T'was the Night before Christmas:(it's already Christmas Eve,Wow)
...................and Verdun Connections ,would like to Wish All of You ,a Really Great Merry Christmas,...................and with any Luck ,We Can All Have a Really Fantastic,.........Healthy , Safe & Better New Year in 2007...........
........Thanks to all of you ,for your participation,whether it be ,by reading or posting Our Messages,............keeping a Connection to Verdun,......and everything we've done ,is Important:
You can't know ,where your going,..if you don't know where you've been:
and Our Common Denominator, is Our Hometown,.....and of course ,
-----all of us people from there,....(& I include Montreal in there ,as we've all moved around the Island a bit)
.and I 'd like to Thank MaggieMck ,for her insight to create Verdun Connections,..........and for her tenacity to 'make it work' through all of it's 'Growing Pains'.....................&..Keeping Our Collective Memory's of Verdun,
not only Alive ,......but 'Remembered' all the time,....as well has having been the medium for old friends to meet again,and keep a VerdunConnection.
...another year Maggie.......Thanks !!
Merry Christmas---
--Take Care of your Family's--
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on xmas day at half past 3 ,make yourself a cup of tea, ill think of you , you think of me , and just for a time together we will be
Well No Snow here in Victoria,for Christmas ,.....but right now it's dry ,but greyish,......the forecast is Wind & Rain,(whatelse.......hahahaha) Looks like Montreal is having a great mild day,........ What's it like in your neighbourhoods today,....Victah sezs it's nice there in Florida, What about the rest of you?? and 'MeanneJean' .......that's a neat little rhyme,.......I'll try to Remember, although if it's Tea,....it will be early maybe noonish here on the Westcoast,..making it 3pm in the afternoon for you...........hahahaha So whether it's tea or wine ,....I'll toast you all.........
Les. Same weather here in Vancouver, Washington. Raining. No snow. Thank you Lord!!!!!
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It's almost 4 oclock Montreal time,...........Imagine what the kids are feeling now,...getting so close to Midnight ...........and of course Santa's visit........ Remember how excited little ones get,....... We used to open Our gifts right after my Mom got home from Midnight Mass, and then we tried to stay up all night long & play with our new toys & stuff, Christmas morning was a riot ,with that pile of new stuff (in some cases new to me.......that's code for a hand me down,.like skates..........hahahaha) When you got older ,you made the trek to Midnight Mass,......I can Remember walking home from StWillibrord's with my Mom, while a light snow was happening,and we would be making the first footsteps in that freshly fallen snow,.& Wellington Street ,would be Quiet,with all the Christmas Lights shinning on the snow..................... .........Not sure if I kept the $money destined for the collection plate or not,.........too many witness's at a MidNight Mass................hahahahahah "Merry Christmas" .....(take care of your families & friends)
If your kids are around ,....or grandkids as the case maybe,..... you may want to show them all this very Important Tracking Station: click here to show them NORAD tracking SANTA"S FLIGHT for 2006 http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php Even you Bigger Kids Might want to have a look,,,,,,,,, it's only real ,if you participate & believe.............hahaha ................Sorry that last bit should be Ho-Ho-Ho, Merry Christmas
We believe, based on historical data and more than 50 years of NORAD tracking information, that Santa Claus is alive and well in the hearts of people throughout the world. Santa Claus is known by many names, but his first recorded name was Saint Nicholas. Historians claim that the history of Santa starts with the tradition of Saint Nicholas, a 4th Century Christian priest who lived in the Middle East in an area of present day Turkey. Saint Nicholas became famous throughout the world for his kindness in giving gifts to others who were less fortunate. Typically, he placed gifts of gold down people's chimneys - sometimes into stockings. It may be that the Santa we know and love emerged from the legacy of Saint Nicholas. Clearly, Santa's basic approach to gift giving is strikingly similar to that of Saint Nicholas. What we know from history is that the tradition of Santa Claus and Saint Nicholas merged. Could they be the same person? Only Santa Claus can tell us for sure.
................Merry Christmas..................VerdunConnections
We celebrated a little early up here in Comox. My girl kidlet came over (laden down with Christmas presents I might add) on Friday and has just left to catch the ferry back to Vancouver (has to work early tomorrow!). Thank goodness it was beautiful and sunny yesterday, but those winds they are a-howling and the rain it is coming down in sheets right now. Hopefully the ferries back to Vancouver aren't cancelled.......or you know what that means.....she'll have to turn around and come back up here for another day or so......hehehe. And thanks to MaggieMcK, Les_F, and all the members that make up our family away from home.....thanks from the bottom of my heart. Cheers.
I hope she makes the Ferry Mom45 (Linda),.........it's now blowing here like crazy,....it seems almost as strong as any of last weeks 3 windstorms,...some streets around here today have lost a few more trees,...and there'sjust yellow tape around then warning motorists,......like we can't see a Tree laying in the Street........hahahahah but hopefully we'll see the yellow tape 2inches wide,but miss the Oak Tree 3feet in Diameter,.......... The beach as fantastic waves on it today ,......and there rolling in with no end in sight,...........it looks great,.........but like you say Linda,those Ferries can cancel anytime,...genrally the problem is not on this side(as the terminals ,are somehwat sheltered,) but on Vancouver Side (Tsawassen at least),..is very open,.....and our Super Class Ferries act like big sails ,and can't dock easily,................It was very rare years ago ,with the smaller class ferries ,that they ever cancelled a sailing,........mind you the trip in the smaller ones ,.could turn out to be a fun ride,....Yahoo.......slpish splash,. your car would get soaked with the open decks of the day,,,,,That's when it was Fun........................................................... "Merry Christmas"........enjoy your family & friends,...
Ok I did it,......got the gifts and wrapped them too..........hahahahah .........and the stocking stuffers too
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Hi Sandy19465,........That is a neat interctive book,.....I like the truck plowing or driving up the driveway,..........the things people can make ,.Amazing "MERRY CHRISTMAS".......................to you & your family Appreciate your family & friends............. Hope 2007 is a healthy & good one for all
For those who like Paul Reid's Christmas ,it is just starting right now on CJAD,....................... http://www.cjad.com/ click on the link and then click the "Listen Live" button,....and your good from 6pm until 9pm Montreal Time,.............................that's right now: "Merry Christmas"
Les. Isn't that amazing, that so many of us have the same memories. I am not Catholic, but did like going to Midnight Mass at St. Willibrods. And yes, we anticipated the light snow falling, it being very quiet, and lights shining all over the place. It was truely a spiritual feeling. WOW. What memories we have stored up. We are just a bunch of lucky Verdunites.
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Les. I sure hope she likes the pots and pans, also the forks, spoons, and knifes!!!! I sure hope you got the silver polish!!!!!
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