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Post by Steve on Dec 24, 2013 22:11:34 GMT -6
Merry Christmas all my friends. My book is now being ordered at one local Barnes and Noble brick and mortar book store. ...Book sales are increasing nicely. Wish you all a happy healthy Christmas and New Year. I hope those here have enjoyed the book. Best Wishes. Stay warm and safe. Hugs, Steve
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Post by casper on Dec 25, 2013 12:15:51 GMT -6
Merry Christmas everybody!! May we all be visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future...or if you guys don't want to visit with them send them all to me!
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Post by swamprat on Dec 25, 2013 13:22:39 GMT -6
Merry Christmas to all our TEOR friends!
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Still have this damn illness to put up with. Not terminal,can be seen as good or bad, depending
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Post by DEADnGONE on Dec 25, 2013 16:39:22 GMT -6
Merry Christmas...hope ya'll got what each one wanted, as gifts that is.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 27, 2013 21:06:41 GMT -6
Did Santa bring anybody anything interesting? I know Shami got a new camera and I'm sure she has already taken photos of some intergalactic space vehicle of some sort or another. I got another day older and deeper in debt. What did everybody else get?
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Post by spotless38 on Dec 27, 2013 21:23:56 GMT -6
I did something different this year . Instead of buying presents and getting a ham for Christmas . I went out and bought 20 lbs of Crab legs . WOW ! everybody said that was the best C. present my wife and I can give . it fed 6 adults and 2 kids The children had fun cracking the shells and getting the meat out of it and dipping it in butter . I was in my heart glowing my present ? they did the dishes . Christmas is for the kids and they made out like a bandit . OH . I forgot the toddlers had hot dogs and they wanted ranch dressing on it . ( YUK )
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Post by lois on Dec 28, 2013 18:00:21 GMT -6
Did Santa bring anybody anything interesting? I know Shami got a new camera and I'm sure she has already taken photos of some intergalactic space vehicle of some sort or another. I got another day older and deeper in debt. What did everybody else get? I got a new computer and camera both. Wow it must be my day or week or year, whatever. Don't know how to operate neither very well yet. But did get some great pics and videos in Cape over my daughters complex again. It is beginning to annoy all my family for sure. They would rather not see the photos or hear about them. It does worry me a bit also. only thing is sky.. my computer will not open the best ones. I think what ever was up in the dark sky there messed with my camera..
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Post by lois on Dec 28, 2013 18:25:14 GMT -6
I did something different this year . Instead of buying presents and getting a ham for Christmas . I went out and bought 20 lbs of Crab legs . WOW ! everybody said that was the best C. present my wife and I can give . it fed 6 adults and 2 kids The children had fun cracking the shells and getting the meat out of it and dipping it in butter . I was in my heart glowing my present ? they did the dishes . Christmas is for the kids and they made out like a bandit . OH . I forgot the toddlers had hot dogs and they wanted ranch dressing on it . ( YUK ) Ron .. Glad you had such a wonderful time with family Christmas.
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Post by paulette on Dec 28, 2013 20:56:39 GMT -6
We went to a Liquidation sale and bought a "leather" couch on sale. It is the first new couch I've ever had. (All others were pass-ons - but I'm now afraid of possible bedbugs in old furniture we are having an outbreak in this part of Canada.)
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Post by auntym on Dec 5, 2014 19:42:51 GMT -6
www.space.com/27897-telescope-binoculars-astronomy-tips.html?adbid=541036582191390720&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15431856&cmpid=514648_20141206_36805607 Want a Telescope for Christmas? Here's What You Need to Knowby Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist December 01, 2014 Christmas is a popular time to buy a new telescope, but there are some things to keep in mind when looking for your first instrument to observe the night sky. Over the years when I’ve spoken with many other amateur astronomers about their interest in the sky most have said that it could be traced back to receiving their first telescope at Christmastime. While it is true that many have been "hooked" for life by viewing the wonders of the sky through their first scope, it is also true that many others have had their initial enthusiasm for astronomy severely dampened by their first telescope — especially if the pleasure-to-frustration ratio becomes too low. As we approach the holiday season, many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a telescope. I'm sure that you have already seen telescope ads in newspapers, junk mail catalogues and on those TV shopping channels. [Best Telescopes for Beginners: Buyer's Guide] www.space.com/15693-telescopes-beginners-telescope-reviews-buying-guide.htmlA typical ad might say something like this: "Bring the mysteries of the universe up close for your inspection. Study the Sun, the Moon, the planets, stars, comets and much, much more with this practical learning tool!" Such claims are a seductive lure to the astronomy neophyte or the well-meaning parent or grandparent wishing to get their prospective space-minded child an instrument that he or she can use to "discover the wonders of the heavens." But sadly, while most of these "department-store" telescopes, may seem like a good deal and user friendly, they usually end up being a complete frustration to the recipient. One of the things that is usually promised is incredibly high power. CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/27897-telescope-binoculars-astronomy-tips.html?adbid=541036582191390720&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15431856&cmpid=514648_20141206_36805607
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Post by auntym on Dec 15, 2014 15:10:26 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Dec 16, 2014 14:50:17 GMT -6
James Van Praagh Some holiday advice - slow down and take your time. You do not have to do everything at once.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 15:35:02 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Dec 17, 2014 13:58:35 GMT -6
ufodigest.com/article/yuletide-1217 YULETIDE AND THE WINTER SOLSTICE 2014By Pat Regan December 17, 2014 Publisher's Note: Most Christians realize that Jesus wasn't actually born on December 25, some 2000 years ago. We also understand that certain rules and dates were chosen, especilly Easter, at The Council of Nicea in 325 AD. Others like Pat Regan remind us that the Son of God was originaly the Sun in the sky. At that time in hisory many debated which of the Sun/Son God was real! DirkIs the extensively-accepted Jesus Myth the real ‘Reason for the Season’ - or simply more fundamentalist spin? CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS: WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU!The modern Christian feast day of Christmas originates from the enormous storehouse of our ancient Pagan past. Any concrete date regarding the alleged Jesus Christ's birthday is unrevealed and even the gospels fail to specify the exact time of this mythical figure’s commencement. In fact such was the deception of the Church that the ‘official’ date of Christ's ‘supposed’ birth was only hatched up in AD 273. The early Church, enthusiastic to win converts from the old earth-orientated faiths, saw massive theocratical benefit to be gained by adopting this native midwinter festival. This shrewd spiritual ruse was applied with equal force to ALL our original Pagan feast days.The entire Christian year is surreptitiously grafted onto a much older Pagan agricultural calendar, which links intimately with the solar orb/seasonal cycles. Thousands of years before the Christian sect was first instigated, our Pagan forefathers were celebrating the joyful feast of the Midwinter Solstice. Universally, people honoured the Nativity of the 'Sun God' under his abundant titles and epithets. Midwinter marked the phase when the sun was at its lowest point in the sky. This reality was acknowledged and vitalised by the ancients as the time of 'New birth.' From now onward the days would grow lighter as the solar power of the great ‘Life giver’ amplified. Christianity merely took the name 'Sun' and converted it into 'Son' so as to give the new intolerant faith from the East a more satisfactory countenance for our Pagan ancestors. This conniving stratagem ensured that the indigenous peoples would still preserve their old festival dates, whilst jettisoning their original rich and balanced spirituality for the new-fangled synthetic, ‘one god’, doctrine. The old Roman Saturnalia: source of most Xmas customsMost Christmas traditions and customs are visibly based on the old Roman feast of the 'Saturnalia,' which was enjoyed for seven days (variable) toward the conclusion of December. During the festivity of the god Saturn all schools, courts, businesses and so on would remain closed. Slaves and masters would reverse roles with masters serving their subordinates at table etc. Incidentally, this convention still remains within our native consciousness even today. The charitable aspect of the Solstice is common to everyone. Army officers still serve their minions at Xmas dinner; employers worldwide still give big parties for their workers and folk exchange loving presents. A small cap known as a 'Pileus' was the Roman sign of a freeman. During the Saturnalia slaves were allowed to wear this head covering at the banquet. This is a detail worth remembering when people next enter into the party spirit and put on silly hats at their Xmas dinner. CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/yuletide-1217
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 16:13:39 GMT -6
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas Cliff & Kelly
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Post by auntym on Dec 18, 2014 12:42:23 GMT -6
www.aleteia.org/en/arts-entertainment/article/the-wartime-ghost-boom-5817608255307776 The Wartime Ghost Boom Having faced death, society had the supernatural close at handby Philip Jenkins December 18, 2014 Over the past year, I have written a lot about the First World War, and the vigorous tradition of apocalyptic and millenarian ideas that surrounded that conflict, at all social levels. To the best of my knowledge, the Second World War produces little comparable, which is an interesting fact in its own right. There were no angelic visions, few serious claims of crusade. All of which gives added interest to the overwhelming power of mystical and supernatural themes in popular culture during the 1940s, particularly in film and fiction. Ghosts, spirits, angels and witches were an absolute mainstay of popular culture throughout the war and immediately afterwards, and they were often shown in a favorable or humorous light. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) features the bumbling Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd Class. This wave of supernatural films was distinctive, and really was not paralleled before, or for many years afterwards. On the analogy of other wars and times of natural disaster, it would be surprising if there had not been increasing interest in ideas like omens, spiritualism, dreams, ghost sightings, and communication with the dead. Death was pretty omnipresent during those years of global violence and despair. Unlike during the First World War, though, these later offerings were explicitly intended to be fictitious, and several were explicitly marketed as comedies. Film-makers had to tread a delicate path, giving people the supernatural themes they obviously craved, while not treading on the religious boundaries laid out in the Hays Code. But the sheer volume of ghosts and supernatural themes does tell us something about the public mood during these years. Might it also say something about people’s openness to other supernatural claims, from organized churches, during and immediately after the war? Or look at the phenomenal appeal of a spiritual best-seller like Thomas Merton’s The Seven-Storey Mountain from 1948. Or consider the incredible successes of the Billy Graham crusades from 1949 onwards. CONTINUE READING: www.aleteia.org/en/arts-entertainment/article/the-wartime-ghost-boom-5817608255307776
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Post by auntym on Dec 23, 2014 13:21:58 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20141222news-clausorig2&utm_campaign=Content&sf6373998=1 St. Nicholas to Santa: The Surprising Origins of Mr. ClausSanta's evolution includes a round-the-world ride that rivals the one he does on Christmas Eve.by bob Handwerk / for National Geographic Published December 20, 2013 Any kid can tell you where Santa Claus is from—the North Pole. But his historical journey is even longer and more fantastic than his annual, one-night circumnavigation of the globe. The modern American Santa was born in the Mediterranean, evolved across northern Europe, and finally assumed his now-familiar form on the shores of the New World. Who is this Santa, and how did he get here?
You'll Know in a Moment, This Face Must Be St. Nick?Images of St. Nicholas, Santa's original ancestor, vary considerably, but none of them look much like the red-cheeked, white-bearded old man we see everywhere today. One of the most compelling views we have of the real St. Nick was created not by ancient artists but by using modern forensic facial reconstruction. The remains of the Greek bishop, who lived in the third and fourth centuries, are housed in Bari, Italy. When the crypt at the Basilica San Nicola was repaired in the 1950s, the saint's skull and bones were documented with x-ray photos and thousands of detailed measurements. Caroline Wilkinson, a facial anthropologist at the University of Manchester (England), used these data and modern software simulations to create a modern reconstruction of the long-dead man. Wilkinson put a human face on Santa's original namesake—one with a badly broken nose, possibly suffered during the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Much of her work is necessarily subject to interpretation. The size and shape of the facial muscles that once covered Nicholas's skull had to be inferred, and the shape of that skull itself was recreated from two-dimensional data. Digital artists added details that were based on best guesses, including the olive-toned skin most common among Greek Mediterraneans like Nicholas, brown eyes, and the gray hair of a 60-year-old man. "We are bound to have lost some of the level of detail you would get by working from photographs, but we believe this is the closest we are ever going to get to him," Wilkinson said in the BBC Two feature film of the project entitled The Real Face of Santa. CONTINUE READING: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20141222news-clausorig2&utm_campaign=Content&sf6373998=1
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Post by auntym on Dec 23, 2014 15:41:23 GMT -6
devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/15019/and-to-all-a-good-night/ And to all a good nightBy Billy Cox, Herald-Tribune Monday, December 22, 2014 Forty-five years ago this month — as everybody here knows — the U.S. Air Force managed to slither out of UFO research by shutting down Project Blue Book. It did so by hiring the University of Colorado to make its UFO stuff go away, and UC project director Edward Condon was the man who could deliver the goods. Less than a year into his panel's review, Condon declared the subject was “nonsense,” and added, “but I’m not supposed to reach that conclusion for another year.” The USAF got its $313,000 worth when Condon officially announced UFOs were a massive waste of time and beneath the dignity of serious scientists. "Then, I'm comin' back here to go to college and see what they know. And then I'm gonna build things. I'm gonna build airfields, I'm gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I'm gonna build bridges a mile long..." -- George Bailey/CREDIT: pinterest.com "Then, I'm comin' back here to go to college and see what they know. And then I'm gonna build things. I'm gonna build airfields, I'm gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I'm gonna build bridges a mile long!" -- George Bailey/CREDIT: pinterest.comBut he couldn’t just stop there. In the condescending “Conclusions and Recommendations” portion of the report, Condon actually made a play at equanimity: “We think that all of the agencies of the federal government, and the private foundations as well, ought to be willing to consider UFO research proposals along with the others submitted to them on an opend-minded, unprejudiced basis. While we do not think at present that anything worthwhile is likely to come of such research, each individual case ought to be carefully considered on its own merits.” Yeah right. Nearly half a century later, anyone who thinks Condon’s poisoned wellwater is safe for mainstream science to drink should check in with British chemist Erol Faruk about how easily institutional thinking accepts dissenting opinion on The Great Taboo today. And yet, this time of year, maybe it’s the egg nog, De Void gets a little sentimental about the prospects for alternative scenarios. Especially after watching Obama shake up the moribund status quo on Cuba last week. Here’s why the time is now: Despite giving Capitol Hill an 11 percent approval rating, Americans last month not only ratified the most impotent and unpopular legislative body since Harry Truman, they gave it a mandate to do even less as Obama completes the final years of his lame-duck term. Having nothing to lose can be tremendously liberating — witness the president’s gambit on Cuba. To the extent that he can navigate around Congress, the next two years could be the most productive of Obama’s presidency. He could start with another no-brainer, like ending Dick Nixon’s war on weed with a stroke of the pen. Anyhow, with the 2016 horse race right around the corner — and you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one — how difficult is it to imagine Hillary’s opposition dogging her with every datapoint at its disposal? You wouldn't even need the Beltway crowd to attack her “little green man constituency”; Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham, et al, could get that ball rolling easily enough. Or maybe, in an even more perfect world, they’d skip Hillary altogether and lob little green man tomatoes directly at one of Obama’s key insiders. And then, in a surprise flanking maneuver, emboldened by the Cuba momentum, No. 44 takes the mike at a press conference and delivers a what-the-hell: “You know, folks, it’s been half a century since we took a serious look at UFOs. And given the revolution in digital technology, and given longstanding public interest in the subject, and after extensive discussions with senior White House counsel John Podesta, I’ve decided to take the late great Dr. Condon up on his word by setting up an exploratory panel, for less than one-twelfth the cost of a single Reaper drone, to --” It’s Christmas, man. 'Tis the season to be jolly. devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/15019/and-to-all-a-good-night/
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Post by auntym on Dec 23, 2014 17:38:05 GMT -6
www.history.com/news/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-turns-75December 19, 2014
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Turns 75By Christopher Klein A first edition of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (bottom) and an original layout (top) (Credit: AP Photo/Tony Talbot) Although firmly entrenched as a Christmas icon, the tale of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a piece of relatively modern folklore penned in 1939 by a department store adman enduring a time of great personal tragedy. As Rudolph turns 75, learn the story behind the creation of the most famous reindeer of all. Balsam wreaths and visions of sugarplums had barely faded in the first weeks of 1939, but thoughts inside the Chicago headquarters of retail giant Montgomery Ward had already turned to the next Christmas 11 months away. The retailer had traditionally purchased and distributed coloring books to children as a holiday promotion, but the advertising department decided it would be cheaper and more effective instead to develop its own Christmas-themed book in-house. The assignment fell to Robert May, a copywriter with a knack for turning a limerick at the company’s holiday party. The adman, however, had difficulty summoning up holiday cheer, and not just because of the date on the calendar. Not only was the United States still trying to shake the decade-long Great Depression while the rumblings of war grew once again Europe, but May’s wife was suffering with cancer and the medical bills had thrown the family into debt. Sure, he was pursuing his passion to write, but churning out mail order catalog copy about men’s shirts instead of penning the Great American Novel was not what he had envisioned himself doing at age 33 with a degree from Dartmouth College. Given the assignment to develop an animal story, May thought a reindeer was a natural for the leading role (not to mention that his 4-year-old daughter, Barbara, loved the reindeers every time she visited the zoo). As he peered out at the thick fog that had drifted off Lake Michigan, May came up with the idea of a misfit reindeer ostracized because of his luminescent nose who used his physical abnormality to guide Santa’s sleigh and save Christmas. Seeking an alliterative name, May scribbled possibilities on a scrap of paper—Rollo, Reginald, Rodney and Romeo were among the choices—before circling his favorite. Rudolph.
CONTINUE READING: www.history.com/news/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-turns-75
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Post by auntym on Dec 23, 2014 17:48:46 GMT -6
www.aol.com/article/2014/12/23/the-origin-of-annads-santa-tracker-a-typo-a-red-phone-a-friendly-colonel/21120502/?icid=maing-grid7|maing11|dl3|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D588197The origin of annaD's Santa Tracker: A typo, a red phone, a friendly colonelDec 23rd 2014 It’s that time again — Santa spends all year watching little boys and girls but for one night the tables are turned, thanks to annaD Santa Tracker. It's almost time for Santa to begin his journey around the world, and that means the volunteers over at annaD are gearing up to keep tabs on St. Nick with their annual Santa Tracker. These days the young (and the young at heart) can hop online to follow Santa's progress across the globe, but the tradition started almost 60 years ago with a typo and a phone call. In 1955 Sears published an ad in a Colorado newspaper encouraging kids to call Santa, but accidentally printed a wrong number. That number didn't reach Sears, or the North Pole, but instead rang up a secret military hotline -- often known as a "red phone" -- manned by U.S. Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup. Shoup's kids recently joined StoryCorps to tell their memories of the fateful call. "Only a four star general at the Pentagon and my dad had the number," daughter Terri Van Keuren recalled. "This was the '50s, this was the Cold War, and he would have been the first one to know if there was an attack on the United States," son Richard Shoup said. Initially, the colonel thought it was all a Christmas prank, but when he realized the "little voice" on the other end of the line was a kid really looking for Santa, he quickly changed his tune, daughter Pamela Farrell says. "So he talked to him, 'ho ho ho'ed and asked if he had been a good boy," she explained. Shoup then asked for the little boy to put his mom on the phone who quickly explained the situation and the misprinted advertisement. "Dad looked [the ad] up, and there it was, his red-phone number," she continued. "And they had children calling one after another, so he put a couple of airmen on the phones to act like Santa Claus." CONTINUE READING: www.aol.com/article/2014/12/23/the-origin-of-annads-santa-tracker-a-typo-a-red-phone-a-friendly-colonel/21120502/?icid=maing-grid7|maing11|dl3|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D588197 annaD SANTA: www.annadsanta.org/************************************************************************** 2014 annaD Tracks Santa Command HQ Test Flight Published on Dec 11, 2014
Follow the Crew in the annaD and NORTHCOM Command Center as we prepare to track Santa during his test flight!
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Post by lois on Dec 23, 2014 23:17:21 GMT -6
www.history.com/news/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-turns-75December 19, 2014
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Turns 75By Christopher Klein A first edition of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (bottom) and an original layout (top) (Credit: AP Photo/Tony Talbot) Although firmly entrenched as a Christmas icon, the tale of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a piece of relatively modern folklore penned in 1939 by a department store adman enduring a time of great personal tragedy. As Rudolph turns 75, learn the story behind the creation of the most famous reindeer of all. Balsam wreaths and visions of sugarplums had barely faded in the first weeks of 1939, but thoughts inside the Chicago headquarters of retail giant Montgomery Ward had already turned to the next Christmas 11 months away. The retailer had traditionally purchased and distributed coloring books to children as a holiday promotion, but the advertising department decided it would be cheaper and more effective instead to develop its own Christmas-themed book in-house. The assignment fell to Robert May, a copywriter with a knack for turning a limerick at the company’s holiday party. The adman, however, had difficulty summoning up holiday cheer, and not just because of the date on the calendar. Not only was the United States still trying to shake the decade-long Great Depression while the rumblings of war grew once again Europe, but May’s wife was suffering with cancer and the medical bills had thrown the family into debt. Sure, he was pursuing his passion to write, but churning out mail order catalog copy about men’s shirts instead of penning the Great American Novel was not what he had envisioned himself doing at age 33 with a degree from Dartmouth College. Given the assignment to develop an animal story, May thought a reindeer was a natural for the leading role (not to mention that his 4-year-old daughter, Barbara, loved the reindeers every time she visited the zoo). As he peered out at the thick fog that had drifted off Lake Michigan, May came up with the idea of a misfit reindeer ostracized because of his luminescent nose who used his physical abnormality to guide Santa’s sleigh and save Christmas. Seeking an alliterative name, May scribbled possibilities on a scrap of paper—Rollo, Reginald, Rodney and Romeo were among the choices—before circling his favorite. Rudolph.
CONTINUE READING: www.history.com/news/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-turns-75 Have a Merry Christmas everyone. Auntym . I played this on my timeline on facebook yesterday. I still have my old Gene Autreu record of it. A 78 breakable record of it and a tiny yellow children's record of with his photo on the cover.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 11:28:59 GMT -6
Merry Christmas to all.
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Post by casper on Dec 24, 2014 12:53:47 GMT -6
Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you guys are having a great holiday.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 24, 2014 13:15:15 GMT -6
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 14:41:11 GMT -6
Hoping you truckers have the chance to pause and enjoy Christmas with family or friends or friends and family. God bless.
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Post by auntym on Dec 24, 2014 15:05:38 GMT -6
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE...
annaD Tracks Santa's Christmas DeliveriesPublished on Dec 24, 2014 Volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command are monitoring Santa Claus as he makes his storybook Christmas Eve flight. (Dec. 24)
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Post by Morgan Sierra on Dec 24, 2014 19:48:03 GMT -6
Us truckers aren't pausing yet but I'll get to take some time off in a few days. In the meantime here is a cute little thing I found to get everybody in the Christmas mood.
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Post by swamprat on Dec 24, 2014 20:41:10 GMT -6
Merry Christmas to all!
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Post by skywalker on Dec 24, 2014 21:05:34 GMT -6
Here's another one that I just stole from somebody.
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Post by auntym on Dec 25, 2014 12:29:00 GMT -6
bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/12/24/santa-sightings-some-claim-paranormal-santa-claus-sightings-as-fact/
The Xmas-Files: Some Say They've Seen a Paranormal Santa ClausKyle Alspach - Tech Editor 12/24/14 Santa and sleigh image via Shutterstock. "He sees you when you're sleeping." Literally, according to some. Two years ago I read a Globe piece on the subject of Santa Claus sightings—yes, actual claims of St. Nick sightings, reported by adults. The first account cited in the article: "We [saw] something dashing through the clouds. We could all make out Santa’s sleigh and 9 reindeer including Rudolph’s nose.” Really? And yet, apparently this is far from the only claimed sighting by an at least semi-credible person. Stephen Wagner, who runs paranormal.about.com, has collected a number of the reported sightings here on About.com. The writer of the Globe piece noted: "The most remarkable thing about these stories ... is how matter-of-fact so many of them are, the meticulousness of the observations." "As far as I am concerned, it was 100% the spirit of Santa Claus." And, apparently, the sightings keep accumulating. I emailed Wagner this week to ask if there have been any more sightings reported to him. Indeed: "Just posted this the other day," he wrote back, with a link to a post called Readers' Most Wonderful Santa Sightings Here's the most interesting reported sighting in the post, entitled "Glowing Santa" by "Sarah A.": I saw Santa when I was a little more than three years old. It was Christmas Eve and my Aunt Susan was spending the night with us. She got my bed and I had to sleep on the floor. I went to sleep and awoke around 2:30 a.m. to something glowing in the hallway outside my bedroom. When I fully opened my eyes, I could see that Santa was standing in my door with a mystical, magical glow around him. It was silver and gold and glittery. Santa looked right at me and without moving his mouth, he said to me, "Now you know you are supposed to be asleep while I am here, don't you?" I told him that I knew I was supposed to be asleep but how could I? He told me, "Close your eyes and at least pretend." I was shocked. Even at three years old I knew this could be a dream, but I know I was awake. People have told me maybe it was my father, and maybe it was. How he got the hallway to glow with glitter would be beyond me, but as far as I am concerned, it was 100% the spirit of Santa Claus. I am now 41 years old and still believe that I saw him. So yes, the truth is out there—and, at least for the truest of believers, so is a mystical St. Nick. bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/12/24/santa-sightings-some-claim-paranormal-santa-claus-sightings-as-fact/
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