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Merry Xmas

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas! It’s been an uneasy year, but here’s looking forward to new memories in the new year.

Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas

BY MAJOR HENRY LIVINGSTON, JR.
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danc’d in their heads,
And Mama in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap —
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call’d them by name:
“Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,
“On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;
“To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
“Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys — and St. Nicholas too:
And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound:
He was dress’d all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnish’d with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys was flung on his back,
And he look’d like a peddler just opening his pack:
His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow.
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face, and a little round belly
That shook when he laugh’d, like a bowl full of jelly:
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laugh’d when I saw him in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And fill’d all the stockings; then turn’d with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight —
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.


And as I have shared many times before, here is a reminder of what Christmas is all about.

Linus quoting from Luke 2:8-14

Merry Christmas everybody! And a Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas
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Thank you for visiting the Arconati Family news site in 2011.

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Merry Christmas Arconati Family!

It’s the time of year to wish you a Merry Christmas.

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For me personally, I’m hoping that the reason for the season finds a home in your heart this year. Merry Christmas to all of our many friends and family!

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I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas

Just in case you needed to know what to get me…

Baby Hippopotamus

Yeah, I couldn’t really help this one. In case you haven’t heard it, the song is available:

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gaylee Peevey

Found via Yahoo! News Photos.

Two weeks old hippopotamus Paula is pictured on the first day of her presentation to the public at the Berlin Zoo December 16, 2008. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele

Merry Christmas everybody.

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Merry Christmas!

Once again we want to wish a Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family. It’s been a tough year with a lot of good and bad, but may the true meaning of this MIGHTY Christmas season fill your heart with joy.

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Merry Christmas!

We want to wish a Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family.

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