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The Most Famous Editorial
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| Sept. 21, 1897
| Francis P. Church
Posted on 12/24/2015 7:31:15 AM PST by Old Sarge
The first time I shared this editorial with all my FRiends here was in 2004, when I was icebound in West Virginia heading back from leave to report for mobilization to Iraq.
This year on Christmas Eve, as I have since then, I offer this simple story, a very favorite of mine, for all my FRiends again. Take the time to read it - REALLY read it - and understand that Santa will visit your troops, and he still leaves the greatest gift of them all.
An Old Soldier's Merry Christmas to you all!
TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: christmas; merrychristmas; santa; vesvirginia
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To: Old Sarge
To: Old Sarge; All
Merry Christmas to you, Old Sarge and to All!
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posted on
12/24/2015 9:27:40 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: Old Sarge; RitaOK; Jane Long
And a very merry Christmas right back at y’all!
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posted on
12/24/2015 9:59:43 AM PST
by
humblegunner
(NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
To: Old Sarge
I’ve always been skeptical that a child wrote that letter. What child refers to her own friends as “my little friends”? Kids always think of themselves as big. A kid two years younger than themselves might be a “baby,” but they and their friends are always big kids. It’s grownups who say to kids, “Where are your little friends?” No kid would ever say that.
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posted on
12/24/2015 10:04:01 AM PST
by
Nea Wood
To: Nea Wood
Remember when this was done, the tail end of Victorian Era. Kids were taught and spoke differently then.
Would you prefer “my little friends”, or “yo, beyotch”?
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
12/24/2015 11:10:21 AM PST
by
Silentgypsy
(Mind your atomic bonds.)
To: Old Sarge; onyx; Jim Robinson; John Robinson; Admin Moderator; Sidebar Moderator
Merry Christmas from dayglored's upstate NY hilltop lair!!
Thank you Old Sarge for posting this most wonderful of childhood Christmas threads. Always makes me happy and tearful at the same time. How's that work....?
And THANK YOU and Merry Christmas to JimRob and JohnRob and Onyx and all the Awesome Moderators for working so hard to bring us the best forum on the whole world wide web!!
God Bless You All, God Bless America, and I hope you all have a Joyous and Prayerful Christmas!!
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posted on
12/24/2015 11:25:59 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/24/2015 11:43:01 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Nea Wood
Don't be so critical. Get in the spirit. Who cares if the letter was real? It's the sentiment that counts. Real or not, it's now part of our culture.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" made its way into history.
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posted on
12/24/2015 11:47:16 AM PST
by
HotHunt
To: Old Sarge; All; Nita Nupress; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; freeangel; kalee; TWhiteBear; Salvation; ..
Merry, Merry Christmas to all Dear Freeper Friends.
Old Sarge, thank you for posting this lovely, timeless story; it never gets old.
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posted on
12/24/2015 11:53:59 AM PST
by
LucyT
To: Old Sarge; LucyT
Merriest of Christmas to you and yours!
Thanks so much for posting and pinging
To: Responsibility2nd
To: LucyT; melancholy
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posted on
12/24/2015 12:17:51 PM PST
by
azishot
(I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.)
To: LucyT; Old Sarge; All
Thanks for the ping; post. Merry Christmas to you both and to all of the wonderful FReepers.
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posted on
12/24/2015 12:38:55 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: dayglored; Old Sarge; All
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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posted on
12/24/2015 1:27:30 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
To: Old Sarge
MERRY CHRISTMAS, SARGE!
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posted on
12/24/2015 4:53:53 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Old Sarge
Love This!
A Blessed And Very Merry Christmas, Old Sarge
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posted on
12/24/2015 5:49:21 PM PST
by
MEG33
(God Bless America And Our Troops)
To: shibumi
Beautiful.
Merry Christmas, everybody.
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posted on
12/24/2015 6:42:05 PM PST
by
CatherineofAragon
(("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
To: Old Sarge; LucyT; azishot
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Beautiful graphics!
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posted on
12/24/2015 6:59:45 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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