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THANK YOU! GRETCHEN!

Sometime around 1947-1950 I received a small portable

record player for Christmas. It only played the 45rmp

records, and the one placed inside my record player

was a shinny transparent red record. On the top of

the record player was a small book with a picture of a

deer with a big red nose. I was estatic! I put the

record on my player and turned it on and it played a

song I had just about drove everyone crazy with that I

had heard on the radio being sung by one of my

favorite cowboy singers, Gene Autrey. " Rudolph The

Red Nosed Reindeer " !

You see my Mama and Daddy were both " crippled " ,

although I didn't know it at that time. They were

just Mama and Daddy! I didn't understand that all the

attention I received from other grown ups, especially

my Aunt and Grandmothers was out of pity. I didn't

know I was begin pitied, I didn't know that there was

a reason to be pitied.

My parents, especially my Mama, didn't indulge in

pity, it was a waste of time! They had better things

to do. As in rearing children, making a nice home,

teaching us to read and write before we started to

school. And most importantly about Who and What

Christmas was really about.

My birthday comes 11 days before Christmas. We never

put up decorations until after my birthday. When

asked why we didn't decorated right after Thanksgiving

like the other families.I was told. " You must have

your birthday first and then we celebrate Jesus'

birthday, which is very very special " . Then it was

always explained why it was so special, the reason why

each of us got at least one present or more. Why we

had stockings filled with fruit and nuts. Why we

brought a tree inside the house and put lights on it.

Jesus' birthday is so special because he was born to

give the world the most important gift. His life. He

died so we may all live in peace and happiness in a

more beautiful place than we are in now.

We give each other gifts to commerate the gifts the

Magi brought to the Baby Jesus. Gold, incense and

Myhr. The gold helped ph and the Blessed

escape from Herod to Egypt. incense and Myhr was

both very expensive oils and herbs of healing. If it

could be afforded it was used to preform the

circumcision that all Jewish boys go through and also

it could be sold to help the Holy family through out

their trails.

We put a tree in our homes each year to prove that

there are still things green and living even during

the coldest part of the year. And the lights are the

Light of Life from Heaven to guide us through out the

year.

We gather as a family to celebrate Christmas and to

show our love for each other and share the true

meaning of Christmas. That to me is the meaning of

Christmas.

Gosh, I didn't mean to get so long winded. I was so

happy to see the story behind Rudolph again. Gretchen

that is a very special gift you gave us, Thank you!

I wished sometimes I had Sue's talent of putting

feelings in type. But God gave me a different gift and

I a should be very thankful for that. Not one but two

parents that were " disabled " . Daddy, CMT; Mama,

Polio. They tried to teach us that we could do what we

wanted and to use our talents to the best of our

abilities. Mama? Daddy? I have tried.

" God Bless Us All in this very tragic year of our

lives. Let us not forget others who are suffering from

losses that we can or may not comprehend and may be

harder to bear than the ones we are bearing now. Amen "

MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL

Susie

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>From: Susie Lemin <slemin46@...>

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>Subject: Re: [] Rudolph's Light/Inspiration

>Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 06:15:36 -0800 (PST)

>

>THANK YOU! GRETCHEN!

>

>Sometime around 1947-1950 I received a small portable

>record player for Christmas. It only played the 45rmp

>records, and the one placed inside my record player

>was a shinny transparent red record. On the top of

>the record player was a small book with a picture of a

>deer with a big red nose. I was estatic! I put the

>record on my player and turned it on and it played a

>song I had just about drove everyone crazy with that I

>had heard on the radio being sung by one of my

>favorite cowboy singers, Gene Autrey. " Rudolph The

>Red Nosed Reindeer " !

>

>You see my Mama and Daddy were both " crippled " ,

>although I didn't know it at that time. They were

>just Mama and Daddy! I didn't understand that all the

>attention I received from other grown ups, especially

>my Aunt and Grandmothers was out of pity. I didn't

>know I was begin pitied, I didn't know that there was

>a reason to be pitied.

>

>My parents, especially my Mama, didn't indulge in

>pity, it was a waste of time! They had better things

>to do. As in rearing children, making a nice home,

>teaching us to read and write before we started to

>school. And most importantly about Who and What

>Christmas was really about.

>

>My birthday comes 11 days before Christmas. We never

>put up decorations until after my birthday. When

>asked why we didn't decorated right after Thanksgiving

>like the other families.I was told. " You must have

>your birthday first and then we celebrate Jesus'

>birthday, which is very very special " . Then it was

>always explained why it was so special, the reason why

>each of us got at least one present or more. Why we

>had stockings filled with fruit and nuts. Why we

>brought a tree inside the house and put lights on it.

>

>Jesus' birthday is so special because he was born to

>give the world the most important gift. His life. He

>died so we may all live in peace and happiness in a

>more beautiful place than we are in now.

>

>We give each other gifts to commerate the gifts the

>Magi brought to the Baby Jesus. Gold, incense and

>Myhr. The gold helped ph and the Blessed

>escape from Herod to Egypt. incense and Myhr was

>both very expensive oils and herbs of healing. If it

>could be afforded it was used to preform the

>circumcision that all Jewish boys go through and also

>it could be sold to help the Holy family through out

>their trails.

>

>We put a tree in our homes each year to prove that

>there are still things green and living even during

>the coldest part of the year. And the lights are the

>Light of Life from Heaven to guide us through out the

>year.

>

>We gather as a family to celebrate Christmas and to

>show our love for each other and share the true

>meaning of Christmas. That to me is the meaning of

>Christmas.

>

>

>Gosh, I didn't mean to get so long winded. I was so

>happy to see the story behind Rudolph again. Gretchen

>that is a very special gift you gave us, Thank you!

>

>I wished sometimes I had Sue's talent of putting

>feelings in type. But God gave me a different gift and

>I a should be very thankful for that. Not one but two

>parents that were " disabled " . Daddy, CMT; Mama,

>Polio. They tried to teach us that we could do what we

>wanted and to use our talents to the best of our

>abilities. Mama? Daddy? I have tried.

>

> " God Bless Us All in this very tragic year of our

>lives. Let us not forget others who are suffering from

>losses that we can or may not comprehend and may be

>harder to bear than the ones we are bearing now. Amen "

>

>MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL

>

>Susie

>

>

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>