Merry Christmas

I get a charge out the sense of humor from The Far Left Side.

Merry Christmas to all.

Blogger Christmas Gifts

I have all my gifts for all my Blogging friends and here is what I'm giving them...

For Gun Toting Liberal... I give you free renewals to the NRA and ACLU

For BJ of DemWit... I give you two boxes of snow UPS overnight

For Michael Boh of Our Rants and Raves... I give you a special prosecutor under President Obama that looks at George Bush Presidency and says to him or herself, "This isn't right, that's illegal?"

For Lefty from A View of Battleship Cove... I give you free passes for a year to Lizzie Borden's house.

For Steve Soto of The Left Coaster... I give you a Secretary of State with a desire to talk peace

For Mike of Crooks and Liars... I give you the tip of the decade with George Bush and yet another DUI two days after Obama is sworn in

For Steve of Out of the Binjo Ditch... I give you free babysitting time while you ply the legal knowledge and degree you now have. Just drop the kids off anytime Steve.

For Chell of Paper May... I give you hugs in a box and blessings on the wind

For Just Wondering of Vim and Vinegar... I give you one day of nobody in government pissing you off and of course Dick Cheney on Fox News being arrested for high crimes

For all my friends at Bring It ON!... I give you a never ending list of Republican politicians that swore they were clean but get caught with their hands in the cookie jar anyway

For Jeff of WormTown Taxi... I give you the next two winters worth of Papamoka personally coming over to shovel the sidewalk in front of your house every time it snows. Certain restrictions apply. One: you must have a legal sidewalk. Two: Offer is only effective February 29th.

For DB and MCQ... I give you the extreme right and left wing of both parties in blog readers. Oh and I have a coupon for a starbucks in Tokyo!

For Jay of 4 & 20 Blackbirds... I give you another Red Sox winning season, no I mean it, this year we are going all the way... Again

For Ms Crystal of I Heart Peanutbutter... I give you my Lisa Lamponelli T-Shirt collection and a season pass to the Hanover Theater

For Joe Gandelman of the Moderate Voice... I give you puppets with an attitude (Walter & Jeff Dunham) of rebellion and the success of your dreams in the work you love

Last but not the least... to my very good friend Duke of Madness I promise to always be there for you my friend. You know that anyway but it is what it is

This is where I ask all of them to help me wrap all of thier presents so they can be opened by them on Christmas day. GTL grab the scissors, Ms Crystal grab the wrapping paper, Chell we need you on rapid tape dispensing. Steve Soto, we have you on ribbon detail and don't skimp. Mike Boh you are on the stacking of gifts under the tree. Lefty, I'm going to need you on bandaid patrol... keep an eye on GTL. Crystal, Joe, Mike Jeff, and Steve H. keep the kids away from the production area and BJ we need you on Fox False News Watch Detail ready to toss a laptop to the respective writers in the group.

Have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the time with all of your family and friends. Shut the Damn computer off for the day and just breath in the life of the people that love you. We shall talk about the good time you had on this very special holiday later.

I don't have the receipts for your gifts so there is no exchanging them... God Bless to all and Merry Christmas from Papamoka and his family and friends. We will save a piece of Jesus birthday cake for you.

Papamoka

Michael's Personal Christmas Wish

Merry Christmas Eve Papamoka Bloggers - There are many things to talk about when it comes to the celebration of Christmas, or the birth of God on earth, and one of them, in my humble opinion, is to celebrate our blessings. Count them if you will. That is my Christmas wish.

Let's see, I have people I love and a life that I love to enjoy. You all know who you are out there, especially my family and friends. I would like to extend that joy to my fellow bloggers. I enjoy our blogging, and you guys make life more interesting. I hope each and every one of you enjoys a wonderful Christmas celebration.

So, since I have a blog, I thought I might share a few thoughts about what Christmas means to me at this stage of my life. It's from me to you, or for anyone who cares to eavesdrop. I don't want to talk about abstracts, however, I want to focus on the blessings we can can smell, see and hear.

For example, I live in a very beautiful place - the hills of Southern California. I feel blessed for the fact that I walk around each morning appreciating everything. I'm one of those fortunate enough to smell the flowers, pick the fruit, and grow a garden.

In December, I often enjoy an extraordinary view of the ocean and high snow capped mountains in the distance. I don't take them for granted. I always look at them. I always appreciate them. I guess you could say that I count my blessings daily.

The Native Americans had it right; they took the time. We should all take time, each day, to fill ourselves with the spirit and the beauty of everything around us. It doesn't matter where you live; there is usually something beautiful in the most common places.

That's my point this Christmas. I think some Christians lose sight of the world Jesus came to appreciate, and focus too much on an unfortunate desire to see the next. Buddhists are better at it. They talk about the next life, but they also talk about appreciating this one. They meditate and try to become part of both. It's pretty cool if you ask me. I appreciate their teachings too

You see, in my opinion, Jesus came here to say that we have plenty to love and enjoy here on Earth, and that if we live decent, charitable lives, that life here will be a blessing for all of us. We all have something good or special in our lives, and it's up to each of us to take the time to find it, and to appreciate it.

So, let's celebrate the birthday of a man - of God - who taught us all how to be appreciate one another, and how to appreciate our many gifts and blessings. So, my Christmas wish is that WE COUNT OUR BLESSINGS, and be charitable and giving to one another. I know I will do my best.

Merry Christmas!
Michael Boh
Papamoka's Left Coast Contributor
from Our Rants & Raves Blog

Sending Christmas Cards... Sort of

This year I resolved to get my Christmas cards sent out to all of my readers early. Well sort of early. It isn't December 24th and I'm still licking the envelopes like last year so I am way ahead of the game.

I'm still not starting my Christmas shopping till three days before Christmas. One goal a year is all I'm good for. Without any more delay I am sending these warm wishes for you and your families during this wonderful season of many holiday's.

Merry Christmas to all the readers of Papamoka Straight Talk from my family and I to you and your family.



Papamoka

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