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DECEMBER 24 ADVENT CALENDAR ~ YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS

Last day for the CHRISTMAS ADVENT POSTERS.

There are 24 posters, one for each day leading up to Christmas. An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of ADVENT in anticipation of CHRISTMAS. All posters are my creations ~ please feel free to copy and share.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

By Francis P. Church, first published in The New York Sun in 1897. [See The People’s Almanac, pp. 1358–9.]

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

Dear Editor—

I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O’Hanlon

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

‘BUT I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of site,

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night’

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The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 

Chestnut’s roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule tide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos
Everybody knows
A turkey and some misletoe
Can help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that santa’s on his way
He’s loaded with toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mothers child is going to spy
To see if reigndeer really know how to fly
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
All thought it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

They know that santa’s on his way
He’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mothers child is going to spy
To see if reigndeer really know how to fly
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
All though it’s been said many times many ways
Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas to you

 ”The Christmas Song” (commonly subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” or, as it was originally subtitled, “Merry Christmas to You“) is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Torméand Bob Wells.

Perfect Man, Perfect Woman and Santa Claus

Once upon a time there was a Perfect Man and a Perfect woman.

After a perfect courtship they had a perfect wedding.

Their life together was, of course, perfect.

 One snowy and stormy Christmas eve, they were driving their

perfect car along a winding road

when they noticed someone on the side of the road in distress.

Being the perfect couple they stopped to help.

To their surprise, there stood Santa Claus with his huge bundle of toys.

Not wanting to disappoint any children on Christmas eve,

the perfect couple loaded Santa and his toys into their car.

Unfortunately, the storm got worse

and the perfect couple and Santa were in an accident.

Only one of them survived the accident.

Question: Who was the survivor?

The perfect woman survived the crash.

She’s the only one who existed in the first place.

Everyone knows that Santa isn’t real and there has never been a Perfect Husband.

Women stop reading now.

Men continue reading below.

So, if there was no Perfect Man and no Santa,

the woman must have been driving!

This explains why there was a car accident.

Men, continue reading below.

By the way, if you’re a woman and you are still reading,

this illustrates another point.

Some women never listen or follow directions!

Brief History of Santa Video

Published on Dec 19, 2011 by CGPGREY

Rudolph and Blitzen, had to be girls!

REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,

while both male
and female reindeer grow antlers

in the summer each year, male reindeer
drop their antlers at the beginning of winter,

usually late November to
mid-December; HOWEVER, Female reindeer

retain their antlers till after
they give birth in the spring. Therefore,

according to EVERY historical
rendition depicting Santa’s reindeer,

EVERY single one of them, from
Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.   

We should’ve known…

ONLY women would be able to drag

 a fat man in a red velvet suit all

around the world in one night and not get lost.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Bonus This Christmas

 People who will not be getting a Christmas Bonus this year!

15. You write speeches for Rick Perry

14. You’re the son of Ruppert Murdock ~ James Murdock

13. Safety inspector at the Fukushima I Nuclear power Plant in Japan 

12. Body Guard for Osama bin Laden

11. You were an Egyptian Politician

10. You worked for News of the World, owned by News Corporation,which had been regularly hacking the phones of celebrities, royalty and public citizens.

9. You are an Italian Government Financial advisor.

8. A GOP DEBATE Moderator

7. You are an American Public School Teacher (So many politicians seem to want to destroy the           Public School system )

6. You worked for Anthony Weiner who resigned from Congress due to a sexting scandal.

5. You were Donald Trump’s campaign manager for his on again off again Presidential Bid.

4. You were a member of Penn State’s Football Public Relations Team

3. Muammar Gaddafi bodyguard.

2. You write the news for FOX News ~

2011 Study Finds Fox News Actually Makes People Dumber

1. You introduced Kim Kardashian to her ex husband, NBA player Kris Humphries 

 For 2012 No Bonus F or You 

Click Here:

http://www.e-forwards.com/2012/11/no-christmas-bonus-for-you-top-failures-of-2012/

Track Santa 2012 with NORAD and Google Tracker on Christmas Eve – Send a Holiday Card

Click Here to Track Santa

Follow Santa on Christmas Eve!
On December 24th follow Santa and his reindeer as they deliver presents to children around the world onwww.noradsanta.org. Track his journey on Google Earth(make sure you have the plug-in installed) and also on Google Maps. During his flight, click on the video icons on the map to watch videos of him flying through cities and landmarks in 3D. Watch this trailer video (Santa’s journey from last year) to get excited for this Christmas Eve! Don’t forget to visit www.noradsanta.org on December 24th to follow Santa on his sleigh.

Send a Holiday Card
Excited for the holidays? Share a message of holiday cheer with custom online cards from Google Maps. Choose from ten holiday card covers, and personalize the card with a message and a special place on the map. Send your brother directions for an upcoming ski trip, suggest a restaurant for a family dinner, or share wintry Street View imagery with your friends in California. Visitgooglemapsholidays.appspot.com to send cards to your friends and family.

Merry Christmas Greetings ~ Happy Holidays

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Greetings of the Season and Best Wishes for the New Year

May peace, love and prosperity follow you always.

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Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! - Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836

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Have a very Guinness Christmas

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Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
Peg Bracken

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge

I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.
Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.
Eric Sevareid

Eric Sevareid
As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.

Burton Hillis, Better Homes and Gardens
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

Andy Rooney
The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.

Wilfred A. Peterson, The Art of Living
Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s glorious dream in the soul of man.

Ruth Carter Stapleton
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.

Dale Evans Rogers
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.

Hamilton Wright Mabie
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

Let the spirit of love

gently fill our hearts and homes.

In this loveliest of seasons

may you find many

reasons for happiness.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Maligayang Pasko Maligayang Piyesta Opisyal Pagbati Maganda imahe

Selamat Hari Natal

Chocolate Christmas Poem

CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS

Twas the night before Christmas and all round my hips
Were Fannie May candies that sneaked past my lips.
Fudge brownies were stored in the freezer with care,
In hopes that my thighs would forget they were there.

While Mama in her girdle and I in chin straps
Had just settled down to sugar-borne naps.
When out in the pantry there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the kitchen I flew like a flash,
Tore open the icebox then threw up the sash.
The marshmallow look of the new-fallen snow
Sent thoughts of a binge to my body below.

When what to my wandering eyes should appear:
A marzipan Santa with eight chocolate reindeer!
That huge chunk of candy so luscious and slick
I knew in a second that I’d wind up sick.

The sweet-coated Santa, those sugared reindeer,
I closed my eyes tightly but still I could hear;
On Pritzker, on Stillman, on weak one, on TOPS
A Weight Watcher dropout from sugar detox.

From the top of the scales to the top of the hall
Now dash away pounds; now dash away all.
Dressed up in Lane Bryant from my head to nightdress
My clothes were all bulging from too much excess.

My droll little mouth and my round little belly
They shook when I laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
I spoke not a word but went straight to my work
Ate all of the candy then turned with a jerk.

And laying a finger beside my heartburn
Gave a quick nod toward the bedroom I turned.
I eased into bed, to the heavens I cry
If temptation’s removed I’ll get thin by and by.

And I mumbled again as I turned for the night
“In the morning I’ll starve…
’til I take that first bite!”

(Author Unknown)

Merry Christmas to My Female Friends

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Merry Christmas To My Female Friends

 If I were ol’ Santa, you know what I’d do

I’d dump silly gifts that are given to you

And deliver some things just inside your front door

Things you have lost, but treasured before.

I’d give you back all your maidenly vigor,

And to go along with it, a neat tiny figure.

Then restore the old color that once graced your hair

Before rinses and bleaches took residence there.

I’d bring back the shape with which you were gifted

So things now suspended need not be uplifted.

I’d draw in your tummy and smooth down your back

Till you’d be a dream in those tight fitting slacks.

I’d remove all your wrinkles and leave only one chin

So you wouldn’t spend hours rubbing grease on your skin.

You’d never have flashes or queer dizzy spells,

And you wouldn’t hear noises like ringing of bells.

No sore aching feet and no corns on your toes.

No searching for spectacles when they’re right on your nose.

Not a shot would you take in your arm, hip or fanny,

From a doctor who thinks you’re a nervous old granny.

You’d never have a headache, so no pills would you take.

And no heating pad needed since your muscles won’t ache.

Yes, if I were Santa, you’d never look stupid,

You’d be a cute little chick with the romance of a cupid.

I’d give a lift to your heart when those wolves start to whistle,

And the joys of your heart would be light as a thistle.

But alas! I’m not Santa. I’m simply just me,

The matronest of matrons you ever did see.

I wish I could tell you all the symptoms I’ve got,

But I’m due at my doctor’s for an estrogen shot.

Even though we’ve grown older, this wish is sincere,

Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year.

You might enjoy this post about the Christmas Diet Fail ~ Cute poem at: 

http://www.e-forwards.com/2011/12/christmas-diet-poem/

Frosty the Snowman and the Hot Tub Fail

Hot Tubbing with Frosty