25th & 26th December, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rod in “The Best is Yet to Come” 11/6/04
Photo by Shira Greenburg ©2004 by Broadway.com. Used by Permission

A Thought for Today

Don’t forget whose birthday we celebrate today.

 

Merry, Merry Christmas
&
SEASONED GREETINGS
From our house to yours.

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25 December
Christmas Day

Clara Barton o Humphrey Bogart o Jimmy Buffett o Cab Calloway o Carlos Castaneda o Quentin Crisp o Ron Foos o Sir Lew Grade o Rickey Henderson o Conrad Hilton o Annie Lennox o Celia Lipton o Little Richard o Barbara Mandrell o Sir Isaac Newton o Robert Ripley o Anwar Sadat o Gary Sandy o Hanna Schygulla o Rod Serling o Sissy Spacek o Phil Spector o Gladys Swarthout o Helen Twelvetrees o Rebecca West

26 December
Kwanza Begins / Boxing Day

Steve Allen o Charles Babbage o Helen Brann o George Dewey o Carlton Fisk o Thomas Gray o Joyce Jillson o Alan King o Jared Leto o Doris Lilly o Henry Miller o Donald Moffat o Ozzie Smith o Phil Spector o Mao Tse-tung o Lars Ulrich o Maurice Utrillo o Tahnee Welch o Richard Widmark o Rosemary Woods
Rod's random thoughts Christmas is more like spring than winter; and because the name itself means mass for Christ, there isn’t any reason this holiday or holy day should not be celebrated all year long.

A gift accepted has no strings.

Kindness is the link between earth and heaven.

THE YEAR NOW WINDING DOWN /
The 1976 Christmas Card

 The year
now winding down
I pull my winter coat
a little tighter
and walk out through the snow.

Everywhere the world is waiting
for Father Christmas to come.

I do not think
he' will disappoint us
this time out.
I think he knows
we've earned our toys
our tinsel and out time
to be together peacefully
this year more than ever.

Happy Christmas
to the man in red and white,
the women and the men on patrol
              in green and desert beige,
all the children everywhere
and those who love each other
              and themselves.

Happy Birthday
to the Christ child
the country and the world.

And to you
be happy and be kind
keep Christmas in your heart
be patient. The snow will melt
as our love for all things good
           will go on growing.

-from "The 1976 Animal Concern Calendar & Datebook," 1975, with revisions, 2004.
 
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