{"id":31649,"date":"2021-12-09T07:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?page_id=31649"},"modified":"2022-12-07T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:21:30","slug":"christmas-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/about-us\/our-christmas-letters\/christmas-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2020 Flanders Family Christmas Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

What follows is another yearly installment in our family’s complete history told via the 2020 Flanders Family Christmas Update. To see a full listing, see Our Christmas Letters<\/a>. For tips on writing your own family history in this fashion, follow this link<\/a>. In the meantime, enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Flanders Family Update: 2020<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

\"Flanders<\/p>\n

December 2019 Happenings<\/h3>\n

Last December brought us a new grandbaby. Ben and Mikayla welcomed Ellen Joy December 2. A happy girl, she\u2019s as sweet as she is pretty. <\/p>\n

\"Benjamin<\/p>\n

She joined the rest of our family for a trip to San Antonio the week before Christmas. By day we browsed open air markets and craft fairs, rode electric scooters, visited the Alamo, Japanese Tea Gardens, and Yanaguana Park, explored Enchanted Rock and the Historic Pearl, and toured the SAS shoe factory, where we snacked on nickel popcorn and 10-cent sodas. We found more free fun by night, admiring light displays along the Riverwalk and in neighboring towns, attending a Christmas concert at a local church, and staging our traditional Christmas card assembly line in the hotel lobby. <\/p>\n

\"2020<\/p>\n

The Rise of Skywalker debuted that same week, but we saved seeing it until we got home so Isaac could complete the first of three Mandalorian costumes he made this year. <\/p>\n

\"2020<\/p>\n

\"Isaac<\/p>\n

\"Isaac<\/p>\n

\"Isaac's<\/p>\n

As we filed into the theater dressed like Luke, Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Rey, and so many Jedi warriors, we tried to convince other movie goers that we\u2019d come to see Cats, but none believed us. <\/p>\n

\"Star<\/p>\n

Dad gave the girls turtle necklaces for Christmas\u2014a visual reminder that \u201cslow and steady wins the race\u201d (especially when coupled with fervent prayer). Little did any of us then suspect how slow-going 2020 would soon prove to be! <\/p>\n

\"2020<\/p>\n

January 2020 Happenings<\/h3>\n

\tWe cashed in our frequent flyer miles for another eight free tickets to Europe in January. David\u2019s family, still stationed in Germany, drove down and met us in Garmisch to ski the Alps. <\/p>\n

\"2020<\/p>\n

Even Bonnie, at nearly eight months pregnant, managed a short run down a low-grade foothill, just to say she did. She and the girls spent the rest of their time scouring local thrift shops where they scored fabulous finds for a fraction of what they\u2019d have cost new. <\/p>\n

\"Thrifted<\/p>\n

The boys stayed on the slopes to tackle the tougher trails, including one on the far side of the mountain that Isaac went down by mistake. It took him three hours to find his way back to the others, who by then were feeling panicky over his disappearance. <\/p>\n

\"2020<\/p>\n

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