Here's an update on items shipped to Mosul:
From LittleSpotBlog, shipped 11/16:
50 packets of hot chocolate = 50
48 granola bars
various candy (hard candy and assorted Hershey's)
4 packages of tinsel
multi-colored plastic snowflake ornaments
small glass ornaments and hangers
3 CDs of Christmas music
From The Right Stuff, shipping 11/18:
15 packages of hot chocolate (10 individual packages each)
72 cups of pudding snacks
3 tree garlands
1 string of lights
playing cards
the John Wayne movie "Chisum"
4 boxes of unbreakable ornaments
tea and coffee sets.
We will be shipping our stuff, along with things bought on behalf of musicman, early next week. I'll list the items when they are shipped. Just FYI, we did buy the "A Christmas Story" DVD.
God bless our troops!
Can you remember the titles or the singers on your 3 Christmas CD's. I'm trying to keep a record so we don't send duplicates.
You all are doing a fantastic job!
They are going to love your package!!
News:
Daybreakcoming is going to be hosting the "Send a letter or Christmas card to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan" thread this year as I am down with a cold.
I previewed a donated DVD movie Elf (Bob Newhart, Will Ferrell) last night and was surprised to find I enjoyed it.
So, reasonably good modern Christmas movies that one can get to donate to the troops are
A Christmas Story (about Ralphie and his Red Rider gun)
The Santa Clause (Tim Allen) - the first one is the reasonably good one.
Elf (Bob Newhart, Will Ferrell, James Caan)
We have been getting some very generous donations, and thank you to all.
If a few people could send some modest donations to help nina0113 out with postage expenses, it would be appreciated. I've delegated purchasing the Xbox for Bagram's Special Forces to her and also getting some multi-player adaptor accessories for the Playstation2 already with the Engineers in Baghdad.
I am sending her the donated money for the purchases, but she'll have additional postage on top of the $100 or so she has already incurred sending out a lot of regular Christmas care packages lately.