all I can say is
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Lets all remember what the season is really about
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Lets all remember what the season is really about
Merry CHRISTmas, everybody!!
- Thread starter Greg Reimer
- Start date
Well I am sitting here listening to a bunch of Christmas Carols at 3:00pm in the afternoon on a balmy 72 degree Thursday.
Just closed the factory for 3 weeks after cooking on the BBQ a bacon and egg breakfast for our employees ( all 6 of them ) and a bunch of customers.
I have never been religious, but follow Christian standards, and this is a great time of year for us to pause and refresh.
Merry Christmas to all and a prosperous New Year
Just closed the factory for 3 weeks after cooking on the BBQ a bacon and egg breakfast for our employees ( all 6 of them ) and a bunch of customers.
I have never been religious, but follow Christian standards, and this is a great time of year for us to pause and refresh.
Merry Christmas to all and a prosperous New Year
Very well said dear sir..........with the emphasis placed exactly where it belongs........
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!!!
Merry CHRISTmas to one and to all 
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TomK
.TomK
OK, what you all said, I can't top what has already been said so I will just say MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope all are safe, warm, and surrounded by family and friends.
Merry Christmas to all great members on this forum and all their loved ones!
ALSO.......
A Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy healthy New Year
This was forwarded to me….pretty amazing the talent some people have. Take a minute to read and Merry Christmas!
Different Christmas Poem"
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts...
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "It’s really all right.
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night. "
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers. "
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right. "
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son. "
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us. "
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U. S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq
"Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that no body's going to know whether you did it or not. "
ALSO.......
A Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy healthy New Year
This was forwarded to me….pretty amazing the talent some people have. Take a minute to read and Merry Christmas!
Different Christmas Poem"
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts...
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "It’s really all right.
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night. "
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers. "
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right. "
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son. "
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us. "
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U. S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq
"Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that no body's going to know whether you did it or not. "
Well said!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Christmas reminds me of December 24,1968 flying home from One year in Korea after 3 years in the U.S Army including Ft. Belvoir, Va., Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.
I had just got out of the Army at Ft. Lewis, Washington.
I landed on in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Christmas Eve greeted by my wife new daughter and young son , my parents, my brother & my aunt.
That is a Christmas I won't forget....
We are in Michigan for a week with our daughter, grandkids, son in law.
Merry Christmas to all including a special thanks to our service members and a happy new year...
Paul
I had just got out of the Army at Ft. Lewis, Washington.
I landed on in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Christmas Eve greeted by my wife new daughter and young son , my parents, my brother & my aunt.
That is a Christmas I won't forget....
We are in Michigan for a week with our daughter, grandkids, son in law.
Merry Christmas to all including a special thanks to our service members and a happy new year...
Paul
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
Allen
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Hope you all get to see and spend time with your family and friends. And remember to love and live each day with them like it might be the last and tell them how much you love them because tomorrow might not be there. God Bless.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Well it is Christmas day over here in New Zealand.
Woke to 3 feet of snow and reindeer all around
Well maybe not going to be 17 degrees Celsius with the chance of a passing shower.
Got Lynette's Family up here for the day and have friends who drop in through the day.
We have an open house for friends that don't have families around.
I wish you all a heartfelt beautiful Christmas day wherever you are in the world.
I will make it over there one day for a white Christmas.
Merry Christmas everyone
Steve & Lynette Evans
Woke to 3 feet of snow and reindeer all around
Well maybe not going to be 17 degrees Celsius with the chance of a passing shower.
Got Lynette's Family up here for the day and have friends who drop in through the day.
We have an open house for friends that don't have families around.
I wish you all a heartfelt beautiful Christmas day wherever you are in the world.
I will make it over there one day for a white Christmas.
Merry Christmas everyone
Steve & Lynette Evans