family letter
Note from home
A family letter is correspondence sent to family members, typically updating them on personal news, milestones, or daily life.
The term often refers specifically to the annual holiday letter—a printed update enclosed with Christmas cards summarizing the year's events: Their family letter mentioned the new baby and their trip to Italy.
These letters range from heartfelt to formulaic, and are sometimes mocked for presenting an overly rosy picture of family life.
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- return addressMailer's printed coordinates
- stampMark-making device
- handwrittenWritten by hand
handwritten note · dear · sincerely · missing you · news · home · postmark · mailbox · snail mail · pen pal · stationery · ink · distant · relatives · nostalgia · longing · care package · reunion
- written correspondencethank-you note, postcard, birthday card, correspondence, telegram
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- correspondencemissives, emails, memoranda, mail, postcards
- genealogydescendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees, lineages
family letterbusiness letter
Formal commercial written communication
legal notice · official correspondence · formal letter · form letter · collection notice
family letterpublic announcement
Official communication to all
press release · open letter · mass mailing · broadcast message · public notice
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