Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet the word repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
IT’S TUESDAY !!
Christmas is really close now. I hope you all are being good and that there is pouting going at your house. Santa is checking his list. (make sure to read today’s smile)
This work week is going to fly by because after noon tomorrow I’ll be off til next Monday.
I’m so looking forward to some rest!
I can only hope that next week goes by as fast as I have off Thursday and Friday then too. I do fix dinner (5-ish) for my babes that can make it on New Years Day but that isn’t really work at all.
It is still very cold here but a heat wave is coming our way. It may reach 30 today and 40 tomorrow. Crazy weather we are having.
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of all the nations,Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our God
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love.
Come, Lord Jesus, come
Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.
Lord, hold our troops in
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
25 WORDS
God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me,
and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name
TO REMEMBER…
I am in the hands of God,
and in God’s time all things will be made well.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is
Popcorn Popping Day
The
folklore of some Native American tribes told of spirits who lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits were quiet and content to live on their own -- but grew angry if their houses were heated. The hotter their homes became, the angrier they'd get -- shaking the kernels until the heat was too much. Finally they would burst out of their homes and into the air as a disgruntled puff of steam.
Each kernel of popcorn does contain a small drop of water stored inside a circle of soft starch. (That's why popcorn needs to contain 13.5 percent to 14 percent moisture.) The soft starch is surrounded by the kernel's hard outer surface.
As the kernel heats up, the water begins to expand, and pressure builds against the hard starch. Eventually, this hard surface gives way, causing the popcorn to explode. As it explodes, the soft starch inside the popcorn becomes inflated and bursts, turning the kernel inside out. The steam inside the kernel is released, and the popcorn is popped!
Celebrate your genealogy, as today is Roots Day. It's a great day to celebrate your heritage. Many of us are returning to our roots today, as we head home for Christmas. Returning to our roots is a warm, cozy and comfortable feeling, a sense of belonging.
A hobby and a quest: Many people get caught up, and become captivated, with researching and uncovering their family roots. It can take interesting twists and turns. We often discover we come from exciting and fascinating places. We find links to famous people in history. Sometimes, we come upon dead ends to our genealogical family tree. Other times, we find a distant relative, who has performed some of the very same research. The result of the encounter could be huge sections of the family tree, literally handed to you
Today is National Pfeffernuesse Day, a day to make those spicy cookies that are a Christmas tradition in Europe. Don’t forget to add the Puderzucker. They're just not Pfeffernuesses without the Puderzucker
1776: Thomas Paine wrote, These are the times that try men's souls
1823: The Clement Moore poem A Visit from St. Nicholas was published in New York by The Troy Sentinel. It began Twas the night before Christmas....
1942: Bob Hope agreed to entertain U.S. troops in Alaska to begin a Christmas tradition of taking shows to American forces that continued through six different decades
1954: The classic movie, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, was released. It was to become one of Walt Disney’s most successful films
TODAY’S SMILE
CHRISTMAS RECOUNT
Ho Ho Ho,"Hello out there all people of the world."
This is Santa and I just wanted to let you know that Christmas may be a little late this year.See after checking all the boxes and tallying them up,
I found some problems with the results.
The first result showed:428,534,120
Good 428,523,119 Bad
The second result showed:428,534,118 Good
428,523,121 Bad
So you see, I can't, with good faith, go out and deliver presents while knowing I could have made a mistake. Maybe Little Johnny was good for once, then again, maybe not.So, I have enlisted the help of all my elves and the Mrs. To help do a recount. We hope to have this finished up by 5pm on the 24th of December, but there is a possibility that it might take longer. You see the tally cards were not quite clear to me, although I made them my-self, I forgot what they meant. You know, Good...and Bad???
And the check marks I used were not all the same, some went left, some right, some were just a mark. some went through both boxes, and some didn't even have much of a mark on them. I leave it up to them to decide what I meant.So if you wake up on Christmas morning, and there are no presents under your tree, at least you can tell the kids the story.
Thank you for your patience and understanding in these times,
Santa
EACH DAY OF DECEMBER
Dec. 23 - The Christmas Story:
Gather your children before bedtime on Christmas Eve and read them the story of Jesus' birth, found in Luke, Chapter Two. Or for an illustrated Christmas story, read from a children's Bible or another book available from the library. On this special evening, make sure the children fall asleep knowing the reason we celebrate this season.
(this story is not just for children you know)
TODAY’S WORD
Puderzuker (der)
n. powdered sugar, finely ground sugar, sugar in the form of powder
TODAY’S REFLECTION
They need no lamp nor light of the sun,
for the Lord God gives them light.
Revelation 22:5
December is a month when people celebrate miracles. The Jewish tradition of Hanukkah—the Holiday of Lights—commemorates the time when a small amount of oil lasted 8 days and kept the light in the temple from going out. And Christmas celebrates the coming of the “Light of the World,” God in human form—Jesus.
In December, it seems that more of us are willing to suspend disbelief and entertain the possibility that “nature” is not the final authority. Even the non-religious yearn for miracles. Deep down, everyone wants to believe that darkness, disease, and death can be overcome
Perhaps the most wondrous thing about miracles is that it is God’s nature to do the supernatural. The closing chapters of Scripture assure us that this “December desire” for all to be well will become a reality: “There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain” (Rev. 21:4).
A miracle needs no explanation to those who believe in God; to those who don’t, no explanation is enough
Our Daily Bread – December Desire
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANACOne today is worth two tomorrows.
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1757
87 DAYS TIL SPRING!
2 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
AND 101 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS
Delight yourself in the Lord
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