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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 9:44 am
Sunday, at the end of the church service, some kids in the church played the bells to the tune of Silent Night. It was anything but silent.There were seven kids ranging in age from 3 to 6. You can imagine how talented they were! The bells were several different colors. The choir director sat on the floor in front of the kids holding up cards with colored colored circles telling the kids when to play. While Silent Night played in the background the kids went to work. One little boy rang his bells the whole time. One little girl dropped hers. One little boy ran back to daddy. It was great. My friend and I decided that Jesus was sitting there smiling and chuckling and enjoying the music. Jesus and kids is what Christmas is all about.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 9:47 am
Dogdoc, I love that story. We went to church sunday and the sermons were great. They brought up the cutest baby girl from one of the parishoners in the front row. So cute, while they sang amazing grace. Not a dry eye.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Happy Chanukkah to all who celebrate! 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 2:23 pm
Happy Chanukkah!!
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 3:37 pm
MERRY CHRISTMAS WEEK!!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Happy Chanukkah to all who observe
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Wargod, one of the great things about living in a small town is that you don't have to get out early for the parade. It was at 3...we got there about 2:55 and had front row seats (mostly because we had a blanket and I asked people with chairs if we could jump up in front of them. They kindly let us.) There were big crowds, but the route is long enough that you can go and find a place to sit and the kids can see. It's such fun. Especially since it is difficult to live here and not know someone that is in the parade. I love the picture of the train. It allows for a great mental image of the performance. That sounds like fun. The reindeer heads remind me of the deer head that my grandparents had mounted on their living room wall when I was growing up. My uncle told me the body of the deer was on the other side of the wall....and I would go in the room in back of it and sit on the couch and try to figure out how that big body fit in the wall between the two rooms! It never would have occurred to me that the reindeer weren't there. Dogdoc, that sounds so sweet. How could you not grin from ear to ear? Our church just started a location in town here (I used to go to the next town over to attend services there) and is having two Christmas Eve services in our town this year. I am curious to see what it will be like. I did get a cryptic message that the city had Ok'd equus caballus in town (I think that is horses!) It should be interesting.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 4:54 pm
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/willy-and-koala%27s-christmas-lights-show
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 12:43 am
Your parade starts at 3? I'm jealous! Ours starts at 9am and to get a decent seat have to be there by 8, for a good seat, 7am at the latest. Darren and I had planned to take the kids looking at Christmas lights tonight but by the time it got dark, I was worn out. Spent a good portion of the day shopping with sis (we were doing our aunts shopping.) Then got home and was wrapping some presents when she called to tell me aunt had just told her we needed to go pick something up for her companions brother and sis in law. Argh. Stopped what I was doing and out we went again. Got home at 7, wrapped some more presents, finished aunts companions scrapbook (turned out great,) and made a couple keychains. Didn't get any pre-holiday cleaning done, didn't even have time to cook dinner tonight. Tomorrow I'm staying home all day to clean and wrap.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 6:27 am
I wish I had a few more days!! There are things I wanted to bake, cleaning to be done, last minute shopping.....tomorrow night is Christmas Eve!! it always sneaks up on me.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:38 am
It snuck up even faster this year... with Thanksgiving the last week of November, we almost lost a week between the holidays.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 9:46 am

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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:25 pm
Ok...this is about as holidayish as my kid gets anymore...

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:28 pm
Aw look... she's got sparklies on her hoodie at least! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:38 pm
For those of you with kids, don't forget to track Santa's progress at NORAD. And this year, you can track his progress on your mobile phone, if you have Google Maps installed. Just type in "norad santa" and you'll see where he is at that time. And if you're bored, go check out the NORAD site, and click the YouTube vid to check out last year's journey. Quite entertaining for a couple of minutes, at least! 
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:39 pm
Dearest Santa, I’m hoping you are willing to take a seat, relax, and read my Christmas wish list. It’s quite long Santa. I’m going to ask for a lot this year. A heck of a lot, Santa. If you consider me selfish, I will accept that from you. Santa, there are a lot of parents out there, especially single parents, who are trying really hard to do the best they can for their kids—yet it’s killing them. Would you please do something to help them out? A job that has better health benefits, or one with a more flexible approach to time off to deal with their kids? Maybe for a few, a job that is better money so that the parents who are trying hard can make ends meet? Could you give them all enough resources so that they can all take a couple days to enjoy their kids—to spend a bit of good quality time and just breath easy? I’d like to ask that all people who have done a horrible act to some living thing be given the feelings that allow them to know for the rest of tier lives what it felt like. Please also take away their ability to put it out of their mind. I’d like for people who are without someone to not have the feeling of loneliness so bad that they are willing to become attached to anyone just so they don’t feel that way anymore. Can you leave them with the feeling of being alone, but not be lonely? So many people take advantage of lonely people. I wish that all teachers have at least one student who becomes someone who makes a big difference in the world in a positive way—and publicly says the teacher made a difference in their life. I would like to have all kids in the world get a hot breakfast and lunch at least. How can one learn when all you are worried about is if you will get any food to eat. Santa, I’m not a religious person at all, however I try to do right with people and the world. In every major world religion, there is an equivalent to “the golden rule”. It seems so many people have forgotten this simple idea, or have decided not to go by it. Would you be willing to instill it in the hearts of all?? Strongly enough so that they don’t just think it—they live it?? Would you give those that feel they must hit their spouses and/or kids the knowledge that things can work well without resorting to such tactics?? Can you give them the knowledge that love, respect and trust do a wonderful job of helping to build getting nice things to happen?? Santa, I’d like to you to give everyone the knowledge that everyone is equal, without regard to race, color, gender, and other differences so many seem to find so important. Santa, while you are making your trip around the world giving out presents, would you please sprinkle humor dust all over the world? Santa, there are so many older folks who have no family, or family that doesn’t show them any love. Would you please give them a hug a day for the rest of their lives so that they can remember what that love feels like?? Santa, there are a number of people here at TVCH that are having problems with illnesses and conditions—some affect their lives in a huge way. They seem to be really great people Santa—could you find it in your heart to give them the gift of good health?? Santa, when I get even a little bothered that my food isn’t right at a restaurant, or that the line is too long at the store, or something is a little too expensive compared to what it should be, would you please reach around the world and slap me upside the head?? How dare I be bothered at such things when there are people who would live for a week on what I have had out to eat. Or they can’t find a place to buy food, or they can’t even afford the very basic of needed items. How dare I not remember that things could be so much worse. I usually do remember Santa, however I have moments of forgetting just how good my life is in those respects. For others that forget, please slap the shit out of them too. Santa, do you have any respect water??? I look at kids these days—adults too. It seems there has been a drastic loss of respect for other humans, animal life, and other’s possessions. I hope your elves haven’t been stricken by it yet. I’m not sure what has caused it Santa. Not enough good attention, or not enough discipline, or not enough family values, or who the heck knows. Could you splash some of that respect water around the world. I hope it contains what all is missing to have caused this to happen. Santa, anything at all to get people to realize pets are living creatures and not possessions? They love us unconditionally. We need to do the same in EVERY case. Anything at all to help with that? Santa, history has been tracked in some form or another since humans have had ways to communicate. Yet throughout history, humanity has made the same mistakes over and over. You know Santa, one would hope that people would learn from their mistakes. Yet, we have shown not to be able to. Do you have anything that can help with this?? Anything at all Santa? Santa, I realize I’m asking for a lot. I also realize that any individual can choose to do any of these things a little better, as well as spread the word to others about some of these issues. I’d like to think I will do my part in both areas. I didn’t want you to think I am counting only on you. Thank you so much for giving your time and listening Santa.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 3:46 pm
Thank you Lance
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 4:41 pm
Lance, that was absolutely beautiful. And very, very touching. Thank you! 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 9:09 am
I wanted to post this SOMEWHERE and since this is holiday related... (It's not shopping, either..LOL) This was captured by a security camera by several people: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8127601&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1 Here's another one: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/141/story/431132.html All I know is it makes me smile to see it =)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 9:42 am
wow! goosebumps!!!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 1:11 pm
Twiggy - That's an awesome story and photo. Thank you for sharing! My DS's GF's mom has angels all over their house since GF was hit by a car at 12 (hit & run), suffered a brain stem injury and wasn't expected to live. Even though other functions stopped and she was on life support, her heart never stopped beating. They held prayer vigils by her bedside, she was in the hospital almost 3 mo. and she lived w/o brain damage. Pretty amazing, too.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 6:07 pm
Lance you've asked for many changes in your wonderful post. One thing I'd like to ask Santa not to change is your beautiful, kind, and thoughtful nature. Merry Christmas.
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:13 pm
Thanks for that, Lance. Did you write it? I'd like to post it on my Facebook but would like to give credit where credit is due. It very simply sums up everything on my wish list. Reminds me of my Grandma, every time we asked her what she wanted for Christmas, all she'd ever reply was, "Nothing but the world with the snow swept off and a fence around it."
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 8:21 pm
Lance, great list!!
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 9:38 pm
Karen, feel free to post it anywhere. I wrote it, but if it's what's in your heart, it isn't mine for credit. If it's what's in your heart, it's yours.
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