For many people, the holidays are a time of various family gatherings and a sharing of holiday greetings. Are you going to put a genealogy spin on your holidays? Now may be the time to start planning how you will do that.
Do you have an unidentified family photograph (particularly one from the holidays)? Consider adding it to your holiday newsletter–if you send one–or putting a printout of it in your cards to those who might know who the people are?
Put a print out of family photos in a small booklet to pass around during family gatherings and encourage people to share their memories. The booklet could also include photos of holiday events in the past, family Christmas ornaments, favorite foods (along with recipes), etc. Images are great memory joggers.
Making your own holiday card? Consider using a photo of an old family Christmas ornament, a holiday decoration, or a collection of items as the illustration. It doesn’t have to be fancy…the image posted as our illustration are two stuffed animals I received for Christmas as a child along with a few Christmas ornaments my mother received from students in her class.
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