The Costco Connection - December 2018

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Magic memories

APPY HOLIDAYS! In the spirit of the
season, not only did we ask our members
about their favorite holiday memories
(page ;;), but I asked the Connection’s
graphics and production staffers to share theirs as
well, as our season’s greetings to you.

Doris Winters, art director: Every year we would add new ornaments to the tree, one for each of the four children. These ornaments featured each child’s recent photo with the year inscribed on the frame. Now, as these treasures are unwrapped and placed on the tree yet again, some sort of memory or funny little story inevitably comes to mind.

Lory Williams, associate art director: Every year, my husband, daughter and I take the train from Seattle to Whitefish, Montana, to celebrate Christmas with my parents. One of the highlights is viewing the small towns as we ride through them, seeing how each is decorated with Christmas lights as we pass through in the middle of night. They make quite a beautiful display for us to enjoy.

Brenda Shecter, graphic designer: My son and I continued the Hanukkah traditions that I grew up with. We lit the menorah each night, recited the blessings and took turns reading aloud what each night signified. After that, we raced to open our gift!

We also made latkes and Hanukkah cookies for our party with family or friends.

Pam Sather, production manager: When we were little, Mom and Dad took us four daughters for last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve.

Unfortunately, all we got was the stomach flu, which hit us all at once. Back in the car, we whispered our Christmas lists in Dad’s ear, for him to figure it all out. He came down with the flu the very next day.

Needless to say, we delayed celebrating the holidays for a couple of days. We still laugh about it.

Wishing all our members Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Coming next month

Time to make resolutions? Change your diet? Look for lots of new-year, new-you tips in the January issue of the Connection.

Sandy Torrey

Publisher,

Costco Connection

PUBLISHER Sandy Torrey storrey@costco.com

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Tim Talevich 425-313-6759 ttalevich@costco.com

EDITORS, U.S.

T. Foster Jones 425-313-6748 tod.jones@costco.com

Stephanie E. Ponder 425-427-7134 sponder@costco.com

EDITOR, CANADA

Hana Medina 425-313-6442 hanamedina@costco.com

EDITOR, UK

Will Fifield 425-313-6988 wfifield@costco.com

REPORTERS

Steve Fisher steve.fisher@costco.com

Christina Guerrero cguerrero2@costco.com

COPY EDITOR Miriam Bulmer

CONTRIBUTORS

Mickey Goodman, Peter Greenberg, Elisabeth Handley, Joseph Hanna, Amanda Horowitz, Leah Ingram, Daniel Johnson, Judi Ketteler, Erik J. Martin, Emily McIntyre, Sally McKenney, Suja Natarajan, Sherrie Newman, Liz Pearson, Kristin Baird Rattini, Bryan Reesman, Marc Saltzman, Lewis Wallace, Rachel C. Weingarten

ART DIRECTOR Doris Winters dwinters@costco.com

ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR

Lory Williams lwilliams@costco.com

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Ken Broman, Bill Carlson, Steven Lait, Chris Rusnak, David Schneider, Brenda Shecter

PRODUCTION MANAGER Pam Sather psather@costco.com

ASSIS TANT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Antolin Matsuda amatsuda@costco.com

COLOR SPECIALIST

MaryAnne Robbers mrobbers@costco.com

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Jane Klein Shucklin jshucklin@costco.com

ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER

Kathi Tipper-Holgersen 425-313-6581 ktipper@costco.com

ADVERTISING COORDINATORS

Nikki Chellew 425-427-3534 nchellew@costco.com

Nico Cordero 425-313-2558 nmcordero@costco.com

Kirsten Neubrech 425-313-2549 kneubrech@costco.com

ADVERTISING COPYWRITER Bill Urlevich

ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGNER Susan Detlor

ADVERTISING COORDINATOR/PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Josh Livingston

NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE

Frank Colonno 201-962-2759 fcmediapartners@optonline.net

BUSINESS MANAGER Jane Johnson

CIRCULATION MANAGER Rossie Cruz rcruz@costco.com

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Dorothy Strakele connection@costco.com

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