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Christmas Countdown - 2014

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brent said:
Great purchase, HMG!
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Sometimes I forget that Kohl's carries the Keepsake ornaments. It is a good deal!

xmas365 said:
Good evening,

Finally, a day that wasn't too bad at work. I actually left on time for a change. Day off tomorrow, everyone has it off tomorrow due to the Veteran's Day observance. We may go out and do something, just don't know yet.

I finally started working on the first room to get decorating on it. I moved all the furniture to get ready for the tree. Hopefully get all the lights up in there tomorrow. Maybe get the tree up too?!!!

I hope you all had a good Monday.



Good night, everyone.
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Enjoy your day off!

ballcoach said:
Ballgame tonight, parent/teacher conferences Thursday, and a playoff game on Friday.....

Gonna be busy! Off to bed!
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I hope you have a great week ballcoach!
 
snowflake22 said:
Winter in Wisconsin truly is beautiful!! [emoji300]️

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




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You are blessed. I'm jealous.
 
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.
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Such a beautiful post xmas, thank you so much!
 
Thank you for today's special post! One day closer to the season!

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.
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Christmasstar, praying your brother gets a good report. Let us know.

xmas365, great special post, thanks!

Good Tuesday morning, my Christmas friends!

Nancy and I took Elizabeth to her ballet class yesterday evening, and we went to Lowe's and Walmart while she practiced. Last Christmas, we bought my mom an electric fireplace for her place in the mountains, but she didn't really want to move her furniture around to make room for it, so we finally took it back yesterday. LOL

Then Bernie wanted us to pickup some turkeys for him to smoke and sell at the store. We bought twenty-one 15-18 pound turkeys! People were giving us the craziest looks as we rolled all that down the aisle! The guy in the meat market got away from us as fast as he could. We had him helping sort the turkeys by weight.

I'm thankful for our veterans, especially today!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy
 
Festive Spirit said:
Merry Tuesday!!!

Have a wonderful day everybody! :hi:

As usual I can't seem to post or thank people without being redirected to the platinum page.

Bradmac - Praying for your friend's little girl. I completely understand. When it is a child , any surgery is worrying even if it is only minor.

Chrismasstar - Thank you for the post . It was so well thought of and I agree with it all :)

Snow - Have you finished your decorating . Have I missed photos? Hope you will start a thread with your photos :)

Brent - Pleased to hear you all found the perfect tree!

Must dash but will be back for special post ofcourse!

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Good Morning Sam and Merry Tuesday to you too!
I hope the issues with MMC are resolved soon.
Have a great day!
 
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!
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Thank you Crown!
I hope you have a Terrific Tuesday too!
 
Thursday hello to everyone! :-)

What, it's only Tuesday? Feels like it should be later in the week.
 
mgramsey said:
You are blessed. I'm jealous.
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Yes, we are! It is a winter wonderland!

You must still have snow? Did you enjoy your first big storm?






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Bradmac said:
Christmasstar, praying your brother gets a good report. Let us know.

xmas365, great special post, thanks!

Good Tuesday morning, my Christmas friends!

Nancy and I took Elizabeth to her ballet class yesterday evening, and we went to Lowe's and Walmart while she practiced. Last Christmas, we bought my mom an electric fireplace for her place in the mountains, but she didn't really want to move her furniture around to make room for it, so we finally took it back yesterday. LOL

Then Bernie wanted us to pickup some turkeys for him to smoke and sell at the store. We bought twenty-one 15-18 pound turkeys! People were giving us the craziest looks as we rolled all that down the aisle! The guy in the meat market got away from us as fast as he could. We had him helping sort the turkeys by weight.

I'm thankful for our veterans, especially today!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy
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Good morning, Brad~
Have a fabulous day!




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xmastidings said:
Happy Veterans Day!!!
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"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!

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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.
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Thank you for your service and for sharing that. Happy Veterans Day xmastidings!
 
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!
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday Brent. Enjoy your day!
 
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