At long last, here is the Thorp family Christmas letter for 2009. In future years, we intend to publish it electronically first and foremost. We’ll still send a Christmas photo or postcard with you, to let you know when it’s up and ready. If you strongly prefer (or require) a paper copy, drop us a line or leave us a comment here. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, friends!

Okay, thank you to those few people who told me to post the old Christmas letters online. I got a little misty reading them. Hope I can find back to about 1998 …

In the meantime:

• Holiday Letter 2006
• Holiday Letter 2005
• Holiday Letter 2004
• Holiday Letter 2003

One more thing: We celebrate Christmas at the Thorp house, but have called these letter holiday letters since one of the early ones didn’t actually come our until around Valentine’s Day …

I know this is cheating—and for many of you it won’t be new at all—but a few people have suggested that I offer the Thorps’ annual Christmas letter online, and a few others have suggested I post the “back issues.” Bless you for your interest in a letter that runs too long and includes footnotes.

Here’s a start on the archive:

• Holiday Letter 2008
• Holiday Letter 2007