Friday, December 21, 2012

A Very Merry Christmastide To You

"Ule! Ule!
Three puddings in a pule ;
Crack nuts and cry ule ! "

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"But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?
Nothing but the hair of his good, gray, old
head and beard left ? Well, I will have that,
seeing that I cannot have more of him.

Hue and Cry after Christmas."

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CHRISTMAS

THE STAGE COACH

CHRISTMAS EVE

CHRISTMAS DAY

THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
- The most wonder chapters and a few excerpts from Washington Irving's Sketch Book.  His very fond and informative remembrances of an old traditional English Christmas.  Read some or all if you like:  http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wirving/bl-wirving-oldchristmas-1.htm

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I'm feeling sad again this Christmas about not being able to spend time with my son.  I will see my two daughters at some point throughout the holiday and I'm happy for that, but I don't yet have a place for them to come to me, to stay, a place where I can entertain them and share some of our wonderful time honored traditions.  My daughter Chris who is very fond of musicals has requested that her sister Rose and I go to see Les Miserables, the film that's being released on Christmas day.  I think that this is an attainable goal and I am looking forward to it. Maybe we could even go ice skating, I'm not sure.  In any case, I hope and pray for a swift and positive change for the new year.

May God Bless You One And All...

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