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I began to write our annual Christmas letter in 1982.  At that time I had just moved back to Grand Rapids, Michigan after spending a little over a year in Seattle for Lear Siegler supporting projects at Boeing.  I felt like I was losing touch with my high school and college friends and relatives, but there just wasn't time to write everyone a personalized Christmas card.  The annual "generic" Christmas letter was my solution to that.  Reading back through them is almost equivalent to a personal biography (and for Nora as well starting in 1990).

I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to duplicate the exact format (font type, graphic sizes and layout) of the original letters for the website.  Each year when drafting the annual Christmas letter I try very hard to make them entertaining as well as informative.  We hope you enjoy them!


Things to fix yet:
     1993 - find picture of Nora and I, scan in color and add
     
Christmas 2016
Christmas 2015  - Semi-retirement (Alan)
Christmas 2014
Christmas 2013
Christmas 2012  - Job promotion (Alan)
Christmas 2011
Christmas 2010
Christmas 2009
Christmas 2008
Christmas 2007  - New job (Alan)
Christmas 2006
  - Back to school (Alan)
Christmas 2005
  - Laid off (Alan)
Christmas 2004
  - Hailey born
Christmas 2003
  - Job promotion (Alan) 
Christmas 2002
Christmas 2001
Christmas 2000
Christmas 1999
Christmas 1998  - Shannon born
Christmas 1997  - New house
Christmas 1996
Christmas 1995
Christmas 1994  - Married, college again
Christmas 1993  - Ski instructor
Christmas 1992
Christmas 1991
Christmas 1990  - New job at Rockwell Collins
Christmas 1989
Christmas 1988  - Nora and I begin dating
Christmas 1987  - New job at Universal
Christmas 1986
Christmas 1985  - First house
Christmas 1984  - Back to Seattle
Christmas 1983
Christmas 1982  - Back to Grand Rapids