"annual family newsletter"

In lieu of christmas cards, we get letters accompanied by a picture/s updating us what happened during the year... births, weddings, graduations, divorces...and so forth....

I don't do this though, I am too lazy,or I'm more the kind of person to get the phone and let you know right there and then .. or if I don't want to talk about it, I'll just send you a short email and ignore answering any reply...