As a kid I was always excited when the holiday season was on the way. Christmas was always my favorite time of the year. I loved being surrounded by family, food, fun, and of course gifts. One of the most interesting gifts that I received was my Uncle Charlie’s Christmas cards. Uncle Charlie always gave me and my brother the greatest cards. He usually would switch it up every year between money or gift cards from my favorite stores. The cards were always more interesting themselves though because of the messages he wrote in them. My Uncle Charlie was a bit of a jokester and he always had something funny to say. I recall one year he wrote to me, “Don’t tell your brother, I gave you more money.” He would write the same thing to my brother and both of us would have an evil smile on our faces laughing at each other.
Uncle Charlie’s personalized Christmas cards were also spectacular because he would sometimes include illustrations he drew himself. Uncle Charlie was quite the creative being. One year he drew Santa falling off a reindeer and dropping all of the gifts all over the bottom of the card. Another year he drew a bunch of elves hanging from the lettering inside the card. He would always tell me if I didn’t do well in school, Santa was going to drop all of my gifts into the ocean and they would float to children who deserved them. I never received a bad grade in school!
That blog warmed my heart, you have to love an uncle charlie, we need more uncle charlies, that take the time and be creative for young children, I had an uncle Dennis that remind me of uncle charlie. I want to be an uncle Charlie or an uncle Dennis. One day someone will remember me and write about it when I’m long gone. Gotta love legacies.
Uncle Charlie sounds awesome! I think as a grown adult I would like to receive a card like that. What a great memory!
Uncle Charlie sounds like a lot of fun. You were lucky to have had him while growing up. What great memories to share with your family.