Get your [holiday] cheer on!

Well, we didn't send out any holiday cards this year (again)...it is not really due to the baby, because we forgot to last year as well. So, in the spirit of the DIY new Great Depression season, here is your very own customizable card! Four easy steps:

1. Print out this post.
2. Fill out the word blanks of your very own personal holiday newsletter, Mad Libs style.
3. Enter your words into the blanks of the holiday letter.
4. Display prominently in your home or place of business!

This really ensures that your letter will get a personal touch this year. I have a feeling that if the those scrooges at the US Postal Service keep gouging us with their ever-rising stamp prices, most people will soon be doing web-based 'choose your own adventure' holiday messages.

So scroll down for Baby's First Holiday Newsletter!

Happy Holidays!

Left to right: Molly, Eva, Besnik, Bori, Father, Mother

Happy Holidays!!!

1. Your name: ________________
2. Unit of time: _______________
3. Adjective: _________________
4. December Holiday: __________
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18. Place name: _______________
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23. Mammal: _______________
24. Reptile: _______________
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27. Number: _______________
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35. Plural Noun: _______________
36. Your Enemy’s Name: ______________
37. Song Title: _______________
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44. Name: _______________
45. Name: _______________

Dear 1___________,

Wow, another 2__________ has passed, and we have some 3__________ news to share with you this 4______________!

Eva is doing 5__________—she is 6__________ a/n 7__________ 8__________ almost every day! Her 9__________, Bori, also continues to 10__________. Molly, on the other hand, remains 11__________. Her 12__________ personality 13__________ the 14__________. She is enjoying her 15__________ role as a “16__________” sister to Besnik, but still loves to 17__________ outside in the 18__________.

Mother and Father are great, too! Father’s 19__________ is growing big, 20__________, and bushy! Even the mailman 21__________ it! Mother is 22__________ with the new 23 __________. He is about the size of a medium-sized 24__________ at this point; the birds love to 25__________ him!

And last but not least, Besnik is 26__________! He has 27__________ chins, weighs 28__________ and a half pounds, and is 29__________ inches tall! He can hold his 30__________ up long enough to 31__________ the whole 32__________, and he has just started 33__________ Molly! He likes his 34__________, loves 35__________, but despises 36__________. His favorite song is “37__________,” and he likes to 38__________ with 39__________ when he hears it on the radio!

We hope you and your family have a 40__________ Holiday Season and a/n 41__________ New Year! Keep checking Besnik’s blog, or he will 42__________!

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44__________, 45__________, Besnik, Molly, and Eva & Bori