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Welcome to the Xmas edition 2010
If you are in the parts of the Northern Hemisphere
where it is very cold try and keep warm.
Down here its a bit different
Here in Perth the forecast for Saturday 25th is 38 C
After lunch will retire to front lawn under the trees,
suck on a few coldies and wait for the sea breeze
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It was the day after Christmas.

The lawyer had gone out for the day,

so the burglar, noticing this,

broke into his house and stole all his Christmas gifts.
He was almost out of the house when a police officer

pulled up to the house and promptly apprehended the man.
"You can't arrest me!" the man exclaimed.
"Buddy," the cop said,

"I just caught you breaking and entering, red-handed!"
The man replied,

"But the law says I have a right to the presents of an attorney!"


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The West gleams with gold
The Nuytsia floribunda
This lovely example of our native flora is the parasitic Nuytsia floribunda,

bursting with brilliant orange flowers,

to greet both Summer and Christmas

We call this the West Australian Christmas tree,

and the golden blossoms are an absolute delight to see.

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Those Funny Animals

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thanks Liz Z

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· Click on MERRY CHRISTMAS
for a nice Xmas card

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Put up your hand if you remember this!!!!!!

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I went to my friend's house recently

and noticed that his Christmas tree

was bare except for a shotgun shell near the top

.I asked, "What's the deal, no decorations?"

Puzzled, he looked at me and said,

"What do you mean?

It's a cartridge in abare tree."

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A man named Bob May,

depressed and brokenhearted,

stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night.

His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing.

Bob's wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer

Little Barbara couldn't understand why her mommy could never come home.

Barbara looked up into her dad's eyes and asked,

"Why isn't Mommy just like everybody else's Mommy?"

Bob's jaw tightened and his eyes welled with tears.

Her question brought waves of grief, but also of anger.

It had been the story of Bob's life.

Life always had to be different for Bob

Small when he was a kid, Bob was often bullied by other boys.

He was too little at the time to compete in sports.

He was often called names he'd rather not remember.

From childhood, Bob was different and never seemed to fit in.

Bob did complete college, married his loving wife

and was grateful to get his job as a copywriter at Montgomery Ward

during the Great Depression.

Then he was blessed with his little girl.

But it was all short-lived.

Evelyn's bout with cancer stripped them of all their savings

and now Bob and his daughter were forced to live in

a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums.

Evelyn died just days before Christmas in 1938.
Bob struggled to give hope to his child,

for whom he couldn't even afford to buy a Christmas gift.

But if he couldn't buy a gift, he was determined to make one - a storybook!

Bob had created an animal character in his own mind

and told the animal's story to little Barbara to give her comfort and hope.

Again and again Bob told the story, embellishing it more with each telling.

Who was the character?

What was the story all about?

The story Bob May created was his own autobiography in fable form.

The character he created was a misfit outcast like he was.

The name of the character?

A little reindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny nose.

Bob finished the book just in time to give it to his little girl on Christmas Day.

But the story doesn't end there.

The general manager of Montgomery Ward caught wind of the little storybook

and offered Bob May a nominal fee to purchase the rights to print the book

Wards went on to print,_

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer_

and distribute it to children visiting Santa Claus in their stores.

By 1946 Wards had printed and distributed more than six million copies of Rudolph.

That same year, a major publisher wanted to purchase the rights

from Wards to print an updated version of the book
In an unprecedented gesture of kindness,

the CEO of Wards returned all rights back to Bob May.

The book became a best seller.

Many toy and marketing deals followed and Bob May,

now remarried with a growing family,

became wealthy from the story he created to comfort his grieving daughter.

But the story doesn't end there either.

Bob's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks,

made a song adaptation to Rudolph.

Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists

as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore ,

it was recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry.

"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949

and became a phenomenal success,

selling more records than any other Christmas song,

with the exception of "White Christmas."

The gift of love that Bob May created for his daughter

so long ago kept on returning back to bless him again and again.

And Bob May learned the lesson,

just like his dear friend Rudolph, that being different isn't so bad.

In fact, being different can be a blessing

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010

thanks Liz Z
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Xmas Cartoons

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JEWISH CHRISTMAS
As a teacher, Ms. Jones, was very curious about

how each of her students celebrated Christmas.

She called on young Patrick Murphy.
"Tell me Patrick what do you do at Christmas Time?", she asked.

Patrick addressed the class,

"Well Ms. Jones, me and my twelve brothers and sisters go to the midnight Mass

and we Sing hymns, then we come home very late

and we put mince pies by the back door and hang up our stockings.

Then all excited we go to bed and wait for Father Christmas to come with all our Toys".

"Very nice Patrick", she said

. "Now, Jimmy Brown what do you do at Christmas?"

"Well, Ms. Jones, me and my sister also go to Church with Mum And Dad

and we sing carols and we get home ever so late.

We put cookies and milk by the chimney and we hang up our stockings.

We hardly sleep, waiting for Santa Claus to bring our presents."

Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class

and not wanting to leave him out of the discussion, she asked,

"Now, Isaac Cohen, what do you do at Christmas?"

Isaac said, "Well, it's the same thing every year.

Dad comes home from the office.

We all pile into the Rolls Royce, then we drive to his toy factory.

When we get inside, we look at all the empty shelves

and begin to sing

'What a Friend We Have in Jesus'.

Then we all go to the Bahamas."

thanks Duke


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Merry Christmas

Open the link below, then click on the dogs. Match them up and see what happens.
Merry Christmas and enjoy!!!! Match the dogs

thanks Liz Z

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VH1 TV Shows Music Videos Celebrity Photos News & Gossip

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Santa and the Modern World

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I found the ideal Xmas present

Something that all men want!!!

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even more cartoons

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Are you writing to Santa this year

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All aboard santa's bus for a tour

Click on the link

http://www.busybus.co.uk/Design/santa/busybus_santa.swf

thanks Liz Z

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thanks Glynis G

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PHILS PHILOSOPHY

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