Merry Christmas MSFC!

[Katala]

On behalf of all the Staff at MSFC, I'd like to wish each and everyone of you and happy and joyous
Christmas - Summer Solstice - Yule - Litha - Happy Festive Season - Hanukkah *how ever you celebrate*
and hopefully a safe and Great New Year!

It has been a long year with many trials for alot us both online and in our personal lives, lets hope that 2010 will be a great year for everyone! I know I am certainly looking forward to it as it is the year I will marry Majestic and be his wife forever more!

Since we live in Australia, it is now 1 1/2 hours until midnight- Christmas day, so to most of the community, here is wishing you all an early Christmas, be safe, and I hope Santa brings you everything you wish for and deserve!

We look forward to seeing you all after Christmas and hopefully in the New year!

 

[Jetfreak]

Have a good one peeps, Happy holidays to everyone. It's just 3 hours to go at the time of this posting.

I'll have some "christmas goodies" up in my art thread for just the occasion. It's waaaay overdue for an update.


And now for the obligatory post card.

Spoiler: pic

 

[Hellkite]

Happy holidays

 

[Terra_Inc]

Merry Christmas to you all!

(Although I don't know if I want to celebrate 'Summer Solstice' right now... )

 

[CABAL]

It's summer below the equator so It made sense for Katala. Up here, however, it's winter so we have Winter Solstice. Doesn't the tilt of the Earth make things confusing?

Anyway, happy holidays!

 

[-RJB-]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

I hope everyone gets so rest.

 

[Knight]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone !

 

[Adm_Z]

Merry Christmas!

 

[Sqweloookle]

Happy Holidays and have a merry day.

 

[Borg_Queen]

Merry Christmas to everyone.

 

[Syf]

Merry Christmas to all. (insert which holiday you celebrate.

 

[thunderfoot]

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all!

And now for the obligatory ****ens reference.

"God Bless us, every one!"

 

[Jasoneagle]

Yes my Friends there is a Santa Claus

Or rather ther Was a Santa Claus at one point in time so whenever someone says to you that Santa is not Real you can tell them he is because here is

Spoiler: The Truth

Saint Nicholas (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος , Agios ["saint"] Nikolaos ["victory of the people"]) (270 - 6 December 346) is the canonical and most popular name for Nicholas of Myra, a saint and Greek[3]Bishop of Myra (Demre, in Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey). Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose English name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas. His reputation evolved among the faithful, as is common for early Christian saints.[4] In 1087, his relics were furtively translated to Bari, in southeastern Italy; for this reason, he is also known as, Nicholas of Bari.

The historical Saint Nicholas is remembered and revered among Catholic and Orthodox Christians. He is also honoured by various Anglican and Lutheran churches. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, and children, and students in Greece, Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, the Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro. He is also the patron saint of Barranquilla, Bari, Amsterdam, Beit Jala, Siggiewi, Liverpool and huguenots. In 1809, the New-York Historical Society convened and retroactively named Santa Claus the patron saint of Nieuw Amsterdam, the Dutch name for New York City.[5] He was also a patron of the Varangian Guard of the Byzantine emperors, who protected his relics in Bari.

A nearly identical story is attributed by Greek folklore to Basil of Caesarea. Basil's feast day on 1 January is considered the time of exchanging gifts in Greece.

Please Take Note of the Following Links:
Wikipedia Page for Santa Claus
Wikipedia Page for Saint Nicholas

 

[Ryderstorm]

Merry Holidays!! Hope everyone has a superbly good holiday!!

 

[Katala]

It's summer below the equator so It made sense for Katala. Up here, however, it's winter so we have Winter Solstice. Doesn't the tilt of the Earth make things confusing?

Anyway, happy holidays!

Yes and it was a rather warm do to begin with, however getting closer to evening we had a wonderful downpour to cool the day off and it has been drizzling ever since! It is rather nice have coolness after all the heatwaves we have been receiving lately! And yes for those in the Northern Hemisphere happy Winter Solstice! Personally I'd preffer it to be Autumn or Spring but I'll settle for Winter if I have to, Summer is just way too hot for me! LOL Either way.... Happy Holidays!

 

[Lord_Trekie]

Happy Holidays everyone.

 

[Terra_Inc]

It's summer below the equator so It made sense for Katala. Up here, however, it's winter so we have Winter Solstice. Doesn't the tilt of the Earth make things confusing?

True... totally forgot about that. The Australians celebrate Christmas in summer... oooh, I'm sooo jealous!

 

[thunderfoot]

Here's hoping everyone wanted what they got, lol! I got...fruitcake. Bleh!
Of course I also got:

1) Jetfreak pics.
2) To share some of my pics with all of you.
3) To see BQ's Norway during a blizzard.
4) To see Oklahoma also covered in Christmas snow.
5) To make Terra_Inc laugh at my LolShips.
All your chuckles are belong to us now!
6) And the bestest present ever, All of you here at MSFC! Yay!
(Who says I don't know how to shamefully suck up with the best of them?)

 

[Terra_Inc]

5) To make Terra_Inc laugh at my LolShips.
All your chuckles are belong to us now!

Well done. Blessinz of teh Ceiling Cat be apwn u!

 

[Atlantis]

Merry Christmas all!

Christmas always seems to be a bit sad in some ways. It builds up for aaages (the shops start with it in about July/August here), then all of a sudden, by the time Christmas dinner is finished... so is Christmas.

 

[Syf]

Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated globally. Like Atlantis said, it suddenly "stops", even though it took so much to prepare for.

But, we can walk away each Christmas with a few things (not tangible) -

1.) The reminder why you live in separate houses from the rest of your family. No offence, we all love our brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, and the rest of our beloved family.

2.) Relief that it's over.

3.) The new year is coming!

.......

OK, that's a few things I take from Christmas as it's over... but here are a few other things, less benighted -

1.) The good feelings we all get from giving someone something they really wanted. This is true especially for us parents toward our kids.

2.) We got to see our family whom we seldom see.

3.) We had a fill of Christmas dinner and still have a week's worth of food left over (after giving half of it away).

"Kids, fill your plate and place it in the nuker for 1:15 minutes when your hungry.... I'll be in my den, do not disturb" **as he leaves the kids and heads toward the den. Suddenly, he stops and looks to see if the kids were watching. A smile arched across his face as he noted they were all busy about. He quickly grabbed the new super duper uber gaming console and the 32 games he gave the kids for Christmas, then off to his den with the games in hand. Slamming the door shut, he let out a sinister laugh... "Mah ha ha ha ha ha.... mine.... All mine!" he said as he started to plug in the console to his private widescreen TV.**

 

[dinosaurJR]

Ha ha! I hear that syf!

I cant wait to be a father - so I can steal my kids lego and then... ahem...

Anyways!

Happy Holidays Everybody! I hope you all got the gifts you wanted, and had a wonderful time!

Just New Year to go!

Have a great one!