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Always passing our smiles forward <3 <3

May your day be Merry and Bright :-D :-D <3

Have a lovely day...thinking of you all <3 <3

Christmas Mwahhhhhs <3 <3 <3

Morning Mersey <3 just a quick visit to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and to say thank you all those who have been asking after me <3 I am still struggling a bit with my eyesight and mobility :-( but hey I am alive and love life :-) and I want to say a special thank you to all you lovely folk <3 you know who you are <3 for their birthday wishes last month <3 and the lovely Christmas Cards I have received <3

We have a dry start to the day here in my corner of Kent :-) and the forecast is for it to be a very mild day for this time of the year:-) albeit there will be a noticeably brisk wind and possibly some light rain at times later :-(

So wherever you are and whatever you will be doing today ;-) stay dry :-) take care :-) enjoy yourself ;-) and don't forget to smile :-)

And remember that hope can help to makes things possible :-) love can help to make things beautiful :-) my wish for you and yours this Christmas <3 is for whatever is beautiful :-) whatever your hopes are :-) and whatever brings you happiness :-) not just over the Christmas period :-) but also throughout the coming year <3

<3 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE <3 & <3 A HAPPY NEW YEAR <3

P.S. Keep in mind that those loved ones we will miss <3 especially at this time of the year <3 have not gone away :-) they walk beside us every day :-) unseen :-) unheard :-) but always near <3

Merry Christmas to all who read the happy thread :-) <3

Morning Mersey, have a wonderful day <3 <3 <3 <3

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hello lovely OneFoot, <3 <3 <3 great to ** see ** you this morning. we have missed you and your posts everyday. So glad you are feeling a little better. Enjoy your day and I'm sure you will be having a few wee drams ;-) ;-)

Happy Christmas mwahhhh <3 <3 <3

Good morning Pat and a happy xmas to you too <3

The card in your avatar is a wonderful memory for you <3

Happy Christmas, Mersey, One Foot and everyone who posts here today. <3 :-D

Lovely to hear from you Footy and I hope you improve.

Almost 13 degrees here - so no white stuff today methinks.

To everyone, may your Christmas be merry and bright. <3 :-D

To Barb and Pat, I was composing while you sneaked in so happy Christmas to you both. <3 :-D

Merry Christmas to one and all <3 <3 <3

Have a great day <3 <3 <3 <3

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Good Morning Mersey and Everyone. :-) :-) :-D :-D <3 <3 ;-) ;-)

Merry Christmas to Everybody.

Off to my daughters shortly for my Christmas lunch and drinkies.

Hope everyone is well.

GP

Morning Munchkin :-D <3 Pat :-D <3 Barb :-D <3 Joy :-D <3 Littlelegs :-D <3 GP :-D <3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hiya OneFoot missed you Hun <3 <3Merry Christmas :-D

A very Merry Christmas, Mersey and to everyone who posts on here.

I hope you all have a wonderful day :-) <3

Good Morning all. A very Happy Christmas

Wishing you all a lovely day and sending loads of :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D and <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 as always

Hi YG :-D <3 LG :-D <3 Merry Christmas to you both <3

Merry Christmas Everyone~~~~ <3 <3

OFITG lovely words..We've missed you <3 <3

Lovely to see both old and new faces....Have a magical day <3 :-D

Hiya Belle :-D <3 enjoy your day <3 hope you don't look like Billy Bunter later :-0 ;-)

Morning everyone :-D :-D <3 <3

Merry Christmas to one and all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

OFITG sending you lots of <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Have a great day my friends <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Morning **Ann** :-D <3 have a lovely day with your family <3

Some lovely looking Easter eggs in a few shops. And our corner shop is still displaying 2016 diaries. Going cheap, no doubt!

How many 'cold calls' am I to expect today?

Nollaig Shona.

Merry Christmas Dermot :-D <3 you cheerful devil ;-)

Every Christmas Eve, my chore as the youngest of the family was to put a lighted candle in every window to greet the Holy Family or any other traveller passing the way. Mother, acting as 'Temporary Health & Safety Mistress', would come to inspect the lighted candles from time to time & pull down the blinds.

My brothers & I would don warm coats plus scarves to go to the front gate in the dusk of the early evening & admire our windows; then head down the road a piece to see the Master's house with its lights shining through the crimson blinds.

We were always a little bit envious on seeing those glowing lights, and on our return voiced our opinion that the Holy Family would surely choose the Master's house in which to rest on their long journey.

We did not always have midnight Mass, but we sat up until midnight to see if our 'petitions' had been granted, in the form of the small but useful gifts our parents had given us.

We were glad to get a good book, a pair of tap-dancing shoes, (this is how Michael Flatley of Riverdance fame started out on his dancing career) a jigsaw puzzle or even a mouth organ - otherwise known as a Harmonica.

We were united; we were happy; we drank cocoa; we ate treacle & raisin home-made bread. Then to bed in the unspoken assurance that ours was a warm & contented world. Innocent times!