Merry Christmas to all...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86287851621640

I have posted the story below before, but it is My Christmas Story, so
I'll share it again... :^)

My grandfather came to the US to visit us a few years back. He stayed
for a year. He came in the Fall and made a comment about how all the
trees in the US are dying. "What is going on here in the US, why are
all the trees dying?", he said. "The mountains are becoming bald!(In
Thailand, trees don't loose their leaves, they are green all year
round.)

I took my girls to a tree farm and cut our Chritsmas tree. We brought
it home and decorate it like we do every year. "Why are you people
worshiping trees?", asked granddad. "Why are you giving that tree so
many presents?"

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

http://www.reuters.hu/card_dom/index_content.html

Thanks for sharing your wonderful story of your grandfather and your video
Christmas card. KD


"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86287851621640

I have posted the story below before, but it is My Christmas Story, so
I'll share it again... :^)

My grandfather came to the US to visit us a few years back. He stayed
for a year. He came in the Fall and made a comment about how all the
trees in the US are dying. "What is going on here in the US, why are
all the trees dying?", he said. "The mountains are becoming bald!(In
Thailand, trees don't loose their leaves, they are green all year
round.)

I took my girls to a tree farm and cut our Chritsmas tree. We brought
it home and decorate it like we do every year. "Why are you people
worshiping trees?", asked granddad. "Why are you giving that tree so
many presents?"

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

You're very welcome.

"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians
called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukka'
and
went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People
passing
each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy
Hanukka!' or
(to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'" - Dave Barry

"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season

In our VERY politically correct college town (one of our friends who works
at the University of Iowa was ordered by the HR director to remove a 6-inch
ceramic Christmas tree from her desk, because it "might offend" someone!)
it's the norm to say "Happy Holidays!"

Almost NO ONE here says, "Merry Christmas!"

However, I take comfort in the knowledge that "Holiday" is derived from
"Holy Day" -- and thus the PC Nazis are actually inadvertently sanctioning
saying the same thing as everyone else...

:-)

Merry Christmas!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Flyingmonk wrote:
http://www.reuters.hu/card_dom/index_content.html

http://www.wimp.com/charlie/

People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy
Hanukka!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'" - Dave Barry

Is that where we get the Harvey Wallbanger?

Jose
--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Jose wrote:
Is that where we get the Harvey Wallbanger?

Harvey must've been an athiest eh? :^)

Thanks, Monk! I enjoyed both of them.


On 22 Dec 2005 16:40:15 -0800, "Flyingmonk" wrote:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86287851621640

I have posted the story below before, but it is My Christmas Story, so
I'll share it again... :^)

My grandfather came to the US to visit us a few years back. He stayed
for a year. He came in the Fall and made a comment about how all the
trees in the US are dying. "What is going on here in the US, why are
all the trees dying?", he said. "The mountains are becoming bald!(In
Thailand, trees don't loose their leaves, they are green all year
round.)

I took my girls to a tree farm and cut our Chritsmas tree. We brought
it home and decorate it like we do every year. "Why are you people
worshiping trees?", asked granddad. "Why are you giving that tree so
many presents?"

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone


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In article 2dLqf.645944$_o.489482@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season

In our VERY politically correct college town (one of our friends who works
at the University of Iowa was ordered by the HR director to remove a 6-inch
ceramic Christmas tree from her desk, because it "might offend" someone!)
it's the norm to say "Happy Holidays!"

Almost NO ONE here says, "Merry Christmas!"

However, I take comfort in the knowledge that "Holiday" is derived from
"Holy Day" -- and thus the PC Nazis are actually inadvertently sanctioning
saying the same thing as everyone else...

Jay, just tell everybody,"Merry Christmas -- you DO know that whenever
anybody says 'Happy Holidays,' an elf dies."

--
Remve "_" from email to reply to me personally.