Yes! The sensation I experience, Delight. Among the delights for me in the days leading up to Christmas, dusting off my dvd copy of "Love Actually," settling down alone to enjoy the movie, and a brandied eggnog with bite sized pieces of sherried fruitcake. Enchantment! This year, "Love Actually" was playing in a local theatre over 2 nights the weekend before Christmas. Hallelujah! The Big Screen with a small audience of Afficionadoes. I took a close friend (who stunningly had never seen the movie), as much to witness her delight as to enjoy her companionship. Yep, not happy but an experience far more. Joy in the moment! And grounding it all, the humble birth of a child that changed -- everything.
After opening presents and stuffing ourselves with a delicious Christmas dinner it wasn’t until my wife and I were walking back to our room from a game of ping pong we just spent 30 uproariously silly minutes with our two adult children chasing a little white ball that was whacked into oblivion.
As she squeezed my hand tighter she leaned into my arm, “Honey,” she whispered with joyful tears in her eyes, “I haven’t laughed that hard in years!”
Oh, by golly, we had a holly Jolly Christmas this year! Mr. Ives sang it true. It really is the best time of the year! I love your perspective and will continue my outrageous jolliness.
A nice, uplifting article. I am all too aware that there is a lot of hatred in the world, especially in the land where He walked but at this time of the year my family will try to be concentrating on the
I say Merry Christmas first and Happy Holidays second when I exchange this greeting with someone. After all Christmas Day is a National holiday so even an atheist can wish me Merry Christmas!
I'll tell you who will not care. Celeste Barber. She wrote an unconscionable article on here on Christmas Eve not only supporting genocide, but also attacking those who oppose it. On the eve of Christ's birth! How did it get published, especially on Christmas Eve? Please submit a counter article for publishing.
You need to have joy in your life S. 2 and L. Angel. I spent Christmas night completing the repair of a battery operated, DeWalt DCCS620 chainsaw. This has been a long project of solving different problems with the chainsaw with a history of problems. What did I gain from all of this? I made something broken to actually work properly. A product that has built-in problems to assure eventual replacement. I did manage to learn all the ins and outs of a chainsaw. If the chainsaw wasn't broken, then I would probably never learn anything about how a chainsaw operates in any level of depth. I also realized a broken-anything is a great tool for educating future engineers in our country. It's sad we have to use Chinese designed and built products to use as an educational tool, but the Chinese garbage built does offer a means of educating the minds of young people. If you have something broken, give it to a kid to play with. You might remove the chain portion for safety reasons.
I take the word "strange" meaning "weird," thank you for the observation. Now you are engaged in "genocide" and "money." I think it's time for me to find something else to take apart. I love "things" because they operate in an orderly fashion unless they are broke. When people are broke, they ramble on forever, sort of like a broken record if you get my gist.
My favorite Christmas gift this year is a small desk size Steam Punk Turtle. It has the typical gears and wheels mounted on the shell and a wing nut on its head. The interesting thing about steam punk is the complete uselessness of parts and its total non-functional nature. Because it's made up of a random bunch of parts, then it must be called an item of art ... there can be no question about it. There are some exceptions, maybe, someone could say they are spare parts for fixing something. There once was a large bookstore in Santa Monica, and I would always head for the steam punk books. The pictures of steam punk clothing were always amusing, a form of funny creative art. When the bookstore closed, it was sad. But I can make my own steam punk stuff for the fun of it. It's fun once in a while not to have to build something functional but rather for a chuckle for self-amusement.
With such little information you can't conclude the bombing you mention. From what I could research, at best, it looks like propaganda. Damage to something shown, but what is it actually?
Ya, I've seen those pictures. It shows pictures of something bombed. It doesn't show who did it or what is bombed. You can't presume what you see is accurate. Once again, it doesn't show "who did it." Lebanese could have bombed something for all you know.
Yes! The sensation I experience, Delight. Among the delights for me in the days leading up to Christmas, dusting off my dvd copy of "Love Actually," settling down alone to enjoy the movie, and a brandied eggnog with bite sized pieces of sherried fruitcake. Enchantment! This year, "Love Actually" was playing in a local theatre over 2 nights the weekend before Christmas. Hallelujah! The Big Screen with a small audience of Afficionadoes. I took a close friend (who stunningly had never seen the movie), as much to witness her delight as to enjoy her companionship. Yep, not happy but an experience far more. Joy in the moment! And grounding it all, the humble birth of a child that changed -- everything.
After opening presents and stuffing ourselves with a delicious Christmas dinner it wasn’t until my wife and I were walking back to our room from a game of ping pong we just spent 30 uproariously silly minutes with our two adult children chasing a little white ball that was whacked into oblivion.
As she squeezed my hand tighter she leaned into my arm, “Honey,” she whispered with joyful tears in her eyes, “I haven’t laughed that hard in years!”
This was the moment I felt the joy of Christmas!
A beautiful wife who loves you _and_ 2 great children - I hope you know how lucky you are! :)
I do, every day. God bless 😊
Oh, by golly, we had a holly Jolly Christmas this year! Mr. Ives sang it true. It really is the best time of the year! I love your perspective and will continue my outrageous jolliness.
Happy and joyful are so much better than angry.
A nice, uplifting article. I am all too aware that there is a lot of hatred in the world, especially in the land where He walked but at this time of the year my family will try to be concentrating on the
goodness there is.
Excellent article...and a continuing Merry Christmas to all!
Love the comments, too!
Jean vW
Hope everyone had a Holly Jolly Christmas.
Have a safe New Year.
Here’s a more enlightened take on your “Merry Christmas” etiquette.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/language-trends-culture/happy-holidays-or-merry-christmas/#:~:text=And%20plenty%20of%20people%20who,valued%20or%20respected%20by%20society.
The guidance includes “t’s about being politically correct”
I say Merry Christmas first and Happy Holidays second when I exchange this greeting with someone. After all Christmas Day is a National holiday so even an atheist can wish me Merry Christmas!
Just like that it changed everywhere you went?!? Christmas miracle for sure.
I'll tell you who will not care. Celeste Barber. She wrote an unconscionable article on here on Christmas Eve not only supporting genocide, but also attacking those who oppose it. On the eve of Christ's birth! How did it get published, especially on Christmas Eve? Please submit a counter article for publishing.
You need to have joy in your life S. 2 and L. Angel. I spent Christmas night completing the repair of a battery operated, DeWalt DCCS620 chainsaw. This has been a long project of solving different problems with the chainsaw with a history of problems. What did I gain from all of this? I made something broken to actually work properly. A product that has built-in problems to assure eventual replacement. I did manage to learn all the ins and outs of a chainsaw. If the chainsaw wasn't broken, then I would probably never learn anything about how a chainsaw operates in any level of depth. I also realized a broken-anything is a great tool for educating future engineers in our country. It's sad we have to use Chinese designed and built products to use as an educational tool, but the Chinese garbage built does offer a means of educating the minds of young people. If you have something broken, give it to a kid to play with. You might remove the chain portion for safety reasons.
What does this strange rebuttal have to do with genocide done with our money?
I take the word "strange" meaning "weird," thank you for the observation. Now you are engaged in "genocide" and "money." I think it's time for me to find something else to take apart. I love "things" because they operate in an orderly fashion unless they are broke. When people are broke, they ramble on forever, sort of like a broken record if you get my gist.
My favorite Christmas gift this year is a small desk size Steam Punk Turtle. It has the typical gears and wheels mounted on the shell and a wing nut on its head. The interesting thing about steam punk is the complete uselessness of parts and its total non-functional nature. Because it's made up of a random bunch of parts, then it must be called an item of art ... there can be no question about it. There are some exceptions, maybe, someone could say they are spare parts for fixing something. There once was a large bookstore in Santa Monica, and I would always head for the steam punk books. The pictures of steam punk clothing were always amusing, a form of funny creative art. When the bookstore closed, it was sad. But I can make my own steam punk stuff for the fun of it. It's fun once in a while not to have to build something functional but rather for a chuckle for self-amusement.
With such little information you can't conclude the bombing you mention. From what I could research, at best, it looks like propaganda. Damage to something shown, but what is it actually?
Ya, I've seen those pictures. It shows pictures of something bombed. It doesn't show who did it or what is bombed. You can't presume what you see is accurate. Once again, it doesn't show "who did it." Lebanese could have bombed something for all you know.
What are you running from!
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How and why can you say that? Of course, Santa Claus came down my chimney ... but please don't tell anyone.
You're comparing 'Santa coming down a chimney' to genocide and destruction of Christianity? What is wrong with you?
My friend
Holy sites don’t matter.
Holy saviors are the only thing that matters.