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You may have noticed that we had 3 different "Make Your Own" Christmas Cards this year. Actually, you probably didn't notice, b/c you didn't receive all 3 varieties. So you would only know that if you happened to see that one of your friends got a different one. We did this so you would envy each other. Every year, starting to write the Christmas letter starts out like this: January :  Lots of ideas of what would been a good idea for the last letter/card February - April :  Life May :  2 EPIC ideas for a Christmas card that are forgotten 2 days later and never brought up again June - July :  Li fe August :  Life shutdown for football season Sept-November :  Football December : Panic for what to do for Christmas Letter/card. Then frantically throw something together This year is no different! So what you get is what you get. We made a few trips in a lot of great destinations in 2016, the highli...

You made it! Whether you are on this site just to find the answer key to our Christmas Card Search Game, or because you actually like to read this stuff, welcome to the 2015 Castro Christmas Letter.  If you are just looking for the answer key, feel free to scroll down, we don’t mind. #WheresYourChristmasSpirit Every year, we set out to write a holiday letter that’s different from the previous year.  Looking back at our last 3 online letters, I see that we have failed in that quest. So this year, we won’t apologize for it. #SorryNotSorry The last few weeks have been a whirlwind in Blacksburg, Virginia.  We have seen the retirement of one of the greatest coaches in college football and an e ven better man.  Frank Beamer did so much for Virginia Tech and Southwest Virginia, and he was always good to Stacie and me as  well.  #GOAT (for those of you who don't know that means "Greatest Of All Time") On the field at Coach Beamer's last...

As I write this year’s holiday season life update, I have not yet read a single Christmas letter from this year.  And I’ve only heard “Christmas Shoes” twice.  This holiday season is getting off to a slow start to say the least.   (Ever notice how we tend to fluctuate between saying ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy Holidays’ year to year? We’re a very confused couple) It occurs to me that in this season when all of us write these letters, many of us take the time to wax poetic or become sentimentally introspective.  So if you the reader would indulge me for just a few lines: When we take the time to reflect on what we have done over the past 12 months, every year we are more and more amazed and thankful for the things that we’ve been allowed to see, and for the people that have chosen to share their lives with us. We’d like to say a mass thank you to each of you for being a part of our lives in some way.  And to those of you who may hav...