[carlo3b]

 

THE CLINTON LEGACY COOKBOOK
It's yours!

......HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[Salvation]

Where is the spirit of Christmas?

Advent Reflections for All -- 2003

The Advent Calendar

The Advent Wreath

The Jesse Tree

[SnarlinCubBear]

Welcome baaaack! You were missed.

[timpad]

Welcome back Carlo! Thanks for the ping and the recipes.

If you're looking for the Christmas spirit, it just might be right here, because the gift isn't just toys and soccer balls, it's Hope. Something some folks haven't known in a long, long time.

God Bless you and yours this Christmas season!

[Cindy]

Christmas blessings to you Carlo and evveryone here on FR.

[Ditter]

Hi Carlo. I have *no* Christmas spirit either. I am happy & well but I have no desire to have Christmas this year. I haven't bought a single present & no decorations are up at my house. Christmas dinner is here this year & I am looking forward to cooking & having a beautiful table but I wish it was January not December. Mr. Ditter & I are giving each other puppies for Christmas, mine is here now & his comes in January. No one else is getting anything. Bah Hum Bug!!!

[PISANO]

Secularism has taken over......sadly, my parents wouldn't recognize this place we call America. Come to think of it, neither do I. Faith and prayers, fellow freepers, in hope that what is GOOD in our country remains and grow stronger!!

[dwd1]

Don't you get a warm and fuzzy feeling when you hear the reports of Dutch and Swedish Airline pilots reporting that while approaching for a landing in Amsterdam, they observed what appears to be an elderly Caucasian Male in a red suit flying in what appears to be a sleigh ....

Seriously, the spririt of Christmas is found in our hearts and in our actions...

"Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me!" All you can do is make sure that the spirit shines through you....

[lilylangtree]

If anyone finds the spirit of Christmas, pass it on to me. I've been looking for it for years.

[conservativegirl]

>FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
>
>TO: All Employees
>
>DATE: October 01, 2003
>
>RE: Christmas Party
>
>
>
>I'm happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on
>December 23, starting at noon in the private function room at the Grill
>House. There will be a cash bar and plenty of drinks! We'll have a small
>band playing traditional carols...feel free to sing along. And don't be
>surprised if our CEO shows up dressed as Santa Claus! A Christmas tree will
>be lit at 1:00pm. Exchange of gifts among employees can be done at that
>time; however, no gift should be over $10.00 to make the giving of gifts
>easy for everyone's pockets! . This gathering is only for employees! Our CEO
>will make a special announcement at that time!
>
>Merry Christmas to you and your family.
>
>Patty
>

>

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>
>FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
>
>TO: All Employees
>
>DATE: October 02, 2003
>
>RE: Holiday Party
>
>
>
>In no way was yesterday's memo intended to exclude our Jewish employees. We
>recognize that Chanukah is an important holiday, which often coincides with
>Christmas, though unfortunately not this year. However, from now on we're
>calling it our "Holiday Party." The same policy applies to any other
>employees who are not Christians or those still celebrating Reconciliation
>Day. There will be no Christmas tree present. No Christmas carols sung. We
>will have other types of music for your enjoyment.
>
>Happy now?
>
>Happy Holidays to you and your family.
>
>Patty
>
>
>

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>FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
>
>TO: All Employees
>
>DATE: October 03, 2003
>
>RE: Holiday Party
>
>Regarding the note I received from a member of Alcoholics Anonymous
>requesting a non-drinking table ... you didn't sign your name. I'm happy to
>accommodate this request, but if I put a sign on a table that reads, "AA
>Only"; you wouldn't be anonymous anymore. How am I supposed to handle this?
>
>Somebody?
>
>Forget about the gifts exchange, no gifts exchange are allowed since the
>union members feel that $10.00 is too much money and executives believe
>$10.00 is a little chintzy.
>
>NO GIFTS EXCHANGE WILL BE ALLOWED.
>
>

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>
>FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
>
>To: All Employees
>
>DATE: October 04, 2003
>
>RE: Holiday Party
>

>What a diverse group we are! I had no idea that December 20 begins the
>Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which forbids eating and drinking during
>daylight hours. There goes the party! Seriously, we can appreciate how a
>luncheon at this time of year does not accommodate our Muslim employees'
>beliefs. Perhaps the Grill House can hold off on serving your meal until the
>end of the party- or else package everything for you to take it home in
>little foil doggy baggy. Will that work? Meanwhile, I've arranged for
>members of Weight Watchers to sit farthest from The dessert buffet and
>pregnant women will get the table closest to the restrooms. Gays are allowed
>to sit with each other. Lesbians do not have to sit with Gay men, each will
>have their own table. Yes, there will be flower arrangement for the Gay
>men's table. To the person asking permission to cross dress, no
>cross-dressing allowed though. We will have booster seats for short people.
>Low-fat food will be available for those on a diet. We cannot control the
>salt used in the food we suggest for those people with high blood pressure
>to taste first. There will be fresh fruits as dessert for Diabetics, the
>res! taurant cannot supply "No Sugar" desserts. Sorry!
>
>Did I miss anything?!?!?
>
>Patty
>

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>
>FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
>
>TO: All Fucking Employees
>
>DATE: October 05, 2003
>>RE: The Fucking Holiday Party
>
>
>Vegetarian pricks I've had it with you people!!! We're going to keep this
>party at the Grill House whether you like it or not, so you can sit quietly
>at the table furthest from the "grill of death," as you so quaintly put it,
>and you'll get your fucking salad bar, including organic tomatoes. But you
>know, tomatoes have feelings, too. They scream when you slice them. I've
>heard them scream. I'm hearing t! hem scream right NOW! I hope you all have a
>rotten holiday! Drive drunk and die,
>
>The Bitch from HELL!!!!!!!!
>

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>FROM: Joan Bishop, Acting Human Resources Director
>
>DATE: October 06, 2003
>
>RE: Patty Lewis and Holiday Party
>
>
>I'm sure I speak for all of us in wishing Patty Lewis a speedy recovery and
>I'll continue to forward your cards to her. In the meantime, management has
>decided to cancel our Holiday Party and give everyone the afternoon of the
>23rd off with full pay.

>
>Happy Holidays!

[JLAGRAYFOX]

The Christmas spirit remains alive only in the hearts of the American people! The secular, traitor/treason Democrat Party has killed Christmas as a religious holiday. I expect when they retake the Presidency and the Congress, they will repeal Christmas as a national holiday! Americans, you are asleep at the wheel! America is headed down the same road as Rome, to failure!

[Map Kernow]

The Wise Men
by G.K. Chesterton

Step softly, under snow or rain,
To find the place where men can pray;
The way is all so very plain
That we may lose the way.

Oh, we have learnt to peer and pore
On tortured puzzles from our youth,
We know all the labyrinthine lore,
We are the three wise men of yore,
And we know all things but truth.

We have gone round and round the hill
And lost the wood among the trees,
And learnt long names for every ill,
And serve the made gods, naming still
The furies the Eumenides.

The gods of violence took the veil
Of vision and philosophy,
The Serpent that brought all men bale,
He bites his own accursed tail,
And calls himself Eternity.

Go humbly ... it has hailed and snowed...
With voices low and lanterns lit;
So very simple is the road,
That we may stray from it.

The world grows terrible and white,
And blinding white the breaking day;
We walk bewildered in the light,
For something is too large for sight,
And something much too plain to say.

The Child that was ere worlds begun
(... We need but walk a little way,
We need but see a latch undone...)
The Child that played with moon and sun
Is playing with a little hay.

The house from which the heavens are fed,
The old strange house that is our own,
Where trick of words are never said,
And Mercy is as plain as bread,
And Honour is as hard as stone.

Go humbly, humble are the skies,
And low and large and fierce the Star;
So very near the Manger lies
That we may travel far.

Hark! Laughter like a lion wakes
To roar to the resounding plain.
And the whole heaven shouts and shakes,
For God Himself is born again,
And we are little children walking
Through the snow and rain.

[nutmeg]

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