"I think it would have sucked....but that is my personal opinion....not many gifts and you probably spent the majority of your day in church....(we were not real church going people growing up...Not that there is anything wrong with it) Sorry I am the full out commercialized christmas girl...the gift giving....shopping....getting presents.. Don't get me wrong though...I have a dark spot in my heart for the season just like the rest of us. They probably didn't have all the food that we get now...not to mention the health safety standards that we have now...and the access to so many varities of food....that is fresh."

"I am VERY proud to say that the little girl is my FANTASTIC daughter POOKIE.

It is rough on a lot of people right now take COMFORT that we are more blessed than some.

MERRY CHRISTmas
Pookiesmama"

"I think it would have sucked....but that is my personal opinion....not many gifts and you probably spent the majority of your day in church....(we were not real church going people growing up...Not that there is anything wrong with it) Sorry I am the full out commercialized christmas girl...the gift giving....shopping....getting presents.. Don't get me wrong though...I have a dark spot in my heart for the season just like the rest of us. They probably didn't have all the food that we get now...not to mention the health safety standards that we have now...and the access to so many varities of food....that is fresh."

"Actually, Rennaissance Chistmas emphasized feasting, dancing, masques, miracle plays,and rejoicing, so I think it would have been a joyous and fun holiday. Not all of it was spent in church. "

"It would have been great to experience a TUDOR CHRISTmas!! Just thinking about the Tudor Christmas brings back WHAT CHRSTmas should be
A simple time (but hard to live in as well) where NO ads, TV ads etc to encourage us to focus on the MATERIAL ASPECT of CHristmas. We have turned more toward what to buy??? and now with the economy How much does it cost?? HOW to buy?? And we forget that the COST of CHRISTmas as already been PAID IN FULL...For without CHRIST there would be NO CHRISTmas.

A little girl had just lost her foot and she was in severe pain...She had been crying for quite a while and her parents and the SHriner Staff was pushing her hospital bed around the hospital just to give her comfort...SUDDENLY she stopped crying...Everyone IMMEDIATLY checked on this girl with a history of seizures (thinking seizure) and she had this most INCREDIBLE SMILE on her face...full of wonder, suprise and HOPE...She said..
"Mama, remember you teaching us that Paul wrote that we were made ofboth body and spirit..." "Well, I asked JESUS to help me stand the pain and HE DID!! Jesus sent my HOLY SPIRIT FOOT to help me (refering to the Phantom sensation)

That little girl found COMFORT in ONE whose face she HAS not seen, YET!

NO MATTER what u r going through FIND COMFORT in the REASON for the season! love amg"