Wishing All RP readers and lurkers . . .

4 years ago

. . . a very happy Christmas and a safe and healthy New Year and hoping 2022 brings us some much needed certainty and peace.

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vee_new
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4 years ago

Here is a Thomas Hardy poem I remember learning at school

The Oxen

Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
"Now they are all on their knees,"
An elder said as we sat in a flock
By the embers in hearthside ease.

We pictured the meek mild creatures where
They dwelt in their strawy pen,
Nor did it occur to one of us there
To doubt they were kneeling then.

So fair a fancy few would weave
In these years! Yet, I feel,
If someone said on Christmas Eve,
"Come; see the oxen kneel,

"In the lonely barton by yonder coomb
Our childhood used to know,"
I should go with him in the gloom,
Hoping it might be so.

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annpanagain
4 years ago
Vee, Thank you for the good wishes.

It is 8pm on Christmas Eve and in years past I would be wrapping the last presents and listening to the King's College Choir on TV. These days you have to get the CD to play and I just put cash into cards!

I am having a quiet Christmas Day light lunch with my son, his partner and my daughter who will then go into the heat (43C!) and call in on their families to cool off in their pools.

My best wishes to all here, I enjoy your company so much.
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kathy_t
4 years ago
Thank you, Vee. I wish you and all other RPers and lurkers the best sentiments of the season also.
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Carolyn Newlen
4 years ago
As do I, Ann. Thank you and Vee for the good wishes. I particularly like the one for much needed certainty and peace, and I love the poem, too. I had not read that one before. Merry Christmas to all my fellow posters and book lovers everywhere.

I'm off to one niece's for dinner tonight, another for family gifts and brunch tomorrow, and my daughter's for gifts and supper tomorrow night--and a starvation diet beginning right after New Year's.
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Rosefolly z5
4 years ago
Wishing everyone a happy holiday!

My husband's oldest daughter and her boyfriend joined us for Christmas eve. She lives nearby so no travel involved.

We plan to spend Christmas at home just the two of us with our piles of new books, more food than we need, and the rainy day which was exactly what I wanted for Christmas.
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annpanagain
4 years ago
I have had my Christmas lunch now. Three of my family came before they go on to visit their families and brought enough food to last me for days! Not mentioning the chocolates!

Like Rosefolly, I am happy to have a quiet evening at home, watching the special TV programs. Another happiness was being told about my seventh Great-grandchild who will be a May baby, like me! The gender is to be a surprise...
yoyobon_gw
4 years ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all !

May family surround

and blessings abound .
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sheri_z6
4 years ago
Merry Christmas to all! I am so happy to be part of this book-loving fellowship. We've had our Christmas dinner, and I've had both kids home with their significant others, which was my real Christmas present. May 2022 bring good things to all of us!
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Rosefolly z5
4 years ago
Yes, please, and to all those we love as well.
bigdogstwo
4 years ago
Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy New Year.

Happy Reading,

PAM
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Carolyn Newlen
4 years ago
And a Happy New Year (with less work) to you, Pam. It's so nice to have you back.
woodnymph2_gw
4 years ago
Wishing everyone here a healthy and peaceful 2022.
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sheri_z6
4 years ago
Happy, healthy 2022 to all!
bigdogstwo
4 years ago
Thank you, Carolyn - it is good to be back.

PAM

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