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    Default Merry Christmas, Everyone

    Just wanted to wish everyone here all the best of health and friendship during this, the Christmas Season. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, may you enjoy the festivities of your choice.

    And to touch on Guado's "Working Christmas" thread, here's a toast to those who give up their Christmas to protect us, be it Soldiers in the Armed Forces, Fire & Rescue, Law Enforcement, Ambulance Service & Paramedics, etc. Thank you.

    All the best!!

    Newfie (aka Jim)

    EDIT:

    Just found this on CP, and thought it was awesome & touching.

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY!
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    A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS POEM

    The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
    I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
    My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
    My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
    Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
    Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
    The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
    Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

    My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
    Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
    In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
    So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
    The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
    But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
    Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
    Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

    My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
    And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
    Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
    A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
    A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
    Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
    Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
    Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

    "What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
    "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
    Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
    You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
    For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
    Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
    To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
    Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,

    I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.
    Sleep without fear as you turn out your lights."
    "It's my duty to stand at the front of this line,
    That separates you from the darkest of times.
    No one has asked or begged or implored me,
    I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
    My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
    Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembered."

    My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
    And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
    I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
    But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
    Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
    The red, white, and blue... an American flag.

    "I can live through the cold and the being alone,
    Away from my family, my house and my home.
    I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
    I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
    I can carry the weight of killing another,
    Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
    Who stand at the front against any and all,
    To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
    "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
    Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."

    "But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
    "Give you some money, prepare you a feast?
    It seems all too little for all that you've done,
    For being away from your wife and your son."

    Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
    "Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
    To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
    To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
    For when we come home, either standing or dead,
    To know you remember we fought and we bled.
    Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
    That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.
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    What he said!

    Happy holidays to all!

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    Merry Christmas to all. It's definitely gonna be a white Christmas here in Denver!

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    Jim - That's a great poem. A fellow with a fantastic speaking voice called into one of the radio stations and recited it the other night. It was very moving. My Godson just got deployed to Iraq last week. so our soldiers are in the forefront of my thoughts this year. And thanks to the many police, firefighters, paramedics, etc in this community that will be sacrificing their holidays to keep us all secure. Be safe out there!

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    Merry Christmas and happy hoildays!






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    A Happy Yuletide Season everyone! All the best to you and yours, and all the best for the New Year! Enjoy a nice smoke and good cheer and company and see you all soon back on the boards

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    Happy Holidays !!!!!!!!!!

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    I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
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    Merry Christmas(or other religious celebration as may be appropriate). Jim that is a wonderful poem. Be sure to thank your protectors(1st responders, Marines, sailers, soilders, airmen).
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    Merry Christmas everyone!

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    Merry Christmas!


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    Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

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    Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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    Happy Holidays to all...........
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    Season's Greetings...From the sarge

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    Merry Christmas All!!!!!!!!
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    Merry Christmas to all and your families.
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    Merry Christmas
    Family, Friends and a good cigar. Oh and some fishing too!

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    Merry Christmas everyon!

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    Hope everyone had a good one. I sure did.
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