In
our years as expats we've generally tried to get home to Alaska for Christmas.
Most years we made it, sometimes just barely. Each year we tried to
write our Christmas letter on the First Sunday in Advent to give our friends the
color of the approaching season wherever we were. Sometimes we missed our
deadline and the letter went out late. (One went out on New Year's Eve, 1993
from Tirana, Albania. It is
one of Rich's favorites). This page not only provides links to the last
decade of letters but some pictures from Christmas markets we've encountered on
our travels. They're where we have done most of our Christmas shopping.
First, though, the links.
To find a Christmas Letter from our archive click on a year in the navigation bar to the left.
2006 Holiday Travel Photos
2005 Holiday Travel Photos
2003 Holiday Travel Photos
Santa Klaus arrives in Amsterdam on November 16, 2003.
Kosova prepares for Christmas, December, 2003
Vienna Christmas Market, December 6, 2003
Sitka, Alaska Christmas Boat Parade, December 13, 2003
The Aachen, Germany Christmas Market, 2002
London, 2002 On the top Oxford Street and Harrods, on the bottom, The Norwegian Seaman's Church Christmas Bazaar.
Christmas in Sitka Alaska, 2001
The Boat Parade is the way Sitka welcomes Christmas.
