Betty Harris Christmas Letter Tradition

Betty Harris kept up an amazing tradition of sending a family Christmas/Holiday letter for 52 years, from 1952 through 2003. 

Digital scans of all the letters are in the 1952-2002 Elizabeth Harris Family Christmas Letters Google photo album. 

Those letters are being published in GreatAlbum as stories, which will all be linked to this discussion. They're all listed below:

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1971 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

314 N. Fremont Street River Falls, Wis. 54022 December 11, 1971   Warm and friendly greetings from Fremont Street.                  News and notes from wonderful white Wisconsin. This year many friends from previous happy times have dropped by and it was so good to see you-do it again.  What can equal the abiding quality of friendship?

2001 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

Mrs. Elizabeth Harris                                        2001~2002                                                                            533 Linden St River Falls, WI 54022 Dear Family and Friends: Wishing you a very belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!          Sorry to be so late but I hope your holidays have been all that you wished for and look forward to a good year ahead..  

2000 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

2000 MERRY CHRISTMAS     HAPPY NEW YEAR 2001  Dear Ones,          This year has been filled with many visits from friends and family from both far and near.  Summer found all of my children together with me, here in River Falls - a rare occasion!  I now have three “greats” added to my family tree and another on the way.          My life as you see is filled with many activities and the usual health concerns of an 87 year old.  In January I had cataract surgery on my “good eye” and the Wis.

1999 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

1999 MERRY CHRISTMAS                    HAPPY NEW YEAR 2000 Dear Family and Friends:

1998 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

MERRY CHRISTMAS, 1998 - HAPPY NEW YEAR 1999   Dear Family and Friends:          Greetings from wonderful warm Wisconsin, where the dandelions are sprouting in the green grassy lawns!  O where are the snows of yesteryear?          It’s been a year of interesting events for me including two trips West.  In May, Merry and I helped Doug and celebrate his Master’s degree from San Francisco State U. and Doug and Sissa’s move into a very interesting modern house in Clearlake with all the latest conveniences!  In Oct.

1997 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

December 30, 1997:         January, 1998, (almost)         River Falls, WI Note:  Since I’m still getting two or three “Season’s Greetings” in the daily mail, I hope it’s not too late for mine!  This has been a year of visits, trips and family gatherings: JUNE:  Merry comes from Medford, OR and we drive to Chicago to help Erik Webb get his Master’s from Northwestern.  En route home we stop to visit my brother, Allison and Mary in Oshkosh - good visit!

1996 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

December 1996                             FOOD FOR THOUGHT          Unlike the goodies inside, the treasures on the outside of my refrigerator don’t grow old or out of date and have to be discarded.  Instead they remind me of what is important after all.         Some of those enduring sentiments I’ve copied here for your interest.  If to some extent we are what we eat, we also are what we think about day after day.  And . . .

1993 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

Oak Studio Elizabeth L. Harris 533 Linden Street River Falls, WI. 54022   Dear Family and Friends: Delayed Greetings for Christmas, 1993 and a Happy New Year in 1994! 1993:  A year to remember for VISITS :            plan the spring - from Barb de Sousa and Lois Kitto with memories of st years together and news from Brazil.           Also the Four McCain Kids got together for a mass birthday celebration (for the boys).  The first time we were all together in the same place for thirty years!

1992 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

Oak Studio   Elizabeth L. Harris  533 Linden Street River Falls, WI.54022 December, 1992   Dear Ones All: FIRST:  Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the joy of having my house full of family and friends lingers on and has overshadowed my Christmas preparations.  A few other “firsts” will be noted.  The McCain family had a FIRST in the “Dozen Cousins” reunion last June, renewing family ties which had stretched very thin produced many happy memories.  Repeat next year, anyone? 

1952 Will & Betty Harris Family Christmas Letter

December 29, 1952 311  N.  Dallas River Falls, Wis. Dear Ones All: This is the time of year when we try to bring everyone up to date with our doings.  In July the Harris family reunion in Wheaton, Ill. brought that branch of the family together for the first time in many years.  For many of you most of this will be news.
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