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| | From: 2many (Original Message) | Sent: 12/20/2004 7:03 AM |
here is the place to share all your christmas and holiday stuff; pics, memories, what your plans are for this holiday, what youre most thankful for, links, stories, whatever you can think of thats holiday related. |
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Wishing you all the beauty of the season as well as much happiness..peace and love..Iam having a wonderful xmas..Iam in that peaceful state of mind and nothing is going to get to me..I made a successful dinner..No complaints..I impressed myself..lol..I do love to cook and experiment with new recipes..I made things simple so I got it done early so now I can relax and enjoy the day..I got most of everything I asked for..One of them being Lord of the Rings :Return of the king..Love those movies..I know what Iam going to be doing later while snuggled up in a warm blanket..Watching my favorite movie!..The weather is a tad nasty today..It's cold and raining but inside it's nice and toasty..Very cozy..Take good care..Hugs... |
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| | From: 2many | Sent: 12/26/2004 5:47 AM |
Updated: 07:46 PM EST Anonymous Man Gives $35,000 to Homeless DENVER (Dec. 25) - Residents of Samaritan House didn't know what to expect when the bearded, middle-aged man parked his sport utility vehicle in front of the downtown homeless shelter Christmas Eve. The man walked into the building, pulled out a thick roll of $100 bills and began passing them out to each of the approximately 300 residents. When he was finished, he had given out $35,000. "It was like seeing Santa Claus and God all at once," said William Chengelis, who has lived at the shelter since November. "You hear about stuff like that but you don't think you'll be there when it happens." As a crowd gathered, the man said he had once been homeless and knew what it was like to be in need. He did not identify himself and said only that he lived in Denver and had also distributed money at a Las Vegas shelter. Possibly the man's biggest single donation was $5,000 to a family of six to find housing. Louis Quezada, Tessa Wittner and their four children had been living with Quezada's parents but were thrown out after an argument. They had been in the shelter several days. "He asked if he gave us the money, would we get a house with it," said Quezeda, 23. "We said yes." 12/25/04 13:40 EST Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. |
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| | From: 2many | Sent: 12/26/2004 5:49 AM |
Frail Pope prays for peace in Pompeii Associated Press POMPEII, Italy �?Defying skeptics who thought the ailing pontiff's travel days were finished, Pope John Paul II flew to a shrine Tuesday near the ruins of ancient Pompeii and prayed for world peace. Only last month, the 83-year-old pontiff, stooped and slowed by Parkinson's disease and other health problems, struggled through a four-day pilgrimage to Slovakia, and a cardinal last week said John Paul was approaching his dying days. John Paul's voice sounded weary and he slurred his words as he read opening prayers for peace. Some 30,000 pilgrims applauded in encouragement. After an hour's flight from Vatican City by Italian air force helicopter, John Paul arrived in a landing area at the edge of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. He was driven by "popemobile" to the sanctuary here dedicated to the rosary. Along the route, John Paul, sitting in an upholstered chair in the open-topped white vehicle, waved constantly to joyous pilgrims. The pilgrims packed the square in front of the shrine, many standing under palm trees. Several dire assessments of his health recently by top prelates heightened concern over whether his physical frailty allows him to continue in the papacy. But apparently bouncing back from an intestinal ailment that forced him to skip a public audience at the Vatican on Sept. 24., John Paul led a more than two-hour-long canonization ceremony Sunday in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican devised a mini-lift to allow John Paul to resume using a helicopter, which he used to fly regularly in his frequent trips. Parkinson's plus knee problems make it impossible for John Paul to climb stairs to board. For several months now, John Paul has rarely been seen walking or even standing in public. He navigates the vast spaces of St. Peter's Square and Basilica in a kind of throne-like chair on wheels guided by aides. "I love the pope. He's the most holy man on Earth," said Ella McLoughlin, a pilgrim from Worcester, Mass. "I think God still wants to use him. That's why he's still alive." Pompeii, with its more than century-old shrine dedicated to the rosary, is very dear to the pope. He considers the rosary a powerful form of prayer and a way to invoke peace. He began talking about a return to the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary when he flew over Pompeii in a helicopter on his way to visit the island of Ischia in May 2002. The sanctuary draws some 4 million faithful each year to Pompeii, a sleepy town flanking the sprawling ruins of the ancient Roman city buried by ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pope John Paul II defies critics with Pompeii visit (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) |
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getting close..hope everyone has a good one! |
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| | From: SNICK-2 | Sent: 11/14/2005 2:18 PM |
I'll be alone again this Christmas, I usually hit the community kitchen for Christmas dinner and then to the bar for something to wash it down with. SNICK |
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Anyone have their xmas tree up yet?..I plan to put mine up very soon.. |
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Night Before Christmas by Major Henry Livingston Jr. (1748-1828) http://www.links2love.com/christmas_night_before_christmas.htm
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
'Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!'
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"
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| | From: 2many | Sent: 12/16/2005 1:33 AM |
just a few holiday pictures: |
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Cool..Pretty..Heeeyy I have a rudolph just like that too! |
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