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 Post subject: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:51 am • # 1 
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Merry Christmas all you ultralight fly fishermen (and even those who fish with heavy rods like 4 wts). May Santa (can we say that in the new "woke" age and still be politically correct?) bring all of you plenty of fantastic new light rods, reels and flies.


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 6:41 am • # 2 
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Merry Christmas to you as well, sir!


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:57 am • # 3 
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Merry Christmas, Cliff, and to all my fellow lightweights!
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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 8:56 pm • # 4 
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Merry Christmas!

Of course we can say Santa in this "woke" age. By the way, isn't "woke" the simple past tense of "wake" and therefore not an adjective? Santa is politically correct in this day and age. People here occasionally ask me why that jolly old man has a feminine name. "Santa" is the feminine version of "Santo", or saint. I just explain to them that some things have no expalnation. Perhaps Santa is non-binary, as opposed to binary, possibly a believer in the decimal system.


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:33 am • # 5 
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Twas the night before Christmas,
he lived all alone,
in a one bedroom home made of plaster and stone.

I had come down the chiminey with presents to give
and to see just whom in this house did live.
I looked all about, a strange sight did I see.
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.

No stocking by mantle, just boots filled with sand.
On the wall hung pictures of a far distant land,
with medals and badges, awards of all kinds,
a sober thought came to mind.

For this house was different, it was dark and dreary.
I had found the home of a soldier, once I could see.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone,
curled up on the floor in this one bedroom home.

The face was so gentle, the room in disorder,
not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I'd just read?
Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?

I realized the families that I saw this night,
owed their lives to these soldiers who were willing to fight.
Soon round the world the children would play,
and grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas day.

They enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.
I couldn't wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.

The very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.

The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
"Santa don't cry, this is the life of my choice,
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more,
my life is my God, my country, my corps."

The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep,
I couldn't control it, and continued to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still,
and we both shivered from the cold winter's chill.

I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark night,
this guardian of honor so willing to fight.
Then the soldier rolled over, whispered with a voice soft and pure,
"Carry on Santa, It's Christmas day and all is secure."

One look at my watch and I knew he was right,

"Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!"


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:26 am • # 6 
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Merry Christmas everyone!!

And stay warm!!


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:10 pm • # 7 
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Merry Christmass all. Mark, really enjoyed the poem. Thanks, Jim


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 7:20 am • # 8 
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Chris_in_Louisiana wrote:
Merry Christmas everyone!!

And stay warm!!


It snowed in north Florida...


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 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:55 pm • # 9 
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strummer wrote:
Chris_in_Louisiana wrote:
Merry Christmas everyone!!

And stay warm!!


It snowed in north Florida...


Absolutely crazy. We dodged the snow, but had four days below freezing. My parents place in Pensacola saw similar temps. They were in Orlando with my brother and his kids, but came home to some cracked pipes unfortunately.


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