Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

23 days until Christmas..................

hi everyone i hope everyone is doing ok,and that you came thru sandy ok,hope everyone and the familys had a nice thanksgiving,and getting ready for xmas.everyone by me is ok.were all hanging in there,hoping the rope doesn,t break{ha}.ok every one,merry xmas,happy holidays.may the lord take you and yours into his arms.take one day at a time,and do the best you can.take care bobby c and family

22 days until Christmas................

Good Morning All,

Okay Patsy, here is Carol being attended to by our great waiter Agus on the cruise. -Y

I am trying to upload a picture but so far no luck

Just want to avoid confusion. The big picture is Carol & I. Earlier I had a picture of Carol with the waiter as our Avitar

21 days until Christmas............

Good morning all......

Heading to Target to do some shopping. Hope everyone has a great day!!

The following is a story I wrote last year. I think I posted it then. If I did that's okay, it is still appropriate for the season. The following story was written by me. While the concept behind it is old, I copied from no one.

A CHRISTMAS STORY BY OLD GOAT

(To keep all lawyers happy I will admit that much of this story is adapted from different author’s writings. I especially pay homage to Matthew, Mark Luke & John who gave us the original.)

Little Johnny came to his father in early December and said ”Daddy, some of the boys in my class said Santa is make believe and a fake!” I told them that I would ask you and then I would know the truth. Well Daddy, what is the truth.

Son, first let me ask you if you enjoy giving gifts to people at Christmas time. Well yes Johnny said, I like the look in their eyes and the happiness in their face when they open them. I know I made someone happy. Son, the beginning of the Christmas story started in a stable over 2000 years ago. The baby Jesus was born and people came from far & wide to pay homage to him. Three kings came and brought gifts of Gold and precious fragrances . Gift giving started way back then. Some time later people began giving gifts to each other to show their love and gratitude to others. In different countries the one in charge of the gift giving was called different names. There was St. Nicholas, Father Christmas and many others including Santa Claus. Now Mommy & Daddy know that Santa has an awfully big task to get all the presents that people want all in one night, Christmas eve. So Mommies & Daddies all over the world pitch in and buy gifts and become Santa’s helpers.

It is easy to say, like your friends, no, there is no Santa. But the spirit of Christmas has prevailed for over those 2000 years since Jesus was born. I for one am not going to take the chance of saying that spirit does not exist because I want to wake up on Christmas morning and find many of the gifts I hoped for!

19 days until Christmas...

Good morning.....

Warren.....love the story :-)

Judy....I know the holidays will be bittersweet for you, thank God for Salvatore!!

Patsy...I too am almost finished. Just a few gift cards and some stocking stuffers. Getting our tree tomorrow and next week I'll start baking....can't wait to make Struffoli!!!

GOOD MORNING, FREINDS

HI WARREN..ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SHOPPING. I AM GOING TOMORROW WITH MY DAUGHER TONIANN TO 86TH ST TO FINISH

UP MY LAST MINUTE STUFF.

NEXT WEEK IS SHOPPING FOR FOOD.

EVERYONE.. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!! :santa:

Good Morning,

You people are good with your shopping....I barely started, just got a few things so far....Yikes!!!!!!

No shopping today! Carol had a Doctors visit this AM. Then we went to an open house in one of our Club Houses, put a Toy in a collection box for needy children, had some coffee, hot choclate, and cookies. We then toured the various craft shops and sat awhile and listened to live Christmas music. This evening we will attend the "Mostly Pops" Christmas concert at the main clubhouse. We go to it every year and it is a 30 piece orchestra and the singers are a local TV newsman and his wife & son.(John Wilson & Family)

How about a story! It was a cold winters morning in about 1944. We had moved from our apartment down the block on 12th Street 4 doors up to a private home that my parents scraped enough money together to buy. No central heat. Coal stove in the kitchen, pot belly stove in the basement for Hot Water. Third floor was rented to a family and they had a kerosene run stove in the kitchen with a small hot water heater attatched. Anyways, I woke up first that morning and found that it had snowed overnight. First snow in our own home! I quietly opened the bedroom window a bit and found about 3" of fresh snow ready for packing into snowballs. I opened the window a litle further and packed up a couple of snowballs and saw how far I could pitch them into our backyard. What a thrill. Throwing snowballs into our own yard! Shortly the family started to wake and I heard my Father bellow "Okay boys, get those shovels and clean off the stoop, walkway and front sidewalk and do a good job. Remember, he said, this is our house and we have responsibilities." That stuck with me and even though I no longer have to worry abour "cleaning off the snow", the responsibility of owning a home has always stuck with me. :santa:

17 days until Christmas.........