Season’s greetings, beloved readers! We wish you and yours the happiest of happy holiday seasons and a bright New Year. We’ll see you in January – the 6th, to be exact – but thought we’d celebrate the end of a year with some photos from each Chick’s early beginnings.
Leslie Karst
Ellen Byron
Lisa Q. Mathews
Vickie Fee
Cynthia Kuhn
Kathleen Valenti
Becky Clark
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I love these! Happy holidays, and here’s hoping 2020 brings with it lots of good book news.
Thanks, Marla … and I whole-heartedly agree!
Thank you, Marla! And cheers to you!
Thanks so much and same to you!
Cute gals who we know are creative writers from the captions! All my best from a Guppy fan!!
Thank you, Marla! Happy, happy holidays to you! <3
I love the pictures! Merry Christmas!!
Same to you, Christi! Hope your Christmas is lovely!
And to you, Christie!
Merry Christmas, Christi!
Best wishes for a joyous holiday season!
Back atcha, Karen. Mwah!
Thank you, Karen! Same to you!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I loved all the photos!
Thanks, Celia! Enjoy your holidays!
So glad you liked them! SUCH a fun post to put together. Happy holidays, Celia!
Merry Christmas, Celia!!
Leslie, Ellen, and Lisa! Those faces!! Vickie and Cynthia … you both DO look like elves! Kathy…someone should write a holiday jingle about Little Kathy Kringle. I’m pretty sure she pilfers things like cookies, eggnog, and probably jewelry.
What a bunch of cutie-patooties!
I don’t think any of us have changed a bit, do you?
I’m a little bit taller, Lisa.
GUFFAW! There’s kind of a jump-rope or hand-clapping song quality about Little Kathy Kringle. And I love the arc of the littlest Kringle turning to a life of Christmas-related thefts.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to our wonderful friends and readers (you’re all both to us, of course). We Chicks love sharing our posts with you, and reading your sweet, thoughtful, and often funny comments. I’m keeping these photos for my scrapbook (and possibly future blackmail). Looking forward to a merry, book-filled new decade with you all!
These baby Chicks pics make me so happy! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone!
These baby Chick pics are so ADORBS! Happiest of holidays, everyone! xoxo!!
Love these. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year. See you in 2020!
Thank you, Mark! Merry Christmas to you, and may your ornaments shine and sparkle forever more! (Especially those super-cool Star Wars ones….)
Happy holidays, Mark! See you in the new decade!!
Thanks, Mark! Hope your holiday involves lots of books and time to read!
Greetings from the West Coast! You’ll see that Kathy, Mark and I are the Comments Late Shift! I cannot tell you how much I love these pix – AND my fellow Chicks -AAAAAND our fabulous blog followers!
Thank you all SO much for your support, this year and every year. Happy holidays!!!
And being in Hawai’i, where it’s now only 7:30 a.m., I’m the late-late shift! Love all these photos, and love all you Chicks and readers! Happy holidays to all, and may the new year bring good things–health, happiness, friendship, book deals and lots of sales, and all that our hearts desire!
Such cute, cute pics of the baby Chicks!!! Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year!
Thank you, Kim! The same to you and yours.
Thanks, Kim! Here’s to a fabulous holiday season at your house!
You too, Kim! I already gave Jer the best present he’ll get this year – your blackberry jam!
Merry Christmas and a very Blessed New Year to all of the cool “Chicks on the Case.”
Kathleen, you were and still are a beautiful person, inside and out.
Thank you, beautiful Betty! Christmas blessings to you and your family. <3
Thanks, Betty … I hope your holidays are everything you wished for!
What a sweet thing to say. And we agree, Betty!
So much fun! Wishing all you adorable babies happy holidays and happy writing!
Happy holidays and happy writing, Shari!
Hugs to you and yours, adorable Shari! mwah!
How darling are all these!! Thanks so much ladies! Merriest, Blessed Christmas and safe New Year to you all!!!!! xoxoxo
You too, Sheryl! xoxo
Hope your holidays are great, Sheryl!
Same to you, Sheryl! <3
I loved seeing these adorable pics of all my fellow Chicks! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Years to you all!
And to you, Marla! mwah!
Merry and happy, M!! xoxo!!!
Aww! Am feeling the spirit of the season in these comments. (Anyone else have the sense that we’re at our office holiday party–when does the dancing on tables start?)
Hugs and candy canes for everyone! Wishing you all things merry and bright!
Ha ha! It DOES feel like a great holiday office party! Please pass the nog.
Love that thought, C!
As someone who hasn’t had an office Christmas party in over 30 years, I’m definitely happy to attend this one. I’m pretty sure I saw Leslie dancing on someone’s desk and playing her air sax. And is that Ellen giving Santa an earful over there? And don’t everyone look at once, but Little Kathy Kringle is over there spiking the punch. Me? Well, I’m gonna go see if they need any help.
Ha ha! Now THAT’S my kind of Christmas party!
I love these – and that you all look just the same! (Well, maybe not Ellen…)
Have lovely holidays, ladies.
You too, Edith. Hope it’s merry and bright for you!
Happy holidays, Edith!!
Ladies – thank you for a year of wonderful blog reading. It’s always a joy to see your latest post and read where your fertile minds have taken you & allowed us to come along. Thanks for making it merry and bright all year! (P.S. – is this the last time that Leslie actually wore a dress?)
Wishing you the happiest of holidays, Ruth!