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Christmas, Hanukkah, and end-of-the-year festivities are nearly two weeks away! See the ways in which some of our customers have celebrated the holidays in years past in our Ink of the Week photo contest<\/a>. Happy Holidays!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cornell Racing Spreading Holiday Cheer<\/span><\/p>\n

Each year, the Cornell Racing Team designs, manufactures, and tests an open-wheeled race car for an international race in Michigan. Thanks to CustomInk, they united alumni and current members over the holidays with vibrant holiday sweaters – ideal for building cars and spreading holiday cheer!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Archibald Family Christmas<\/span><\/p>\n

Growing up, this customer’s mother\u00a0dressed\u00a0her family in matching pajamas<\/a> on Christmas. The gifts were always marked “OCE” – open Christmas Eve. The kids soon outgrew the pajamas, so one decided to start designing Christmas t-shirts for the whole family to wear. Matching tees for all to wear on Christmas has now been a family tradition for many, many years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WMS Drill Team at San Pedro Christmas Parade
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Thirty three girls from the Wilmington Middle School Drill Team proudly wore their custom uniforms before marching out in the San Pedro Christmas Parade. The group received so many compliments on the t-shirts that a second order was placed after the parade for family members and volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cookie Baking Crew<\/span><\/p>\n

These cousins have been baking sugar cookies together each holiday season for as long as they can remember. When their loving mother\/aunt passed away from cancer 20 years ago, family members promised to keep everyone connected throughout the years. To celebrate the holiday tradition, and how close the family has become, one cousin surprised the group with custom cookie baking t-shirts!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Christmas Jammies<\/span><\/p>\n

Family members from Nebraska, South Dakota, and Massachusetts met in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to celebrate a fun-filled Christmas week. To top off the fun, they ordered “Christmas Jammie” long sleeve t-shirts to lounge around in during their relaxing time off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reece’s Warriors at Jingle Bell Walk<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of “Team Reece – Reece’s Warriors” participated in 5K Jingle Bell Walks, sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation, in Florida, Ohio, and Texas. Reece was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis at three years of ago, and while he resides in Sarasota, Florida, friends and family from all over the country turned out to support him at walks in their home state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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These CustomInk shirts will be used as costumes in the Providence Players upcoming production of the Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Not only do they unite these mini actors and actresses, but they double as marketing tools to spread the word about the show!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Christmas, Hanukkah, and end-of-the-year festivities are nearly two weeks away! See the ways in which some of our customers have celebrated the holidays in years past in our Ink of the Week photo contest. Happy Holidays!   Cornell Racing Spreading Holiday Cheer Each year, the Cornell Racing Team designs, manufactures, and tests an open-wheeled race car for an international race in Michigan. Thanks to CustomInk, they united alumni and current members over the holidays with vibrant holiday sweaters – ideal for building cars and spreading holiday cheer! 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