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I wish all cats and dogs had a home.
Mary, this is a mini telethon for Children's Hospital where people would drop off donations and businesses would give the hospital the money they collected during the year.
Now that you've said it's a telethon, I think I do recall it but I don't know why it isn't more clear in my mind seeing that it's been done every year. It's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" that really stayed w/me. Do you remember it? It's an opera about a little boy named Amahl and his mother who were visited by the Three Wise Men on their way to the manger. He walked w/a walking stick and he thought they were going to harm his mother and he sang "Don't you dare, don't you dare, don't you dare hurt my mother!" It was pretty powerful stuff for a little girl to view.Quote:
Originally Posted by david p
I'm so excited! I found the DVD of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on Amazon, the original 1952 version in black and white. I'm sure no one will appreciate this except me so I'll watch it after company leaves and my son is in bed. I'll probably bawl my eyes out anyhow, so maybe it's just as well. :)
I went to post the last of my cards for the PT list. I was standing in like checking out the postal stuff, boxes to purchase and the new stamp offerings.
I noticed that the USPS puts out Christmas themed stamps -Eid, Kwanzaa and such. "Cool", I thought, then it was my turn to get my stamps,
I asked for the number I needed and had an envelope weighed to have is sent.
The gal had the stamps in her hand while she did her thing, then she told me the amount and I paid her. I was trying to be fast and wondered why she didn't put the stamps on the counter and I could stamp my envelopes and give them to her. O.K., probably a training tip to keep scumbags from trying to pull a switcheroo-I know that some cashiers are trained to keep bills out of the till so they can be sure they are paid with the right bill.
She gave me my change and put the stamps on the counter. I didn't have my glasses on, I noticed that the stamps had different colored stripes on them and when I got to the mail box in the lobby I saw that they were Kwanzaa stamps! I thought, "Dang! I wanted Christmas stamps!" I took a step bakwards and thought about being such an AH about STAMPS! Does it really matter what stamps go on my envelopes? No, not really.
I thought about it further and wondered how many people would toss a fit because they got, or didn't get the stamps they wanted?
All in all, it's no big deal. Maybe someone will see that stamp and look for the meaning of the holiday.....
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I stopped by the super after and almost crashed my cart into a woman who came barrelling around the corner..I smiled at her and said, "I'm sorry!" You would have thought I had hit her cart and blamed her for it. No, Holiday Spirit for her!
Well 36 more days and we can all get back to 'normal'.;)
All I want for Christmas is do have that day off. :)
Being able to have the family together , singing and playing music together, opening our presents and Christmas dinner together is my greatest joy.
you know what i am just so thankful to be able to actually celebrate xmas in any style, i often think of those who are starving, in the war,those less well off than myself in this country and just think how blessed I really am,so what if i don't have lots to spend this year,many people have never ever even experienced a xmas.
Don't ya just love it Richard when you get people like that, just smile and walk on I say.:)
I would really love for my husband to get the job he is interviewing at today, since he desperately needs to leave his current one but can't do so without finding another job first. That would be a wonderful gift! I also hope to have a happy and healthy family and a healthy baby when she makes her appearance in a few months. :)
I would like my SIL to realise she is not the only person on the planet who is "allowed" to have Christmas Day Lunch at her house. We would like to have it sometimes too .....
Then, I will call Richard over and she can kiss his "skinny white arse of Christmas cheer!":D:p
For Christmas to be Christmas again...
To be 5 years old and believe in Santa and be excited Christmas morning.
For the stores to stop putting their Christmas stuff out before Thanksgiving...I wish Christmas was less about what you get and how much it cost and more about the people that surround you.
To be comfortable spending Christmas this year in a place I've never been with some people I've never met...In Deleware with my SIL's family.
To stop worrying-if just for a moment-how I'm going to pay my bills (especially the auto insurance)
For everyone to be happy.
For my 10 year old rat terrier, Lacy to have a jacket that I can't afford (I can't even afford the really cheap ones) She shivers when it's 80 degrees.
For people to have their Christmas spirit all year long and not just at Christmastime. (Most people are nicer around Christmas, although I've met a few that got meaner)
And mostly, for this to NOT be my mothers last Christmas, as the doctors predict. But if it is, for it to be the happiest one she's ever had, especially since, for the first time in 8 years she'll have all her kids around her for Christmas.
There's a long list of what I could wish for for everyone, but I won't go through it all.
I wish to spend time with my parents, my sister and family, and my brother and family. Having them all in one place at one time is really hard. I'd be happy to spend time with them, though.
And for the next 5 weeks (New Year's Eve is 5 weeks from today) to go by fast, because I dislike the holidays on account of my dysfunctional family.
I'm going to Australia, I'm going to Australia!Quote:
Originally Posted by captain
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Sumbirdy,
I fear that I have the same maternal 'problem' that you have.
I pray that you have many more family holidays in your future. Of course, you know that it is out of OUR hands, so make the most of them and always smile.
God bless you!:)
I like to think of it that I've been blessed in having 19 years with her, some people get far less.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
When someone you love is dying it always puts things into perspective. Never take anyone or any day for granted. It makes life a little bit sweeter :)(bittersweet maybe)
I've thought of another wish....I wish that we make it SAFELY to Deleware.
1. A little house on several acres of land with a fenced in yard for Fenway.
2. An IPOD.