Every year I hear the same thing. Someone says, in a you're so stupid voice, Christmas was a pagan holiday. This year I heard something different. I heard someone say that Christmas is a holiday that has been redeemed. What a happy thought. Christmas is a time of rebirth, redemption and rejoicing. Merry Christmas.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
C. Movies
10:00 AM
Posted by Linda Henson
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Almost most everyone has one. Not everyone can publish it. I can, so here it is. My top ten Christmas movies.
1. White Christmas
2. Muppet Christmas Carol
3. It's A Wonderful Life
4. Miracle on 34th Street
5. The Santa Clause 1, 2, and 3
6. Christmas Story
7. In The Nick Of Time (made for t.v. movie)
8. We're No Angels
9. Christmas With The Kranks
10. Ernest Saves Christmas
HONORABLE MENTION: Jiggle All The Way
1. White Christmas
2. Muppet Christmas Carol
3. It's A Wonderful Life
4. Miracle on 34th Street
5. The Santa Clause 1, 2, and 3
6. Christmas Story
7. In The Nick Of Time (made for t.v. movie)
8. We're No Angels
9. Christmas With The Kranks
10. Ernest Saves Christmas
HONORABLE MENTION: Jiggle All The Way
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Thrillseeker
4:56 PM
Posted by Linda Henson
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Do you want the thrill and excitement, without the fun, of a demolition derby? Try driving during Christmas shopping season. There are cars rushing out of parking lots. Cars pressing behind you as you try to leave a parking spot. Others edging in to beat you to a parking space. Cars coming from everywhere. Everyone's in a hurry to finish their seasonal duties. There is no time to slow down. Christmas is just a few shopping days away. Thank God stores are closed on Christmas. We can take a breather before it's time to return our gifts and catch the after Christmas specials. Happy Christmas!
Monday, November 30, 2015
knight
My friend and I were coming up with slogans for t-shirts. I came up with, He wants to be her knight in shinning armor. She just wants a hug. I have thought better of it. I prefer, You don't have to slay dragons to be her knight in shinning armor. Sometimes it just takes a hug...or killing a bug. Love to all.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Slow Time
11:00 AM
Posted by Linda Henson
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I was shopping for groceries the other day and noticed that it seemed more crowded than usual than normal. I realized it must be the Thanksgiving day shopping. Then it occurred to me, right after Thanksgiving comes the Christmas meal shopping. I thought who put Thanksgiving so close to Christmas. There's no rest for the weary.
It was Abraham Lincoln who officially set the Thanksgiving day and back then it wasn't so close to Christmas. Christmas has always been on the 25th of December, but life was much slower. There was not so much to occupy life. Life was hard, but simpler and time was slower.
Now life is more hectic. We have a whole lot more to deal with and it is like we have less time to do more. I like to think of holidays as a break from the speed of life. We can take time to think of how truly blest we are. We are more likely to live to a ripe old age. Our children are more likely to live pass their childhood. We have warm or cold at turn of a dial. We have choice in what we eat. We can easily travel. We can stay in communication to anyone in any place. We have so much and today is the day to say, Thank You.
It was Abraham Lincoln who officially set the Thanksgiving day and back then it wasn't so close to Christmas. Christmas has always been on the 25th of December, but life was much slower. There was not so much to occupy life. Life was hard, but simpler and time was slower.
Now life is more hectic. We have a whole lot more to deal with and it is like we have less time to do more. I like to think of holidays as a break from the speed of life. We can take time to think of how truly blest we are. We are more likely to live to a ripe old age. Our children are more likely to live pass their childhood. We have warm or cold at turn of a dial. We have choice in what we eat. We can easily travel. We can stay in communication to anyone in any place. We have so much and today is the day to say, Thank You.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Wait
I do my spring cleaning in the fall...of next year.
I'm a procrastinator.
When I get ready for bed, I do it the next morning.
I'm a procrastinator.
The day I was born, I waited a week.
I'm a procrastinator.
And when it comes my time to go to my reward, It will have to wait until tomorrow.
I'm a procrastinator.
I'm a procrastinator.
When I get ready for bed, I do it the next morning.
I'm a procrastinator.
The day I was born, I waited a week.
I'm a procrastinator.
And when it comes my time to go to my reward, It will have to wait until tomorrow.
I'm a procrastinator.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Choir
There was a man who, a long time ago, was in choir, but didn't have a suit he needed. Someone found a suit he could wear, but it was extra large and he wasn't. Somehow they rolled up or pinned up the pants so he could wear them. The coat could wrap around him twice and it hung down past his knees. He was standing behind the first row of singers waiting to do his solo when he notice itch on his right thigh. It wasn't just a little itch. It was a deep below the skin itch and he couldn't ignore it. He started scratching. I mean, really scratching. He looked down and saw the right pant leg had been pulled up until it disappeared under the jacket. That tickled him so he pulled the left pant leg up until it disappeared and it looked like he wasn't wearing any pants. That's when the choir parted to let him sing. You don't forget that kind of thing.