Writing a Christmas letter is a good way to reflect on the events of the past year. But because my main goal is to connect with friends and family I don’t see very often, I include just a few ...

For example, Settie had a manic intensity towards the Christmas letter and getting on the Wall of Fame from the very start, but it can be hard to feel invested in her plight when she’s pushing ...

Finally, writing letters to Santa gets your family into the Christmas spirit. Encourage the children to include drawings for Santa, or put stickers on their letter.

After years of losing her community’s Christmas letter competition, Settie Rose (Angela Kinsey) hires a struggling novelist to depict her dysfunctional family in the best possible light in ...

2) Get organized. Clear out the closet shelf you usually hide Christmas gifts on. Reorganize the craft room so you’re ready ...

WHEN I was at university my dad wrote me the occasional letter. They were quite short, and generally just accounts of a typical day at home; comings and goings through the front door, the morning dog ...

“Here it is Christmas Day,” my future father-in-law wrote his family in Uniontown in the middle of World War II. Corporal Bob Reynolds was stationed “Somewhere in India” with the 25th Field Hospital, ...

Merry Christmas with love and laughter to you and your family, too, from the Zezimas. Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for Tribune News Service and is the author of seven books.