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Norah Jones
Posted on 12/27/2004 7:55:56 PM PST by LaDivaLoca
Nora Jones, that's a goodie.
Don't you love e-mails that begin like this?
This message is to alert you that the following package(s) is(are) due
for delivery by FedEx:
Yesssss, and the ensuing anticipation!
Only to discover that it's a healthcare insurance manual! *L*
Stepping out for a bit. Gonna go home & make some soup. Since Tonk isn't having any soup reports I want soup!
Great song uncleshag, thank you!
ignore the Freepmail I just sent...lol!
You are very welcome my FRiend. I hope your night is going as well as mine is!
Listening to some music and turned off the TV.
One can take only take so many images of destruction.
You have to see these precious children afraid of Santa!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309841/posts
LOLOLOL!!! I WAS about to answer the Freepmail!
I am glad you're having a good evening, tube's off here too. I am working on unwinding a bit!
Bless their hearts, some of those children are so scared.
Thanks for the link, that was fun!
Some of those Santas are kinda scary!
Oh, yes, there were a few in there that would have scared me too!
I know it's after Christmas...
Hey, while you're relaxing, get a HANKIE and read this please. If you have seen it before, I am sorry. I hadn't.
I never forward e-mail but the source from which this came is always good.
THE RUSSIAN MANGER STORY
In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments and a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage.
They relate the following story in their own words: It was nearing the holiday season, 1994, time for our orphans to hear, for the first time, the traditional story of Christmas. We told them about Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem. Finding no room in the inn, the couple went to a stable, where the baby Jesus was born and placed in a manger.
Throughout the story, the children and orphanage staff sat in amazement as they listened. Some sat on the edges of their stools, trying to grasp every word. Completing the story, we gave the children three small pieces of cardboard to make a crude manger. Each child was given a small paper square, cut from yellow napkins I had brought with me. No colored paper was available in the city. Following instructions, the children tore the paper and carefully laid strips in the manger for straw. Small squares of flannel, cut from a worn-out nightgown an American lady was throwing away as she left Russia, were used for the baby's blanket. A doll-like baby was cut from tan felt we had brought from the United States. The orphans were busy assembling their manger as I walked among them to see if they needed any help.
All went well until I got to one table where little Misha sat. He looked to be about 6 years old and had finished his project. As I looked at the little boy's manger, I was startled to see not one, but two babies in the manger. Quickly, I called for the translator to ask the lad why there were two babies in the manger. Crossing his arms in front of him and looking at this completed manger scene, the child began to repeat the story very seriously.
For such a young boy, who had only heard the Christmas story once, he related the happenings accurately, until he came to the part where Mary put the baby Jesus in the manger. Then Misha started to ad-lib. He made up his own ending to the story as he said, "And when Maria laid the baby in the manger, Jesus looked at me and asked me if I had a place to stay. I told him I have no mamma and I have no papa, so I don't have any place to stay.
Then, Jesus told me I could stay with him. But I told him I couldn't, because I didn't have a gift to give him like everybody else did." But I wanted to stay with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, "If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?" "And Jesus told me, "If you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me."
"So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he told me I could stay with him---for always."
As little Misha finished his story, his eyes brimmed full of tears that splashed down his little cheeks. Putting his hand over his face, his head dropped to the table and his shoulders shook as he sobbed and sobbed. The little orphan had found someone who would never abandon nor abuse him, someone who would stay with him - FOR ALWAYS.
Thank you uncleshag, that is a very moving story.
In this photo provided by Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp., Santa Claus hits the slopes of Steamboat Springs, Colo., Friday, Dec. 24, 2004. (AP Photo/Steamboat Ski & Resort, Larry Pierce)
Snow covered cars in a parking lot are seen in Corpus Christi, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004. A rare blanket of snow greeted residents of South Texas on Christmas morning. The area got up to 13 inches of snow, breaking snowfall records. (AP Photo/Eddie Seal)
The U.S. Coast Guard (news - web sites) icebreaker Neah Bay is framed by ice covered trees along the shore of Lake Erie as a flock of ducks fly overhead Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. The day before the official start of winter brought brisk winds and sub-freezing temperatures following a snowstorm that dumped up to a foot of snow on parts of northeast Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Oh, uncleshag, that's so beautiful!
Angel Boy.....#150!!
Those are some cold pictures you posted.
Brrrr.
I am going to turn the thermostat up a notch.
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