Putting out a Christmas letter can be a lot of work. But as I found out this year, involving the girls turns what had been a three-day, hair-pulling experience into an enjoyable, three-hour project.
The girls were involved in the writing and editing process this year. We started that part of the creative process a week before Thanksgiving. But the process of selecting the photos (and in some cases, securing them) took the longest. Four weeks after getting started, I took the file off to OfficeMax for output. When I picked up the girls from school Tuesday, they were anxious to see the finished product.
From there, we really ramped things up. Once back at the apartment, we created an assembly line and switched on some Christmas music (which quickly turned into Emily's music choices from YouTube). It was both a funny and – at times – educational process. Emily often read people's names and address aloud, to which I would note how we knew them. Lauren and Julia kept running counts on how many stamps we had used or envelopes still needed return addresses.
At one point, Paul Davi's name and address became a source of laughter (I still don't know why). I know Paul from our time with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team. He's best known as the creator of the team's distinctive red, white and blue jerseys. I'll hopefully run into him next May at the Amgen Tour of California and we'll share a laugh about his name and address being so familiar to my daughters.
Lauren was in charge of the return addresses.
Part of the assembly line took up the entire kitchen table.
Julia was responsible for folding the letters.
Veronica was also proud of her folding job. 
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Adorable!
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