These "commandments" could probably be better classified as "Lara's Philosophy on Christmas Letters" than actual commandments, but they were so much more fun to write in scriptural language that I got a little carried away.
#1 Thou shalt not skip writing a Christmas letter because "nothing exciting happened". Almost every year, this thought briefly crosses my mind, but then I remember that there is nothing more boring than a letterless Christmas card, except no Christmas card at all.
#2 Thou shalt avoid using trite clichés like the plague, because, heaven help us, I may be off my rocker, but I don't want people to know that I've lost my marbles. We're all in the same boat anyway and this commandment is making zero sense whatsoever. All I'm really trying to say is that for the love of all that's good, please avoid starting your letter with woeful reminiscings on the passage of time.
#3 Thou shalt not write a letter that filleth both sides of a paper with excessive verbiage. A letter that spills onto both sides of the paper should either use a large font, clever writing, or a bunch of pictures...or even better...all of the above.
#4 Thou shalt think outside the box and not limit yourself to a formal letter style. Over the years we've done a top ten list, our year in NUMB3RS, a fairy tale, a list of what we're grateful for, a WANTED poster, and this year a toy catalog. None of them would win any creativity awards, but I like to hope that at least I've done my small part in preventing Christmas card induced narcolepsy at least.
#5 Thou shalt not make the entire letter a list of the fabulous accomplishments of your awesomely perfect family. Even if you are awesomely perfect and haven't so much as sneezed all year, believe me when I say that no one really wants to know it! This isn't really an issue for us, since we are decidedly awesome, but faaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect. Even still I need to remind myself that listing out our accomplishments is just portraying a very small and unrepresentative piece of who we are.
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Stay tuned for our Christmas card/letter reveal and a behind-the-scenes glimpse coming soon!
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#1 Thou shalt not skip writing a Christmas letter because "nothing exciting happened". Almost every year, this thought briefly crosses my mind, but then I remember that there is nothing more boring than a letterless Christmas card, except no Christmas card at all.
#2 Thou shalt avoid using trite clichés like the plague, because, heaven help us, I may be off my rocker, but I don't want people to know that I've lost my marbles. We're all in the same boat anyway and this commandment is making zero sense whatsoever. All I'm really trying to say is that for the love of all that's good, please avoid starting your letter with woeful reminiscings on the passage of time.
#3 Thou shalt not write a letter that filleth both sides of a paper with excessive verbiage. A letter that spills onto both sides of the paper should either use a large font, clever writing, or a bunch of pictures...or even better...all of the above.
#4 Thou shalt think outside the box and not limit yourself to a formal letter style. Over the years we've done a top ten list, our year in NUMB3RS, a fairy tale, a list of what we're grateful for, a WANTED poster, and this year a toy catalog. None of them would win any creativity awards, but I like to hope that at least I've done my small part in preventing Christmas card induced narcolepsy at least.
#5 Thou shalt not make the entire letter a list of the fabulous accomplishments of your awesomely perfect family. Even if you are awesomely perfect and haven't so much as sneezed all year, believe me when I say that no one really wants to know it! This isn't really an issue for us, since we are decidedly awesome, but faaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect. Even still I need to remind myself that listing out our accomplishments is just portraying a very small and unrepresentative piece of who we are.
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Stay tuned for our Christmas card/letter reveal and a behind-the-scenes glimpse coming soon!
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