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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: Griff on December 25, 2015, 12:20:31 AM

Title: Merry Christmas
Post by: Griff on December 25, 2015, 12:20:31 AM

Merry Christmas to you all.
May you have peace that passes all understanding from the Father of Lights.
Behold, the Lamb.

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: johnny on December 25, 2015, 08:04:27 AM

  Yes,you too Griff,
  Maybe cheesy but maybe some may want to share their favorite Christmas.
     I will tell you mine.I grew up in Waukesha,Wi.Ended up in Viet Nam in 1967.One day,a week or so before Christmas, I go down to mail call and I here guys saying to me ,"heh You got a real Christmas tree in the mail."They were right.It seems some landscape outfit in Waukesha would package up a real tree and send it to sons or husbands of soldiers there.They only asked that the cost of the shipping would to be covered.Never really thought about what he did til many years later,especially when I had left,it wasn't on the best of terms.
           Our platoon put that tree up,decorated it with who knows,and guys from other companies would come into our hooch and sit around it,bulshit and drink beer.It was pretty cool.

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: johnny on December 25, 2015, 09:52:10 AM

     Oops!
  I failed to mention who sent the tree---My dad
  Bad proof reading here on my part!  :o

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: Griff on December 26, 2015, 08:56:58 PM

Thanks Johnny for sharing your story, not cheesy at all. Thank you as well for your service.

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: ECR on December 30, 2015, 09:20:46 AM

Sorry ~ I have been quite busy "doing things". . . . .

. . . . Merry Christmas! . . . .

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: johnny on December 30, 2015, 02:54:12 PM

  Being Santa ?

Title: Re: Merry Christmas
Post by: ECR on December 30, 2015, 08:40:33 PM

Yeah ~ That too. . . . but just busy with music and the house and a motorcycle restoration and . . . . . . . life.   lol