THIS CHRISTMAS SITE WAS MADE BY:
"ANGEL OF MERCY"
ON OCT. 1, 2001
SITE UPDATED: DECEMBER 23, 2005
PROUD MEMBER OF THE HEAVENS ANGELS WEBRING
MEMBER OF THE ACCEPTANCE & GUESTBOOK CLOUDS.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TO HELP WISH THE TROOPS A MERRY CHRISTMAS...BELOW IS A GIFT FOR YOU TO TAKE WITH YOU FROM ME!!
THESE PAGES WERE MADE IN SUPPORT OF OUR WORLDS TROOPS.
THEY WILL STAY UP UNTIL EVERYONE IS BROUGHT HOME SAFE & WHEN THERE IS PEACE ON EARTH ONCE AGAIN!! PLEASE LET THEM LOAD FULLY BEFORE SCROLLING DOWN THE PAGES.
TO THE TROOPS
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
"SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE
WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
"IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE ABOVE POEM WAS WRITTEN BY: J. SCHMIDT ESQ. FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I HAD RECEIVED THIS POEM THROUGH MY EMAIL AT THE TIME OF MAKING THESE PAGES FOR THE TROOPS SO I DID NOT KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR TRULY WAS. JOHN SIGNED THE GUESTBOOK & LEFT HIS MESSAGE FOR EVERYONE TO READ! THANK YOU JOHN FOR CLEARING UP THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS POEM! HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 2005 & A SAFE & PROSPEROUS 2006!!"
"Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our US service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrifice themselves for us."
SOMETHING TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOLIDAYS!!
THIS VIDEO WAS SENT FROM MY DAUGHTER TRACIE
STATIONED AT HICKAM, AFB IN HONOLULU, HAWAII
PLEASE LET THIS VIDEO FULLY LOAD BEFORE PLAYING!!
TURN OFF BG SOUND BELOW BEFORE LISTENING TO VIDEO
THE STORY BEHIND THIS VIDEO WAS BROADCAST ON THE NEWS.
THE OWNER OF THE HOME HAS EVERYTHING HOOKED UP TO HIS
COMPUTER IN HIS GARAGE. THERE IS A SIGN IN THE FRONT
YARD THAT SAYS TUNE INTO THIS RADIO STATION TO HEAR
THE MUSIC. WHEN VISITING HIS HOUSE THERE IS NO SOUND.
SO YOU HAVE TO TUNE INTO THE RADIO STATION TO HEAR THE
DIFFERENT SONGS THAT GO WITH THE MOVING LIGHTS ON HIS
HOUSE. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS VIDEO AS MUCH AS I DO!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
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DISCLAIMER:
SOME OF THE GRAPHICS ON THESE CHRISTMAS PAGES WERE MADE BY:
DOC`S PATRIOTIC GRAPHICS, SHAZDRACO`S DOLLS.
I DO NOT CLAIM OWNERSHIP TO ANYTHING RELATING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF ART. ONLY TO THE GRAPHICS I HAVE MADE MYSELF. THE GIFTS ON THESE PAGES WERE LEFT IN MY GUESTBOOK FOR THE TROOPS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THESE ARTISTS PAGES PLEASE CLICK ONTO THEIR PERSONAL LINKS THAT ARE ON THE PAGES WITHIN THIS SITE! IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OF YOURS & THERE IS NO CREDIT GIVEN PLEASE EMAIL ME & LET ME KNOW SO I MAY REMOVE IT OR GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!
THANK YOU & HAVE A "SAFE & HAPPY HOLIDAY"!!
