Hollis Baker’s Blog

I bet you are getting a lot of Christmas Cards this year. Aren’t they just great? Alice always lines them up on a dinning room table so we can admire them till way past New Year’s Day. I like them all, especially the ones with the senders family picture. Through the years we have seen our friends and family children grow from babies to full grown men and women. In some cases we have witnessed these babies grow into adults and have children of their own. Kinda gives one a fuzzy, warm feeling doesn’t it?

Some cards are the printed ones with baby Jesus or scenes of snow, holly and remembered mental pictures of long ago Christmases. Inside, someone has taken a lot of time and effort to inscribe a fitting greeting of the season. I really like the ones with personal written messages from the sender. He cared enough to write the very best.

Remember the cards from a few years ago that, when they were opened, somehow played a Christmas carol or a spoken greeting? I never understood how that happened but they were great. I haven’t seen any of those in some time. With the newer, smaller computer chips they should work better and less expensively.

A newer Christmas greeting method is the Christmas Letter. I know you must have gotten some of these. I trust you are enjoying knowing what has happened to your friends over the past year. Most of these Christmas Letters paint quite a glowing past year, with all things coming up roses. The success of these greetings depend on the writing skills of the senders and most do a good job. We have gotten one of these letters, for many years, from a friend who has a knack of making it humorous as well as informative. We eagerly look for his letter each Christmas. In fact if he lets us down this Holiday Season, I am going to call him up and demand he send one.

One Christmas Letter I would like to write is one with tongue in cheek. I fear I haven’t the skill, or creative ability to do it justice. How about telling the world, through the letter, how dad fell from the roof installing the Christmas lights? We hope he gets out of the hospital in time to trim the tree. Or how about the line, “This will be a wonderful holiday after winning the lottery.” I think you get the idea. One must be careful, however, not to stray to far from the meaning of this wonderful time of the year. Perhaps you would like to give this task a try. Just send it me, and I will not tell a soul. Just you and I can have a private laugh and know we love this Christmas Season, each other, and all the world.