We’ve been sending Christmas letters for 35 years. When we started doing it on nicer paper and adding photos, I stopped including a card (though usually there is a hand written note at bottom of the printed letter or tucked into the envelope). Since the digital age, we have a used printed photo assortment on page 2 of the letter. Photography is hubby’s jam, so he is in charge of page2 (and also now the letterhead on page 1). He loves vacation photos, including some of us. This year lots of wedding photos.
We joke that we can’t stop sending our letters because friends and family will worry that we are divorced or dead. But the list does evolve a bit over time. We send about 40 each year and receive about 20 cards (or photos or letters, oh I do love those).