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Merry Christmas
« on: December 25, 2014, 08:50:46 am »
Merry Christmas to everyone.

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2014, 08:51:59 am »
amen
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2014, 08:57:29 am »
God Bless us everyone.
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2014, 09:24:55 am »
Merry Christmas!
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2014, 03:33:13 pm »
Merry Christmas!
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2014, 06:46:49 pm »
Merry Christmas everyone

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2014, 07:41:02 pm »
Fröhliche Weihnachten.

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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2014, 12:28:30 am »
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2014, 08:16:01 am »
Merry Christmas.  My heart has been heavy this Christmas because of people I know who are hurting for various reasons and the Joy of the season isn't something they feel.  My prayer is that the hope the season brings carries them through to better days.  Hope is a powerful thing.  You may not realize it until you have lost it.
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2014, 03:13:31 pm »
Merry Christmas.  My heart has been heavy this Christmas because of people I know who are hurting for various reasons and the Joy of the season isn't something they feel.  My prayer is that the hope the season brings carries them through to better days.  Hope is a powerful thing.  You may not realize it until you have lost it.

I will pray for your friends. If anyone hurts, we all do. I can identify with a loss of hope because there was a time several years ago during the holidays that I was hopeless. It really sucks and is a very dark place. Hope, once lost, can be regained, but it can take a while.
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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2014, 08:56:25 am »
Fröhliche Weihnachten.


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Re: Merry Christmas
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2014, 09:45:34 am »

Why does everything sound sinister in German?

Hard consonants.  It's harsh on the ear.  It's like Arabic, which is simply a beautiful written language, but to hear it is like nails on a chalkboard. 
The rules of distinction were thrown out with the baseball cap.  It does not lend itself to protocol.  It is found today on youth in homes, classrooms, even in fine restaurants.  Regardless of its other consequences, this is a breach against civility.  A civilized man should avoid this mania.