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Merry Christmas BWI/McAndrew Board

rudedude

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Merry Christmas to all and thanks for an interesting year.

"But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business! "
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol


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Not to dump on the biblical posts, but it appears this Penn Stater deserved her Miss December title in that calendar. Just sayin':

 
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For those with young kids or Grandchildren- website of NORAD tracking Santa. (It may buy you a few minutes of peace and quiet as Santa's watching and on his way. ;)).

http://www.noradsanta.org/
Been tracking him all evening. As soon as Santa hit the east coast, my son practically duct taped his eyes together. He did NOT want to blow this Xmas by not being asleep on time!
 
Been tracking him all evening. As soon as Santa hit the east coast, my son practically duct taped his eyes together. He did NOT want to blow this Xmas by not being asleep on time!

cute. enjoy it while you can. one day you'll wake up, and realize that those days are gone forever. you always knew that would happen, but you never expected it to happen as quickly as it did.
 
cute. enjoy it while you can. one day you'll wake up, and realize that those days are gone forever. you always knew that would happen, but you never expected it to happen as quickly as it did.
Yeah, not sure how many more we have. This was the first year he asked questions...not about if Santa is "real" (he's still firmly on board), but more like how he does everything (kinda the precursor inquiries). I just finished up all of the final touches for tomorrow morning, and can't help wishing only that I have a couple/few more ahead. I'm gonna miss this.
 
Yeah, not sure how many more we have. This was the first year he asked questions...not about if Santa is "real" (he's still firmly on board), but more like how he does everything (kinda the precursor inquiries). I just finished up all of the final touches for tomorrow morning, and can't help wishing only that I have a couple/few more ahead. I'm gonna miss this.
When my kids were just reaching the age of not buying it anymore, one Christmas eve after they went to bed I placed black jelly beans in a couple spots around the house. The next morning I pretended to "find" a pile of them behind the bedroom door.

They were bigger than the usual jelly beans--almost the size of robin's eggs. The girls had been in the woods with me looking for deer sign, so they knew what it looked like. The younger one, whose doubts about this were daily growing because of her older sisters doubts, said "is that reindeer poop?"

I said I thought so, and picked one up and smelled it. "Smells like it." Then I popped it in my mouth. "TASTES LIKE IT!"
 
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When my kids were just reaching the age of not buying it anymore, one Christmas eve after they went to bed I placed black jelly beans in a couple spots around the house. The next morning I pretended to "find" a pile of them behind the bedroom door.

They were bigger than the usual jelly beans--almost the size of robin's eggs. The girls had been in the woods with me looking for deer sign, so they knew what it looked like. The younger one, whose doubts about this were daily growing because of her older sisters doubts, said "is that reindeer poop?"

I said I thought so, and picked one up and smelled it. "Smells like it." Then I popped it in my mouth. "TASTES LIKE IT!"
One year I bought a pair of cheap red gloves from Wal Mart. I put soot on one of them and left in on the floor near the tree. My kids were convinced it was Santa's glove. They even left it next to the cookies the next year so he could have it back. They're in their 20's now and still remember that Christmas best of all of them.
 
One year I bought a pair of cheap red gloves from Wal Mart. I put soot on one of them and left in on the floor near the tree. My kids were convinced it was Santa's glove. They even left it next to the cookies the next year so he could have it back. They're in their 20's now and still remember that Christmas best of all of them.
Nice story. :) Merry Christmas!
 
When my kids were just reaching the age of not buying it anymore, one Christmas eve after they went to bed I placed black jelly beans in a couple spots around the house. The next morning I pretended to "find" a pile of them behind the bedroom door.

They were bigger than the usual jelly beans--almost the size of robin's eggs. The girls had been in the woods with me looking for deer sign, so they knew what it looked like. The younger one, whose doubts about this were daily growing because of her older sisters doubts, said "is that reindeer poop?"

I said I thought so, and picked one up and smelled it. "Smells like it." Then I popped it in my mouth. "TASTES LIKE IT!"
Very funny dem. :D Merry Christmas!
 
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on the board and to your families. May your troubles be few and your joys be many.
 
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