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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2014, 03:22:28 PM »


Merry Christmas everyone!!  :saint: tiphat

Beautiful, beautiful tree!!! Did I say "beautiful"?
Merry Chrismas, Todd!

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2014, 03:30:17 PM »
Beautiful, beautiful tree!!! Did I say "beautiful"?
Merry Chrismas, Todd!

Yea right! The shiny balls look great together.
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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2014, 12:40:03 PM »
Orchid, these are beautiful! You are sooo setting me in festive mood with this pictures! Thank you for that  :loving:

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2014, 12:48:37 PM »
Here's an advert we have now in the UK, it's for Sainsbury's Supermarket, and celebrates the football match that took place Christmas 1914 on the Western Front between German Troops and British ones.

The result is not known, but the German's probably won on penalties as per bloody usual........

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #32 on: December 19, 2014, 01:15:38 PM »
Here's an advert we have now in the UK, it's for Sainsbury's Supermarket, and celebrates the football match that took place Christmas 1914 on the Western Front between German Troops and British ones.

Wonder if the Ukraine troops and separatists celebrate Christmas too... Just a thought...
Nadie no sabe lo que tiene hasta el día que lo pierde.

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #33 on: December 19, 2014, 01:16:56 PM »
Here's an advert we have now in the UK, it's for Sainsbury's Supermarket, and celebrates the football match that took place Christmas 1914 on the Western Front between German Troops and British ones.

Wonder if the Ukraine troops and separatists celebrate Christmas too... Just a thought...

Of course not! They celebrate Channukah!  ;D
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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #34 on: December 19, 2014, 01:35:50 PM »
Here's an advert we have now in the UK, it's for Sainsbury's Supermarket, and celebrates the football match that took place Christmas 1914 on the Western Front between German Troops and British ones.

Wonder if the Ukraine troops and separatists celebrate Christmas too... Just a thought...

Of course not! They celebrate Channukah!  ;D

Gosh, for a moment I thought they celebrate "Yom ha Ahava" (The Day of Love). Now we should decide what role each side plays (which is the Greeks, which is the Maccabees).
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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #35 on: December 19, 2014, 01:41:43 PM »
Here's an advert we have now in the UK, it's for Sainsbury's Supermarket, and celebrates the football match that took place Christmas 1914 on the Western Front between German Troops and British ones.

Wonder if the Ukraine troops and separatists celebrate Christmas too... Just a thought...

Of course not! They celebrate Channukah!  ;D

Gosh, for a moment I thought they celebrate "Yom ha Ahava" (The Day of Love). Now we should decide what role each side plays (which is the Greeks, which is the Maccabees).


O pointy birds, o pointy pointy, Anoint my head, anointy-nointy.

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #36 on: December 19, 2014, 03:51:02 PM »
You are sooo setting me in festive mood with this pictures!

I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2014, 04:02:28 PM »
I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?
Congrats!  :BEER:

I'd go out and have a nice freedom steak, drink some freedom beer, maybe watch a freedom movie while enjoying freedom ice cream, take a freedom bath shower, and follow that with some freedom sleep.  ;D

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2014, 04:09:41 PM »

Gosh, for a moment I thought they celebrate "Yom ha Ahava" (The Day of Love). Now we should decide what role each side plays (which is the Greeks, which is the Maccabees).

 ;D ;D ;D

We are the good guys any way you look at it ;)
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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #41 on: December 19, 2014, 04:11:40 PM »
I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?
Congrats!  :BEER:

I'd go out and have a nice freedom steak, drink some freedom beer, maybe watch a freedom movie while enjoying freedom ice cream, take a freedom bath shower, and follow that with some freedom sleep.  ;D

Thank you so much!
I have your advice printed on my table. I am going to follow it  S L O W L Y  step after step.
I can tell you. Even air that I breathe is air of freedom!

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #42 on: December 19, 2014, 04:12:42 PM »

I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?

Congratulations, sweetie, well done!



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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #43 on: December 19, 2014, 04:17:06 PM »

I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?

Congratulations, sweetie, well done!


Thank you, Volshe. It is not graduation yet, but getting closer.  :party0011:

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #44 on: December 19, 2014, 04:20:40 PM »

I am in a "festive mood" too. I have just passed the last final exam!!!
In seven classes (5 classes and two labs) I have A. Unbelievable! It was so difficult!
I am a little lost. What people usually do with the freedom?

Congratulations, sweetie, well done!


Thank you, Volshe. It is not graduation yet, but getting closer.  :party0011:

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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #47 on: December 19, 2014, 04:39:18 PM »
Looks like even every ugly tree is decorated in our town!  :ROFL:



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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2014, 04:42:16 PM »
Great pictures, Orchid! I knew it you were talented for writing, but i have discovered you are a gifted photographer as well! Thank you, dearest!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Merry Christmas!
« Reply #49 on: December 19, 2014, 04:49:38 PM »
Great pictures, Orchid! I knew it you were talented for writing, but i have discovered you are a gifted photographer as well! Thank you, dearest!  :thumbsup:

I hope you will not be tired of my pictures soon.  :chuckle:
I just want everyone to feel Christmas spirit of my town. It's amazing!