tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14602017913879595142024-02-19T07:57:39.080-08:00thoughts and musingshannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.comBlogger620125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-29079616981085410282013-12-25T20:44:00.001-08:002013-12-25T20:44:52.237-08:00Merry Christmas!Here's a collection of wonderful Christmas/winter pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being that my roller derby, home season team is Star Wars themed, I've recently developed a fascination with the franchise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You checked our shitters honey?" </td></tr>
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-68022884084324320942013-12-23T22:28:00.000-08:002013-12-23T22:28:06.651-08:0025 days of christmasWell, I clearly dropped the ball on my annual 25 Days of Christmas series this year. So for right now here's some cute pictures of a dog I found of imgur to tithe you over<br />
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-14561397381981321072013-05-09T05:54:00.003-07:002013-05-09T05:55:07.738-07:00Commencement Speech It's been quite the final semester of my college career. A friend of mine found this great video of a commencement speech done a few years back. So with graduation next weekend, I keep this in mind<br />
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I can't remember if this was for the Superbowl, but either way, it's the best commercial Budweiser has ever made
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A 10 year remembrance tribute to 9/11 based off their first one
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This and the "streaker" one are in a tie for the funniest
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another hilarious one
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Last weekend I was able to do the Disney World 1/2 marathon as a part of Disney's Marathon Weekend. Everything about the race was awesome and up the the standards that you expect Disney to have. I wrote about it on my <a href="http://allthingsmysports.blogspot.com/">sports blog</a> if you wanna see some pictures and read about my experience.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-28482254690383532092012-12-25T22:08:00.001-08:002012-12-25T22:08:21.402-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 25 (part 2)here's two pictures that I've had on my desktop forever just for 25 Days and almost forgot about them. They were just too cute/creative to pass up<br />
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-22626495713215032502012-12-25T17:04:00.000-08:002012-12-25T17:08:30.872-08:0025 Days of Christmas- Merry Christmas<span style="color: red;">Merry</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas</span> <span style="color: red;">everybody</span><span style="color: #38761d;">! Hope you guys enjoy some animals singing Christmas carols.</span><br />
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hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-79709678231079650352012-12-25T16:59:00.000-08:002012-12-25T22:08:33.512-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 24- neighborhood luminariesour street did the annual luminaries up the street on Christmas Eve and Christmas night. It always looks really cool. Unfortunately smart phones can only do so much when it's dark so I only got one picture.<br />
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hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-73424511501539018312012-12-23T15:07:00.002-08:002012-12-23T15:07:48.516-08:0025 Days of Christmas; Day 23- real life Calvin and Hobbesstumbled upon this amazing piece of internet wonderfulness. It's the best Christmas decoration ever. Real life Calvin and Hobbes. I'm strongly considering doing this next year in my own yard.<br />
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-70399559945767293712012-12-23T07:06:00.002-08:002012-12-23T07:06:22.903-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 22- The Christmas colorsLets explore the symbolism of why certain colors are associated with Christmas. Again I got this information straight from <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/colors-of-christmas.shtml">this </a>great website<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Evergreen plants, like <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/hollyandivy.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Holly, Ivy</a> and <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/mistletoe.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Mistletoe</a> have been used for thousands of years to decorate and brighten up buildings during the long dark winter. They also reminded people that spring would come and that winter wouldn't last forever!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">The Romans would exchange evergreen branches during January as a sign of good luck. The ancient Egyptians used to bring palm branches into their houses during the mid winter festivals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">In many parts of Europe during the middle ages, Paradise plays were performed, often on Christmas Eve. They told Bible stories to people who couldn't read. The 'Paradise Tree' in the garden of eden in the play was normally a pine tree with red apples tied to it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Now the most common use of green at Christmas are <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Christmas Trees</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">As mentioned above, an early use of red at Christmas were the apples on the paradise tree. They represented the fall of Adam in the plays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">Red is also the color of Holly berries, which is said to represent the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">Red is also the color of Bishops robes. These would have been worn by <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">St. Nicholas and then also became Santa's uniform</a>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Gold was also one of <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/story/wisemen.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">the presents brought to the baby Jesus by one of the wise men</a> and traditionally it's the color used to show the <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/star-of-bethlehem.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">star that the wise men followed</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Silver is sometimes used instead of (or with) gold. But gold is a 'warmer' color.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">White is often associated with purity and peace in western cultures. The <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/snow.shtml" style="border: 0px; color: #cc0033; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">snow</a> of winter is also very white!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">White paper wafers were also sometimes used to decorate paradise trees. The wafers represented the bread eaten during Christian Communion or Mass, when Christians remember that Jesus died for them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">White is used by most churches as the color of Christmas, when the altar is covered with a white cloth (in the Russian Orthodox Church Gold is used for Christmas).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">The color blue is often associated with <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/story/angel_mary.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Mary, the mother of Jesus</a>. In medieval times blue dye and paint was more expensive than gold! So it would only be worn by Royal families and very rich people. Mary was often painted wearing blue to show she was very important.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">During <a href="http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/advent.shtml" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Advent</a>, purple and sometimes blue is used in most churches fort he colour of the altar cloth (in the Russian Orthodox Church red is used for advent).</span></span></div>
hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-58845958907462609652012-12-23T07:01:00.002-08:002012-12-23T07:07:38.147-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 21- Christmas bells<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bells are a big association with Christmas, whether it be sleigh bells or jingle bells. I was able to get info straight from <a href="http://whychristmas.com/">whychristmas.com</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">Bells, especially Church Bells, have traditionally been associated with Christmas for a long time. In the Anglican and Catholic churches, the church day starts at sunset, so any service after that is the first service of the day. So a service on Christmas Eve after sunset is traditionally the first service of Christmas day! In churches that have a Bell or Bells, They are often rung to signal the start of this service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">In some churches in the UK, it is traditional that the largest bell in the church is rung four times in the hour before midnight and then at midnight all the bells are rung in celebration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">In the Catholic Church, Christmas is the only time that Mass is allowed to be held at Midnight. This is because in the early church, it was believed that Jesus was born at midnight, although there has never been any proof of this! A lot of Churches have midnight services on Christmas Eve, although not every church will have a mass or communion as part of the service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">In many Catholic countries such as France, Spain and Italy, the midnight mass service is very important and everyone tries to go to a service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">In Victorian times, it was very fashionable to go carol singing with small handbells to play the tune of the carol. Sometimes there would only be the bells and no singing! Handbell ringing is still popular today</span></span></div>
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-62976864417325668622012-12-23T06:55:00.001-08:002012-12-23T06:55:41.582-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 20-Disney Christmaswould there be any better place to be during the Christmas season than Disney?<br />
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Did you know that the Cardinal is associated with Christmas? It makes sense, the males are a bright shade of red that really stick out against the snow. (thanks to t<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/christmas-cardinal">his</a> website for the info)<br />
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The folklore about Cardinals being associated with Christmas is because of the red color of the males. Hanging a cardinal on your Christmas tree is suppose to bring good luck throughout the year. It is suppose to be a symbol of hope and the red symbolizes Christ's blood.hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-36151101874102478622012-12-21T17:52:00.002-08:002012-12-21T17:54:02.798-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 18-Gingerbread housesWhy do we make gingerbread houses?<br />
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Well it took me a bit to find, but the best explanation I could find is related to German history. According to some histories, families in some German villages would make gingerbread versions of their homes and put them out in public to make a mock little replica town. Sorry, it's not the most thorough explanation.<br />
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I made one of my own this afternoon. My disclaimer is that it's a far cry from those really fancy ones you see in pictures.<br />
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<br />hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-15799191705503198882012-12-20T19:34:00.002-08:002012-12-20T19:34:13.022-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 17- The PianoGuysI know I've already done plenty of music themed '25 days,' but the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thepianoguys">ThePianoGuys</a> are just so amazing. Here's their rendition of "Where are you Christmas?"<br />
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I've always been interested in traditional Mexican culture, so why not travel south of state side and see how they celebrate Christmas: (as an fyi I'm getting all this information straight from <a href="http://www.santas.net/mexicanchristmas.htm">Santa's Net</a>). There's a whole lot of other cool holiday traditions, so feel free to peruse the website link for the rest.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">~</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Their main Christmas celebration is called </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>La Posada</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">, which is a religious procession that reenacts the search for shelter by Joseph and Mary before the birth of Jesus. During the procession, the celebrants go from house to house carrying the images of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">~Instead of Santa Claus being a big deal, their representation of Santa's red suit is represented by the poinsettia plant. The story is that a boy was walking to church to see a nativity scene and realized that he had nothing to offer the Christ child. On the way he gathered plain green branches. Despite being laughed at, he put the branches near the manger and they bloomed into a beautiful, red poinsettia</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">~The Mexican children receive gifts. On Christmas day they are blindfolded and taken to try and break a decorated clay</span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">piñata</b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">that dangles and swings at the end of a rope. Once the piñata has been broken, the children clamber to recover the candy that was inside the piñata. Those children who have been good also on January 6th receive a gift from the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">Three Wise Men</b><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: arial;">~</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">In the northern states of Mexico Santa Clause "Santo Clos" brings children big presents,while the "Reyes Magos" bring the small presents in Janurary. In the southern states the gift giving is inverted and "El niño Dios" (Jesus) brings a few presents, while "Los Reyes Magos" (the 3 wise men) bring the equivalent of Santa Clause's presents.</span></span><br />
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hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-8248628183498790732012-12-19T17:35:00.001-08:002012-12-19T17:35:18.870-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 14-a sciency ChristmasA great combination of a few of my favorite things: Science and Christmas<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The </span><span style="color: red;">Chemistree</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span>hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-34187956091941300012012-12-16T17:17:00.001-08:002012-12-16T17:17:33.341-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 13- my own Christmas lightsThought I'd show you guys my Christmas setup this year. Even though they're not spectacular in any way, I'm especially proud of the outdoor lights this year<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my favorite part of the display. This year I decided to wrap the posts with 4-5 strands each, it looks infinitely better this way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">also a new addition, they're cascading-light icicles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lights cascade alternately, hence why only one is lit up right now. It's not my favorite effect, but the lights themselves are really cool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first at several attempts to be creative...don't judge me for my lack of camera skills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">didn't quite work out all that well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole fireplace setup. The "C" has two stockings because my brother got married this year, and the white one is for his wife. Then we've got all the pets on the poker set.</td></tr>
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hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-50988834741205163282012-12-16T16:52:00.001-08:002012-12-16T16:52:35.241-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 12- Jesus in different languagesThought I'd post something about 'the reason of the season' so to speak. Here's how different languages spell/say Jesus<br />
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_Language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Arabic Language"><span style="color: red;">Arabic</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">`Isà عيسى (Islamic) / Yasū`(a) يسوع (Christian)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Chinese language"><span style="color: red;">Chinese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">耶稣 (Simplified), 耶穌 (Traditional) – Yesu (Mandarin), Yasu (Cantonese)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Estonian language"><span style="color: red;">Estonian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jeesus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Filipino language"><span style="color: red;">Filipino</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Hesus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Finnish language"><span style="color: red;">Finnish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jeesus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="French language"><span style="color: red;">French</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jésus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Galician language"><span style="color: red;">Galician</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Xesús</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Greek language"><span style="color: red;">Greek</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Ιησούς (<i>Iisoús</i> modern Greek pronunciation)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Haitian Creole"><span style="color: red;">Haitian Creole</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jezi</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hawaiian"><span style="color: red;">Hawaiian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jesu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hebrew language"><span style="color: red;">Hebrew</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshu" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Yeshu">Yeshu</a> ישו (Jewish, secular) / <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshua" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Yeshua">Yeshua</a> יֵשׁוּעַ (Christian)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hmong language"><span style="color: red;">Hmong Daw</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Yexus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Hungarian language"><span style="color: red;">Hungarian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jézus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Indonesia language"><span style="color: red;">Indonesia</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Yesus (Christian) / Isa (Islamic)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Irish language"><span style="color: red;">Irish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Íosa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Italian language"><span style="color: red;">Italian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesù</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Japanese language"><span style="color: red;">Japanese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">イエス (Iesu)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Kazakh language"><span style="color: red;">Kazakh</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Иса (<i>Isa</i>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Korean language"><span style="color: red;">Korean</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">예수 (Yesu)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Kurdish language"><span style="color: red;">Kurdish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Îsa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Latvian language"><span style="color: red;">Latvian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jēzus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligurian_(Romance_language)" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ligurian (Romance language)"><span style="color: red;">Ligurian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesû</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburgish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Limburgish language"><span style="color: red;">Limburgish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Zjezus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Lithuanian language"><span style="color: red;">Lithuanian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jėzus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Lombard language"><span style="color: red;">Lombard</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesü</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Malayalam language"><span style="color: red;">Malayalam</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">ഈശോ - Eesho,യേശു -Yeshu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirandese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Mirandese language"><span style="color: red;">Mirandese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jasus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Maltese language"><span style="color: red;">Maltese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Ġesù</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_dialect" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Neapolitan dialect"><span style="color: red;">Neapolitan</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gèsù</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Norman language"><span style="color: red;">Norman</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jésus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Occitan language"><span style="color: red;">Occitan</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jèsus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmontese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Piedmontese language"><span style="color: red;">Piedmontese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesù</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Polish language"><span style="color: red;">Polish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jezus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Portuguese language"><span style="color: red;">Portuguese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jesus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Romanian language"><span style="color: red;">Romanian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Isus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Russian language"><span style="color: red;">Russian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Иисус (<i>Iisus</i>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sardinian language"><span style="color: red;">Sardinian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesùs</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Serbian language"><span style="color: red;">Serbian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Исус (<i>Isus</i>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sicilian language"><span style="color: red;">Sicilian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Gesù</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Scottish Gaelic language"><span style="color: red;">Scottish Gaelic</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Ìosa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Slovak language"><span style="color: red;">Slovak</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Ježiš</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Slovenian language"><span style="color: red;">Slovenian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jezus</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Spanish language"><span style="color: red;">Spanish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jesús</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Tajik language"><span style="color: red;">Tajik</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Исо (<i>Iso</i>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Tamil language"><span style="color: red;">Tamil</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">இயேசு - Yesu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Turkish language"><span style="color: red;">Turkish</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">İsa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmen_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Turkmen language"><span style="color: red;">Turkmen</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Isa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Ukrainian language"><span style="color: red;">Ukrainian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Ісус (<i>Isus</i>)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbek_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Uzbek language"><span style="color: red;">Uzbek</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Iso</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Venetian language"><span style="color: red;">Venetian</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Jesu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Vietnamese language"><span style="color: red;">Vietnamese</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Chúa Giêsu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Welsh language"><span style="color: red;">Welsh</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">Iesu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Zulu language"><span style="color: red;">Zulu</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">uJesu</span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: initial;" title="Sinhala language"><span style="color: red;">Sinhala</span></a></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><span style="color: red;">ජේසුස් වහන්සේ- jeesus wahanse</span></td></tr>
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The famous poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' is arguable the most famous Christmas poem of all time. It is believed that Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem in 1823, and is responsible for several of the ideas about Santa that we have today.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The children were nestled all snug in their beds,</span></span></div>
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While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;</div>
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And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,</div>
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Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,</span></span></div>
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I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.</div>
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Away to the window I flew like a flash,</div>
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Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow</span></span></div>
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Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,</div>
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When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,</div>
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But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">With a little old driver, so lively and quick,</span></span></div>
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I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.</div>
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More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,</div>
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And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!</span></span></div>
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On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN!</div>
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To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!</div>
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Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,</span></span></div>
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When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,</div>
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So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,</div>
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With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof</span></span></div>
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The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.</div>
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As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,</div>
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Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,</span></span></div>
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And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;</div>
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A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,</div>
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And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!</span></span></div>
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!</div>
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,</div>
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And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,</span></span></div>
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And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;</div>
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He had a broad face and a little round belly,</div>
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That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,</span></span></div>
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And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;</div>
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A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,</div>
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Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,</span></span></div>
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And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,</div>
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And laying his finger aside of his nose,</div>
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And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,</span></span></div>
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And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.</div>
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But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,</div>
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!</div>
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hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-5921216007956806692012-12-13T18:52:00.000-08:002012-12-25T22:08:54.140-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 9- Mistletoe Prankthis is a funny/cute (depending on your sense of humor) video
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6iNxHxwT-b4" width="450"></iframe>hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-29818154057297267522012-12-09T21:08:00.001-08:002012-12-09T21:08:04.388-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 8- Weird Holiday Traditionshere's a good bit by Jim Gaffigan making fun of holiday traditions. I've gotta say, he makes some good points
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xJAxRVeKnTE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13369594601087216023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460201791387959514.post-26891352447761073552012-12-08T16:46:00.002-08:002012-12-08T16:47:06.946-08:0025 Days of Christmas: Day 7- Iconic Christmas Movie QuotesMy disclaimer before posting this is: 1) I by no means think this is a good/all encompassing list at all. 2) it's about iconic/old school movies (so no, Elf does not count as iconic). 3) There's too many Christmas movies out there to try and get everything.<br />
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Well now that that's over with here's a list of my favorite iconic Christmas movie moments funny, serious, and all points in between<br />
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"It started in low and it started to grow...it came without ribbons, it came without tags, it came without packages, boxes and bags."<br />
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"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings"<br />
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"You'll shoot your eye out!"<br />
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These next two go together: "Is your house on fire Clarke? Don't throw me down Clarke." "Grace, she passed away 30 years ago." "Shewrapped up her damn cat!"....basically everything about Aunt Bethany<br />
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Of course had to end with: "Sure Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about..."
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