Holiday Newsletters

2003 Christmas

Dear Family and Friends, As the Franklin family looks back through the events of 2003 it’s almost impossible to know when reality left them and the acid tabs kicked in. This time last year the Franklins…

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2002 Christmas

Dear Family and Friends, Where does the time go? It’s been another whole year and once again the yard is filled with Joe’s eclectic “Christmas Extravaganza” or, as Nancy calls it, the Electric Acid Trip. Let’s…

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2001 Christmas

Dear Family and Friends,  It’s hard to believe that another holiday season is upon us. At times like these, when so much is changing, it’s comforting to know that some things never change.  Take Jimmy and…

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2000 Christmas

Dear Family and Friends, And so it comes time, once again, to send out the annual Christmas letter. Jimmy, now 9 and in the third grade, is responsible for the increased holiday drinking in the Franklin…

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1999 Christmas

Dear Family & Friends, It’s been a fabulous year! Joe bet it all on a “dot-com” IPO and the Franklin’s became millionaires. Nancy retired and wrote a novel currently being looked at by Oprah and both kids were discovered…

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1998 Christmas

Dear Family and Friends,  Let us begin this letter by apologizing for this year’s Christmas cards which, apparently, looked spectacularly better last year at 50% off in the grocery store than they do now!  It’s been…

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1997 Christmas

Dear Family & Friends As 1997 careens to a close for the Franklin family, they find themselves writing this while Taylor, their pink Barbie nightmare, thunders across the floor of the local dance studio. Parents blinded by too many…

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1996 Christmas

Dear Family & Friends, As this year comes to a close and we celebrate the holidays with those we love, the Franklin Family considers this year a success, if only for the fact that we weren’t…

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