FReeper Canteen ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS, TROOPS AND VETERANS!! ~ 25 December 09

Merry Christmas Troops and Vets, Families and Allies !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Merry Christmas, Troops and Veterans !! ~
~ Families and Allies !! ~

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Martina McBride ~ Away In A Manger

Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti ~ Adeste Fideles

Handel ~ Hallelujah Chorus

Johnny Cash ~ Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Mater Dolorosa Choir of Holyoke Mass ~ Gesu Bambino

Waitresses ~ Christmas Wrapping

Toby Keith ~ All I Want For Christmas

Ronettes ~ Sleigh Ride

Rockapella ~ Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

Sesame Street ~ It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Medley

Percy Faith & His Orchestra ~ Joy To The World

The Carpenters ~ Christ Is Born

Aaron Neville ~ Silent Night

Charlotte Church ~ Ave Maria

Gatlin Brothers ~ Do You Hear What I Hear?

Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians ~ ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

Spike Jones ~ All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Bing Crosby ~ Mele Kalikimaka

Countdown Kids ~ Have A Jolly Christmas

Jimmy Durante ~ Frosty The Snowman

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[Kirkwood]

Merry Christmas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas!!

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Honoring those who have served before.

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To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.
To our military readers, we remain steadfast
in keeping the Canteen doors open.

The FR Canteen is Free Republic's longest running daily thread
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The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.

We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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[Publius]

And a Merry Chrismas to everyone!

[onedoug]

“God Bless Us, Everyone.”

Merry Christmas!

[acad1228]

Merry Christmas, Ma!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Many thanks to you, Nana Hope, for our Pledge of Allegiance each day.

[ContraryMary]

Merry Christmas!

[alarm rider]

Happy Christmas all. May God’s light shine upon all of us and his grace be with us and our country always. God bless the troops and those who support them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jr-2eyRtV4

A small gift.

Yours,
AR

[mylife]

Merry Christmas all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, Kirkwood.

Have you been baking? Cooking?

[smokingfrog]

God bless the troops and keep them safe.

Merry Christmas y’all!

[Kirkwood]

No cooking for me. Don’t feel like eating either. Actually I have an upset stomach. I think from some weird coffee I had this afternoon.

[Ben Hecks]

Thank you Kathy and Merry Christmas!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, Publius.

All ready? Cooking done?

[Publius]

Well, Kathy, here I am sitting around, listening to my favorite Christnas Eve music. I just finished P.D.Q. Bach's "Consort of Christnas Carols," to include:

• "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John", where the joke centers around where you place the comma;
• "O Little Town of Hackensack", which speaks for itself, and;
• "Good King Kong Looked Out."

Earlier, I listened to the complete "Nutcracker" ballet by Tchaikovsky.

Closer to bedtime, I'll put on Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Midnight Mass", in the Minkowsky recording, which places the piece, not in the Baroque, but firmly in the Renaissance, where it belongs.

Tomorrow, I'll put on the Baltimore Consort's "Bright Day Star" disc, which is a collection of English Renaissance Christmas music, followed by Christopher Hogwood's 1981 recording of Handel's "Messiah" with period instruments.

It's my little Christmas ritual.

Perhaps I'll sit down at the piano and play my favorite politically correct Christmas Winter Holiday carols, "O Come All Ye Ambivalent" and "Random Chance Rest Ye Merry Gentlepersons".

Enough joking for the evening.

[Kathy in Alaska]

“God Bless Us, Everyone.”

Indeed, onedoug, indeed.

Merry Christmas!

[higgmeister]

WINTER WONDERLAND - Huey Lewis And The News

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Merry Christmas!

I love this rendition.

[MEG33]

A Very Merry Christmas To The Canteen,
Our Troops and Our Veterans

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?

Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?

Mary, Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new
This child that you've delivered
Will soon deliver you?

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?

Mary, Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?

Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
Youve kissed the face of God?

Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is lord of all creation?

Mary, Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?

Did you know
That your baby boy is heavens perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the great I am?

Mary Did You Know sungby Kenny Rogers and Winona Judd

Lyrics Mark Lowery Music Mark Greene ~ The authors singing it.
More Versions on the right.
Thank you Tasmanianred for giving me this to frame.