December 15, 2007
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Merry Christmas Xanga, 2007 _LE
Merry Christmas Xanga
Some Merry Christmas Links
ONE FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE DAYS
December 26 – Twelfth Night, January 6, 20081- My favorite online Christmas toy, shake, watch and listen. It’s fun.2- Holiday home lighting decoration synchronized to music.3- Trapped in a Snow Globe a Pixar short film4- Beautifully done, Women in Film Turn on your sound5- Have a Merry Tossmas Turn on your sound6- Radio online, fix your own playlists, FREE and quite nice7- A Charles Dickens page8- Read the Story of the Christmas Rose
9- I lost this one then found it on a friends site. Great flash fun for you and the kiddies: I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
10- The best in Christmas midi files. I have been visiting this site since the internet began, Brother Charlies. Don’t miss it.
11- Remember our servicemen and women: Home for Christmas
12- A favorite, Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause
13- A beautifully done Nativity story with voice narrative “The First Christmas Gift“Christmas
Desktops 2007
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800 x 600 CLICK HERE1024 x 768 CLICK HEREChristmas Movies from my list of DVD:Those in RED are my favorites and with a *, we never miss watching it. Visit the Internet Movie Data Base and search for information on each movie. MANY can be downloaded to watch from Amazon.com or purchase.Toys
ElfThe Snowman (suggested to me by a fellow Xangan and its beautifully done)
Surviving Christmas
Red Skelton’s Christmas Jollies
*”Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, a wonderful Nativity story.
Beyond Christmas (1940)
“Charlie Brown Christmas” a classic animation which includes the Nativity story.
Edward Scissorhands
*It’s A Wonderful Life
*Family Man (I love this one, it leans towards story type of “It’s A Wonderful Life”)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Polar Express (a beautifully done animation with Tom Hanks)
*A Garfield Christmas
*The Santa Clause 1 (Tim Allen and we love this one.)
The Santa Clause 2
Home Alone 1 (1990) Funny but some over the top violence for a Christmas movie.Home Alone 2_Lost In New York (1992)
Christmas With The Kranks … very funny and has a great ending.
Ernest Saves Christmas
A Christmas Carol, all versions
Christmas Carol: Scrooged
“An American Christmas Carol” with Henry Winkler. I really like this one.*Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Love it, love it.
“Rich Little’s Christmas Carol”, he plays all parts
Christmas Gift, The
“Prancer”, if you are a mush like me, you will love this movie.
*Twilight Zone, The Night of the Meek with *Art Carney as Santa Claus, great ending.
*”Jingle All The Way”, I love this one.
*”Miracle In The Wilderness” wonderful Nativity story.
101 Dalmatians
*”The Grinch”, with Jim Carrey
Holiday Inn
*A White Christmas Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye
Christmas Story …. “You’re going to shoot your eye out”
Red Skelton Christmas Show
Call Me Claus
Sonny and Cher Christmas Collection
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas
A Lionel Christmas (wonderful old Mattel train sets)
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special
The Nutcracker
One Magic Christmas
March of The Wooden Soldiers
The Night They Saved Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street_All issuesA Christmas Wish – Great Rupert with Jimmy Durante
*Christmas Vacation (1989) very funny with a really wonderful ending.A PoemSanta’s Flight
© RSBlain December 2007Snow and cold are foretold for the coming days
But Santa packs and bundles as bad weather doesn’t faze
He knows the Snow and Sleet forecast makes sleighs fly higher still
And when a sleigh is loaded up approaching yonder hill
Head winds are highly frowned upon but tail winds push him high
Exactly what is wished for when Santa’s Reindeer flyUp they go like streaks of light with many stops to make
The faster they go flying, the shorter it will take
To deliver presents packed in Santa’s ample sack
Which Slung from Sleigh then Shouldered upon his willing back
Is carried down to every hearth or door stoop on his list
With a bit of slight of hand and magical assistNothing is too far away, No wish, ignored request
Every precious letter’s read so Santa can bequest
Creative dreams, sports gear and games and super action toys
And dolls and cuddle animals for all the girls and boysSanta’s work now finished he feels the quiet hush
Endowed to joyful givers as a glowing, warming blush.
A story:
GOD is sitting in Heaven when a scientist approaches Him saying, “Lord, we don’t need you anymore. Science has finally created life from nothing. In other words, we can do now, what you did ‘in the beginning’.
“An interesting turn of events!” GOD replies, “Tell me”.
“Well”, says the scientist, “we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of you and breathe life into it, thus creating man.”
“Even more interesting” the Lord says. ”I have a need to see this so please show me.”
So the scientist bends down, digs a clump of earth and begins his molding of the soil.
GOD watching patiently interrupts , “Oh no, no, no, my dear boy… You must get your own dirt.”
**NOTE** I have edited previous entries, sizing images smaller so my page will load more quickly for people on dial up.
Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
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Comments (26)
What a work , Becca : Links , desktops designs , and a large choice of movies .This is a sum of researches and hours of work . Thank you .
It is a bit early to wish you a merry Christmas but I do .
About the story why the scientist was a man ?
Love
Michel
I really enjoyed this blog and it’s given me that Christmas feeling – at last ! Thank you for sharing with us. I particularly like ” Trapped In a Snow globe ” the poor little mite, he tried so hard to get free. As for the beautiful women, need I say more…. I’m a tad jealous
Thanks again. 
Marie
LOL @ the joke. Lovely pics, Becca. Thank you!
Wowee! What a treat! Beautiful Desktops and a multitude of other treats shown to your Xangan followers. I feel privileged indeed. Wishing you and John a very Happy Christmas with your Family.
Your pictures a lovely, and the poem too… A very Merry Christmas to you dear Becca! And wonderful New Year as well.
Thank you for your comment on my kids video’s, if you’d like to see and hear the “good” one, please read my blog on December 10th, they sing Wassail and it was always one of my favorites! My eldest DD is the one in the green T-shirt, and she is studying Vocals and music education in college, my DD#2 is in the white sweater, she performed in Italy with her choir and they came in 3rd in the world!
Which is why I am blessed to always have music in my home!
Such bounty Becca, I particularly love “Women in film”, quite well done. And Jango is now on my list.
Yep, he had it right – - – - – “Get your own dirt.”
RYC: Thank you so much for your comments.
And how right you are…I listen to my childrens friends talk of how they can’t wait to get away from their families, and how they hide away in their rooms when they are home and play video games, or on the computer…they never spend time with their families.
When I was growing up, my Mom played the piano (very badly) and we gathered around and sang songs, road trips we spent singing songs and playing license plate bingo! It was a small family, made even smaller by the death of my father and the viet nam war my brother was in. So just us girls..mom, me, and my sis. But the memories were something I wanted MY family to have.
My Eldest DD sang before she talked, we sang to entertain them when they were young, to put them to bed at night, to make the boo boo’s better. Our youngest DD doesn’t sing around her older sisters.. they shine a little too brightly for her to feel comfortable with it, but she does sing, and we have wonderful times just the two of us singing together. My 9 year old son loves to sing, I hope that will continue, if he has the right role models, I’m sure it will.
But the most important thing of all, the time spent with eachother. Our family is so close, we enjoy each others company, and the kids friends always congregate here, they are at “home” here.
And isn’t it sad that most families these days don’t know that secret ingredient…time spent making memories, laughing, smiling, hugging, being interested in your child, and just being together.
Great stuff. Thx and have a great week.
Wonderful Yuletide stuff becca thank you and well done—WARMEST YULETIDE GREETINGS AND WISHES MONICA & KEN
…see my friends happy! Have a nice x-mas and thank you for the goodies to upload!
Merry Christmas!
blessings,
sage
Thank you for your support!!!
I read the poem , Becca . Well done . I see the sleed and the reindeers flying in playing with changing winds . And I see Santa bringing joy to the people at reading their list and giving what they wanted . I see …. This is your poem . It alllow us to see . Is not it its purpose ?
Merry Christmas to you both .
Love
Michel
Lots to see and lots to do here. Once again you have entertained us royally. Merry Christmas to you and John. I hope 2008 is good to you both.
Enjoyed following some of the links!! Thanks for them. Your poem is very cute. Love the scientist joke. And I grabbed one of your pictures to add to my Christmas desktop slide show. Very pretty! Thanks!
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, Becca!
Hi Becca!
I hope you and your family had a Merry Christmas.
This is a fantastic post! Fantastic!
I wish you a WONDERFUL 2008!
Isabel
I love that story.
I wish you Becca and your husband a happy year 2008 filled with good health , art and happiness .
With love
Michel
It’s getting close, so I’ll just wish you a Happy New Year now!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope it is a healthy, happy, and CREATIVE new year!
Hope you had a wonderful holiday season.
Cheers to 2008 and all that it will bring.
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You are more than welcome to comment, email, send digi’s and join the Crew if you should see fit. I just decided that having a huge blogring of “all-gone” bloggers was a bit stupid! I need a ships photographer…
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Dread
My first visit here and i missed the christmas post! arg!
A White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye is MKD’s favorite Christmas movie.
(here’s another that I accidentally discovered the othe day– it’s called Christmas in the Clouds – pretty nifty movie about modern day American Indians.)
Another vote for Holiday Inn “White Christmas”…long time favorite movie….
Really enjoy the site-work…wow!
Good to see you….
Hi Becca.
I spend so much time with my nose in the books here or I read so much stuff on other Internet websites that I don’t comment enough on my friends’ blogs here on xanga.
Thank you for sharing with me your holiday greetings. Christmas was okay, and New Year’s was a bit depressing. Hopefully next year things won’t be so much of a downer.
I don’t pay attention to ratings by other users when it comes to movies. I am quite capable of making my own mind up about a movie. Some didn’t like Firefox or Serenity, the TV show and spinoff movie by Joss Wheden, but I enjoyed them a lot. As an old school Battlestar Galactica fan, I really was impressed with the quality of the upgraded series that is showing on Sci-Fi Channel. As such, I really liked Duelist. It is currently my favorite Korean movie. The visuals, the story, the actors were right on for this kind of movie. I think that you will become a fan of an actor named Ahn Seong-gi. (http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Ahn_Seong-gi.php I hope the link works.) Yes, in my opinion, it is worth the price of the movie. Make sure you get the version with English subtitles.
I hope that you and John had a wonderful Christmas holiday, and that the New Year was very good. Keep up the excellent work with the desktop images. They are beautiful.
Take care, my friend.
Jim
The color and darkness of the fire shots are good. I like that the shot is nice and dark. It helps emphasize the flames. Nicely done.