Christmas Countdown - 2014

snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

Love this vintage pic [emoji172]

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Festive Spirit · Nov 11, 2014

xmas365 said:
Special Post Day #4

"So the legend of Saint Nicholas is a lovely and delectable myth, the last living relic of the vanishing world of dreams. The fairies are gone. No little children or maidens watch any longer through the ardent summer nights to catch some echo of the songs. The witches are gone...Santa Claus alone still lingers with us. For Heaven's sake, let us keep him as long as we can.
There are some excellent people who are scrupulous about deceiving their children with such legendary nonsense. They are mistaken. The children learn to see soon enough, too clearly and too well, or to think they do. Ah, leave them at least one thrill of passionate mystery that may linger with them when the years begin to grow too plain and dull and bare. After all, in this universe of ignorance, anything may be true, even our dreams."-Gamaliel Bradford 1925

We are now two days away from the most magical time of the year, a time we all look forward to starting December 26 the year before. As our friend Ballcoach so eloquently put it, "Santa Claus is real."
In this season we have been looking forward to, I am a little hesitant to go through it as I usually do. My oldest is 9 years old, and I worry that this may be the last year that Santa Claus may exist for him. He was very skeptical last year, and a lot of questions were beginning to come. He would ask very vague questions, and we would answer how we could without ruining it for him. He wants to believe, you can see it, but I have a feeling that peer pressure is getting to him, and we will be telling him the everything sooner rather than later.

So this year let the magic flow, let Santa be the big guy to the children for as long as you can. This magic from my youth has made me such a lover of Christmas throughout my life that I want my kids to have that same feeling that I still get, the smile I get as Christmas gets closer. That feeling that fills your heart during this time of year. The warm smiles from strangers. The anticipation of Christmas morning that makes it so hard to fall asleep, and wakes you up before the sun comes up. Christmastime is nearly upon us, the build up of the season is culminating, get the decorations out, get the lights out. Make some cookies, and eat them as Santa would. Most of all share it with your loved ones.

Make the most of this season, enjoy it, and try not to let it go too fast. I look forward to celebrating this time of year with all of you again.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Absolutely beautiful Xmas. I understand how you feel about your eldest. Mine is 7 and I have started to wonder how much longer we have. But all I know is ...when the time comes , I will make him understand that his belief in Santa has evolved. It may not be a tangible thing but like love, Santa is an emotion that is real and necessary. I hope that our children will continue to believe even if it's in a different way....I have a feeling they will

Festive Spirit · Nov 11, 2014

Solice said:
Good afternoon!
My boys are 11 years old today ¢½¢½
Wow, time travels fast
I'm making Christmas dinner today - their choice!
So I better start

Wish you all a BEAUTIFUL day ¢¾

Happy Birthday to your beautiful boys! Have a wonderful time celebrating! Christmas dinner is great and yummy choice!

trackrebel · Nov 11, 2014

Solice....Happy Birthday to Your beautiful boys!!! I hope they gon have a lot of fun!!!! Bless Y´all

Crown 84 · Nov 11, 2014

Good Morning, So-Close-I-Can-Almost-Taste-It Friends!

Indeed. The numbers are downright frightening.
In fact one of them has almost disappeared!

Days to the Season: 2 (THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 16 (Two weeks from the day after tomorrow!)
Days to Christmas Day: 44 (Six weeks from the day after tomorrow!)

So little time......so little time.

OK!
Our remaining special post schedule:
Day 2 before the Season (Today) = Xmas 365 - already posted above.
Day 1 before the Season (Tomorrow) = Seawaters

Mild yesterday but I still needed a light jacket to do yard work.
Highs in the 70s are predicted for today and tomorrow before the bottom drops out as a huge arctic air mass approaches from the northwest.
(Oh, well. It had to happen sooner or later.)
We have started off today clear and at 47 degrees here in the capital city.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everybody!

Crown 84 · Nov 11, 2014

While our view of Santa evolves as we move through the various stages of our lives, the early memories do indeed keep the Christmas season special and a little bit of magic always lingers in the recesses of our minds.

Really good special post, x-mas365!

Christmasstar · Nov 11, 2014

Christmasstar · Nov 11, 2014

xmas365 said:
Special Post Day #4

"So the legend of Saint Nicholas is a lovely and delectable myth, the last living relic of the vanishing world of dreams. The fairies are gone. No little children or maidens watch any longer through the ardent summer nights to catch some echo of the songs. The witches are gone...Santa Claus alone still lingers with us. For Heaven's sake, let us keep him as long as we can.
There are some excellent people who are scrupulous about deceiving their children with such legendary nonsense. They are mistaken. The children learn to see soon enough, too clearly and too well, or to think they do. Ah, leave them at least one thrill of passionate mystery that may linger with them when the years begin to grow too plain and dull and bare. After all, in this universe of ignorance, anything may be true, even our dreams."-Gamaliel Bradford 1925

We are now two days away from the most magical time of the year, a time we all look forward to starting December 26 the year before. As our friend Ballcoach so eloquently put it, "Santa Claus is real."
In this season we have been looking forward to, I am a little hesitant to go through it as I usually do. My oldest is 9 years old, and I worry that this may be the last year that Santa Claus may exist for him. He was very skeptical last year, and a lot of questions were beginning to come. He would ask very vague questions, and we would answer how we could without ruining it for him. He wants to believe, you can see it, but I have a feeling that peer pressure is getting to him, and we will be telling him the everything sooner rather than later.

So this year let the magic flow, let Santa be the big guy to the children for as long as you can. This magic from my youth has made me such a lover of Christmas throughout my life that I want my kids to have that same feeling that I still get, the smile I get as Christmas gets closer. That feeling that fills your heart during this time of year. The warm smiles from strangers. The anticipation of Christmas morning that makes it so hard to fall asleep, and wakes you up before the sun comes up. Christmastime is nearly upon us, the build up of the season is culminating, get the decorations out, get the lights out. Make some cookies, and eat them as Santa would. Most of all share it with your loved ones.

Make the most of this season, enjoy it, and try not to let it go too fast. I look forward to celebrating this time of year with all of you again.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

thank you, keeping the magic of Santa alive is hard for some, so glad we keep it alive here every day !!

snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

Crown 84 said:
Good Morning, So-Close-I-Can-Almost-Taste-It Friends!

Indeed. The numbers are downright frightening.

In fact one of them has almost disappeared!

Days to the Season: 2 (THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!)

Days to Thanksgiving: 16 (Two weeks from the day after tomorrow!)

Days to Christmas Day: 44 (Six weeks from the day after tomorrow!)

So little time......so little time.

OK!

Our remaining special post schedule:

Day 2 before the Season (Today) = Xmas 365 - already posted above.

Day 1 before the Season (Tomorrow) = Seawaters

Mild yesterday but I still needed a light jacket to do yard work.

Highs in the 70s are predicted for today and tomorrow before the bottom drops out as a huge arctic air mass approaches from the northwest.

(Oh, well. It had to happen sooner or later.)

We have started off today clear and at 47 degrees here in the capital city.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everybody!

So exciting! Thanks, Crown! [emoji319]

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snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

Winter in Wisconsin truly is beautiful!! [emoji300]️

Made it to work safe. The snow continues! [emoji301]️

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brent · Nov 11, 2014

snowflake22 said:
Winter in Wisconsin truly is beautiful!! [emoji300]️

Made it to work safe. The snow continues! [emoji301]️

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Beautiful shots, snowflake! I miss Wisconsin. Glad you made it to work safely.

xmastidings · Nov 11, 2014

Happy Veterans Day!!!

"Thank you for defending, protecting our country! Thank you for your sacrifices and your dedication to your oath, your family and our freedoms...." God Bless You!

The History of Veterans Day

November 11, or what has come to be known as Veterans Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor Armistice Day - the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.' As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971.

Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on November 11.

brent · Nov 11, 2014

Good morning, everyone!

It appears that I made a mistake. I thought I had work Tuesday and Wednesday this week. After checking my assignments, I work Monday-Wednesday next week. I'll take that. There were no calls for today. I received a call for Friday. Hopefully something will come for tomorrow.

I hope everyone has gotten their Remembrance/Veterans/Armistice Day started off on the right foot. It's the final big day before the Christmas Season begins on Thursday, but it certainly demands all of our attention.

Today, I will take advantage of the above seasonal temperatures (12c/55f) and pay my respects by watching the celebration at the National War Memorial. It is simply the least I can do.

I hope everyone has the opportunity to remember and say a heavy-hearted thank you to someone in uniform today. Have a great day, everyone!

snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

brent said:
Beautiful shots, snowflake! I miss Wisconsin. Glad you made it to work safely.

Thanks, Brent!!

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snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

xmastidings said:
Happy Veterans Day!!!

"Thank you for defending, protecting our country! Thank you for your sacrifices and your dedication to your oath, your family and our freedoms...." God Bless You!

The History of Veterans Day

November 11, or what has come to be known as Veterans Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor Armistice Day - the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.' As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971.

Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on November 11.

Thanks for sharing!
Happy Veteran's Day, and THANK YOU!

[emoji631] God bless!

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brent · Nov 11, 2014

xmas365 said:
Special Post Day #4

"So the legend of Saint Nicholas is a lovely and delectable myth, the last living relic of the vanishing world of dreams. The fairies are gone. No little children or maidens watch any longer through the ardent summer nights to catch some echo of the songs. The witches are gone...Santa Claus alone still lingers with us. For Heaven's sake, let us keep him as long as we can.
There are some excellent people who are scrupulous about deceiving their children with such legendary nonsense. They are mistaken. The children learn to see soon enough, too clearly and too well, or to think they do. Ah, leave them at least one thrill of passionate mystery that may linger with them when the years begin to grow too plain and dull and bare. After all, in this universe of ignorance, anything may be true, even our dreams."-Gamaliel Bradford 1925

We are now two days away from the most magical time of the year, a time we all look forward to starting December 26 the year before. As our friend Ballcoach so eloquently put it, "Santa Claus is real."
In this season we have been looking forward to, I am a little hesitant to go through it as I usually do. My oldest is 9 years old, and I worry that this may be the last year that Santa Claus may exist for him. He was very skeptical last year, and a lot of questions were beginning to come. He would ask very vague questions, and we would answer how we could without ruining it for him. He wants to believe, you can see it, but I have a feeling that peer pressure is getting to him, and we will be telling him the everything sooner rather than later.

So this year let the magic flow, let Santa be the big guy to the children for as long as you can. This magic from my youth has made me such a lover of Christmas throughout my life that I want my kids to have that same feeling that I still get, the smile I get as Christmas gets closer. That feeling that fills your heart during this time of year. The warm smiles from strangers. The anticipation of Christmas morning that makes it so hard to fall asleep, and wakes you up before the sun comes up. Christmastime is nearly upon us, the build up of the season is culminating, get the decorations out, get the lights out. Make some cookies, and eat them as Santa would. Most of all share it with your loved ones.

Make the most of this season, enjoy it, and try not to let it go too fast. I look forward to celebrating this time of year with all of you again.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Perfectly said, Xmas. I look forward to celebrating the magical Season with you as well, once again. It's going to be wonderful.

snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

brent said:
Good morning, everyone!

It appears that I made a mistake. I thought I had work Tuesday and Wednesday this week. After checking my assignments, I work Monday-Wednesday next week. I'll take that. There were no calls for today. I received a call for Friday. Hopefully something will come for tomorrow.

I hope everyone has gotten their Remembrance/Veterans/Armistice Day started off on the right foot. It's the final big day before the Christmas Season begins on Thursday, but it certainly demands all of our attention.

Today, I will take advantage of the above seasonal temperatures (12c/55f) and pay my respects by watching the celebration at the National War Memorial. It is simply the least I can do.

I hope everyone has the opportunity to remember and say a heavy-hearted thank you to someone in uniform today. Have a great day, everyone!

Good morning, Brent!

Sounds like a wonderful day, friend.

Enjoy!

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Festive Spirit · Nov 11, 2014

Wow Stacey so much snow !!!! It's is so beautiful. Hope it doesn't affect your commute etc.

snowflake22 · Nov 11, 2014

Festive Spirit said:
Wow Stacey so much snow !!!! It's is so beautiful. Hope it doesn't affect your commute etc.

Thanks, Sam~
It was unnerving, but I am here safe now =]
This city doesn't have the best plowing and snow care- they wait to start until 3 inches, so often with my commute, they haven't even begun my stretch of highway.

But it is gorgeous here just the same!!

xx

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