A Christmas Note to Yearbook Advisers: Thank You for Preserving the Moments That Matter

Jessica Carrera
Dec 25, 2025
2 min read

Mug with the words believe on it in a Christmas setting

Christmas Day is a pause.

A moment to breathe, reflect, and be present with the people and memories that matter most. While today isn’t about deadlines, spreads, or page counts, it is about something yearbook advisers understand deeply: the power of memories.

As the halls are quiet and the school year briefly slows, we want to take this moment to say one simple thing:

Thank you.

You Do More Than Produce a Book

Throughout the year, you guide students through significantly more than layouts and captions. You teach responsibility, collaboration, creativity, and resilience. You help students tell their stories in a way that will last long after graduation.

Long after today’s gifts are unwrapped and decorations are packed away, the yearbook you’re building will still be pulled off shelves, flipped through with friends, and shared with future generations. That impact is powerful, and it’s because of you!

Christmas Is Made of the Same Things You Capture All Year

Laughter at the table. Traditions repeated year after year. Small moments that feel ordinary now but become priceless later.

That’s exactly what a yearbook does.

It preserves the spirit of a school year: the wins, the challenges, and the growth, and turns it into something tangible that students can return to when they want to remember who they were and where they came from.

A Gentle Reminder as the Year Winds Down

As January approaches, there will be time for checklists, planning, and progress. Today is simply about appreciation — for the dedication, patience, and heart you pour into your program.

From Our Team to Yours

From all of us at United Yearbook, we wish you a Christmas filled with peace, warmth, and meaningful moments; the very things you help preserve for others all year long.

Thank you for being the Keepers of Memories.

🎄✨

Image of Jessica Carrera, a United Yearbook representative.

Contributor: Jessica Carrera, Associate Editor at TSE Worldwide Press and Marketing Coordinator at United Yearbook, holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in writing from Biola University. She aspires to touch the lives of others through her words.

Editor: Donna Ladner obtained a B.A. in Education and a minor in English from California Baptist University, and a M.S. in ESL from USC, Los Angeles. After she married Daniel, their family moved to Indonesia with a non-profit organization and lived cross-culturally for 15 years before returning to the U.S in 2012. Donna has been working as an editor and proofreader for TSE Worldwide Press and its subsidiary, United Yearbook since 2015.