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Christmas Dogs

I wasn't going to post, today, but I came across this charming and corny video, and thought I'd share it.

CANINE CHRISTMAS CAROLING "SILENT NIGHT"

I hope you're have a wonderful Christmas Day.  Bob and I are off to Sharon's house, who knows what surprises we'll find.

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Christmas dogs

 

Bob and I wish you a Merry Christmas.
I hope you've enjoyed all the Christmas Dogs.

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Jingle, jingle jingle, you will hear my sleighbells ring,
 I am ol' Chris Cringle, I'm the king of jing-a-ling
Jingle, jingle reindeer, through the frosty air they'll go,
They are not just plain deer, they're the fastest deer I know, HO HO!
You must believe, that on Christmas Eve, I won't pass you by,
I'll dash away in my magic sleigh, flying through the sky
 Jingle, jingle jingle, you will hear my sleighbells ring,
I am ol' Chris Cringle, I'm the king of jing-a-ling
I am ol' Chris Cringle, I'm the king of jing-a-ling!

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Dogs mistaken for Christmas trees.

Light up your holidays!

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The gift of love. The gift of peace. The gift of happiness. May all these be yours this Christmas.

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Christmas dogs and Santa

 

Warmest wishes, and some kisses, for Christmas

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Wishing you all the Joy, Hope and Wonder of Christmas!

New York City Dogs, above.  When I'm in NYC, I'm always impressed by the number if people who are walking their dogs; and how clean the sidewalks are!

This "reindeer" is from San Diego Chihuahua Rescue:  http://www.chihuahuarescueofsandiego.com/

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 I guess this is the Dachshund edition of Christmas Dogs.  They're wishing you a dog gone Merry Christmas.

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Whatever your costume,

. . celebrate each day

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Please remember these names

My heart, like yours has been breaking since I heard about the Newtown tragedy.  I think it's important to remember these children and their hero teachers.

 Charlotte Bacon, Feb. 22, 2006 

 Daniel Barden, Sept. 25, 2005

 Rachel Davino, July 17, 1983

 Olivia Engel, July 18, 2006

 Josephine Gay, Dec. 11, 2005 

 Ana M. Marquez-Greene, April 4, 2006

 Dylan Hockley, March 8, 2006

 Dawn Hochsprung, June 28, 1965

 Madeleine F. Hsu, July 10, 2006 

 Catherine V. Hubbard, June 8, 2006 

 Chase Kowalski, Oct. 31, 2005 

 Jesse Lewis, June 30, 2006

 James Mattioli, March 22, 2006 

 Grace McDonnell, Nov. 4, 2005 

 Anne Marie Murphy, July 25, 1960 

 Emilie Parker, May 12, 2006 

 Jack Pinto, May 6, 2006 

 Noah Pozner, Nov. 20, 2006 

 Caroline Previdi, Sept. 7, 2006

 Jessica Rekos, May 10, 2006 

 Avielle Richman, Oct. 17, 2006

 Lauren Rousseau, June of 1982 

 Mary Sherlach, Feb. 11, 1956 

 Victoria Soto, Nov. 4, 1985 

 Benjamin Wheeler, Sept. 12, 2006 

 Allison N. Wyatt, July 3, 2006

I don't think it's important for us to remember the shooter.

I also agree with Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened :

 "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

 It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

 You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news."


Please remember these names.

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Christmas dogs and a re-hash.

This was my blog post four years ago, today.  I like this post, so I thought I'd share it.

Months ago, one of Carrie's friends called us California Granola Hippies, when she found out how Carrie and Sharon had been parented. You see, I was the main parent, and I decided, since we were not-affluent (in the extreme), I really didn't need television commercials selling my kids "stuff". Mainly, "stuff" they didn't need and/or was poor quality. If they didn't see it on TV, they wouldn't know to beg for it. My solution was PBS. No commercials. Educational. Fun. Age appropriate.

Another thing I controlled was toys, as any parent should. I thought that if my girls were going to stand a chance to grow up and be good caring Moms, they needed baby dolls to play with at a young age; not Barbie’s! So, they had no hard-body, skanky Barbie dolls.

Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't raise them to only be Moms. They were raised to be anything they wanted, but if they decided to be a Mom, I wanted them to be a good one, and Barbie’s just don't foster parenting skills. So no regular TV, no Barbie’s.

What else? I think that's about it.

I want to tell you, my plan worked. My daughters not only are beautiful and successful, they are both great mothers.

(You may wonder why I called myself "the main parent". Bob and I had 4 parents between us, we each had a Mom and a Dad; but when we had our own children we realized, that out of our 4 parents, we really only had one "good" one, my Dad. Bob was at a distinct disadvantage; he didn't bow out, but he stepped back on a lot of things. He felt he had a lot to learn with no role models at all.)

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Christmas Dogs

Are you ready?

Talk about Anthropomorphism, these two look worried, to me.

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Christmas Sheep

I thought this vid, was worth sharing.  I don't have any pins of sheep dressed for Christmas, but I like this one.

This one is too, cute.

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Christmas Cats, deux

Oh what fun it is to ride, in a .....

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Merry Christmas, Ol' Dog.

He's sure he's a Christmas Tree.

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Joy to the World.

 

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