteer when Sarah is in class on Fridays. She has also been active on the PTA, and after a friendly critique of the lack of supervision on the playground, has gotten herself placed on the School Safety Task force.
I continue to manage the Computing Help Desk at Washington and Lee. I love my job. Spending my days working with enthusiastic young techies is a real tonic, and this summer I got a nice new office and Help Desk (both with windows (real windows, not Microsoft Windows)). I spend most of my free time working on the house, which will be fixed up by the time the kids go off to college.
We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
My Illegable signature here.
Here's the obligatory webpage: http://home.wlu.edu/~jwhite/christmas2006.htm
Send me an email with your address if you want a real card.
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