{"id":305,"date":"2005-12-23T10:33:22","date_gmt":"2005-12-23T17:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=305"},"modified":"2005-12-23T10:33:22","modified_gmt":"2005-12-23T17:33:22","slug":"2005-osborn-family-christmas-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"2005 Osborn Family Christmas Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite days of this season!  Most of the chores are done and we are prepared for Christmas, but we don&#8217;t really have anything we have to do!  Traditionally this is the day we mail our Christmas letter &#8211; yeah, it&#8217;s always late, but that&#8217;s tradition too! <\/p>\n<p>Last year we put it online and this year we will to &#8211; not sure if it will work if you don&#8217;t have Word on your computer, but if you care to catch up with us this year, check out this link:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osbornz.net\/Xmasletter2005.doc\">Osborn Family Christmas Letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all find a quiet moment in the next few days to reflect on the gift from the Lord that we commemmorate this season and the sacrifice that He made for us by becoming human.  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