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#2926086 - 12/24/09 12:50 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Scott Elson]  
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Have a very Happy Christmas and New Year!

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#2926094 - 12/24/09 01:08 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Flyboy]  
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have a safe and blessed Christmas all.

Go and enjoy some fruitcake with a nice glass of single malt smile


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#2926099 - 12/24/09 01:21 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: No105_Archie]  
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How does one "enjoy" fruitcake ? I've tried with no success.


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#2926106 - 12/24/09 01:36 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Happy christmas and a happy new year all, be safe.


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#2926107 - 12/24/09 01:37 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Very "Gldelig Jul" to all of you!
readytoeat cheers CT


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#2926124 - 12/24/09 02:06 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Dachs]  
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On behalf of all the Staff here, and myself, I wish you all glad tidings and a very Merry Christmas.

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#2926127 - 12/24/09 02:11 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: 20mm]  
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Merry Christmas!!

My favorite poet, T.S. Eliot, has a wonderful poem that I always read at this time of year.



The Journey of the Magi
(1927)

A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey:
The was deep and the weather sharp,
The very dead of winter."
And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory,
Lying down in the melting snow.
There were times we regretted
The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,
And the silken girls bringing sherbet.
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires gong out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly
And the villages dirty, and charging high prices.:
A hard time we had of it.
At the end we preferred to travel all night,
Sleeping in snatches,
With the voices singing in our ears, saying
That this was all folly.

Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,
Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation;
With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness,
And three trees on the low sky,
And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow.
Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,
Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,
And feet kicking the empty wine-skins.
But there was no information, and so we continued
And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory.

All this was a long time ago, I remember,
And I would do it again, but set down
This set down
This: were we lead all that way for
Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly,
We had evidence and no doubt. I have seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different; this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death.


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#2926166 - 12/24/09 03:19 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Patrocles]  
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Too often we focus on the negative or the misfortune of others and in turn neglect to follow through on our own responsibilities as individuals.
#2926218 - 12/24/09 04:30 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: XRoK]  
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Merry Christmas!

#2926220 - 12/24/09 04:31 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: HarryM]  
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and safe travels from Halifax, Nova Scotia!


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#2926226 - 12/24/09 04:36 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Shelldrake]  
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I'm not Hawaiian but what the hay... biggrin


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#2926238 - 12/24/09 04:56 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Destructis]  
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year


Hope that you all get fruitcake


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#2926240 - 12/24/09 04:57 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: BUFF]  
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If we get fruitcake, we'll send it to you!

I know, you'd like that...

Merry Christmas!


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#2926245 - 12/24/09 05:06 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: Vertigo1]  
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Merry Christmas, chaps!

#2926263 - 12/24/09 05:34 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: XRoK]  
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Originally Posted By: XRoK


I love that pic! I think I can see an ECM pod beneath Rudolph.


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#2926268 - 12/24/09 05:37 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all fellow SimHQ members!


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#2926270 - 12/24/09 05:38 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: WalterNowi]  
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Merry Christmas, and remember that 20MM and PanzerMeyer want all and any leftover fruitcakes sent directly to their home addy... santa

#2926278 - 12/24/09 05:44 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: iron mike]  
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#2926296 - 12/24/09 06:14 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: semmern]  
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Merry Christmas to all the fine folks here at SimHQ--Doug, Nighthawk, Cat, Spoons, and all the rest!

I really love SimHQ, you guys have done a magnificent job and here's to another fine year in 2010.

From your friends at Subsim
Happy holidays!
Neal



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#2926311 - 12/24/09 06:45 PM Re: The 2009 Merry Christmas Thread [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer


I love that pic! I think I can see an ECM pod beneath Rudolph.


Or he's just..., nevermind. biggrin


Merry Christmas, all.

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