Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas (Day 12)
Well, it’s Christmas Eve here in Alaska. The LED lights are twinkling in the trees in Town Square. A few bright stars peep through the thin layer of clouds, and all is hushed, waiting for Santa to make his final stop on the way back to the North Pole. It’s a white Christmas this year because, … it’s a white Christmas every year. Our carollers have been standing out in the snow for 12 days and nights now, waiting each night for their next verse. And tonight, visions of sugarplums are dancing in their heads. Could be breathless excitement for Christmas tomorrow… could be hallucinations brought on by hypothermia.
After tonight, you may now prepare your lyric sheets to have at the ready so you can sing the Palinized 12 Days of Christmas round your dinner tables, and Christmas trees, and fireplaces. The brave among you can form your own band of carollers and knock on doors in your community. I don’t recommend this unless you live in a very enlightened neighborhood.
The Mudflats choir is stomping their feet and breathing into their cupped mittened hands. Their little noses and cheeks are red and they’re waiting for their Christmas cocoa. So gather round everyone, and snuggle up to your neighbor. We’re all friends here.
A very Merry Christmas and/or Happy holidays to you AKM & all you other mudpuppies. I couldn’t have gotten through this year without you! I’m wishing you may have peace and joy in your lives and lots of love.
I know what will bring me peace and joy, but won’t say it here because, after all, it IS Christmas Eve.
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Merry Christmas to AKM and the mudpuppies! This has been one very interesting year. I’m glad I shared the experience with the people on this blog.
P.S. I’m in my pajamas, but my basement is unfinished and uninhabitable. So. I guess I am a half-ass blogger….
P.S.S. At the Christmas Vigil Mass this evening I learned the background of the twelve days of Christmas, very interesting.
Merry Christmas AKM & all the mudpups !!!
Enjoy time your families & friends
Pray for our soldiers
Travel Safely
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Santa’s on his way up there soon!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas AKM from Portland, Oregon.
Bravo Jeannie. Bravo!
Happy Christmas AKM and mudpups the world over.
May there be peace, hope and love.
Happy holidays and new year, everyone.
This year, I was happy that ‘Death Panels’ received a ‘Pants-On-Fire’ rating from PolitiFact, then progressed to win their Lie of The Year prize.
Merry Christmas AKM and to all the rest of you fellow mudpups! Peace and good tidings to you all.
Between services here at church, so had to look up the final post to the Mudflats’ 12 Days – brilliant!
Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice, and a Joyous & Peaceful New Year to all Mudpups (and especially to AKM!) near and far – the world’s truly a brighter place because of all of you!
Merry Christmas AKM and All the Mudpups and Anonymous Bloggers!!!
I do not think we Strongheart girls could’ve made it this year without y’all!!! I hope everyone has a very Merry and Joyous Christmas!!
Quyana y’all for your help to not only us but also all of rural Alaska!!!
Merry Christmas!!!! God Bless each and every one of you!!
Ann, CC and GG Strongheart
Merry Christmas all – ! and especially greetings to Ann, CC and GG – best wishes for the New Year ahead.
Merry Christmas to the whole Mudflat community!
Special thoughts going out to our military men and women abroad…..Stay safe and Thank you!
Merry Chtistmas AKM and Mudpups. Ann Strongheart, hugs to you and your beautiful girls…stay strong.
I wish I would proofread……Christmas even.
Look to the sky everyone! Think of the peace, love and happiness for all in the new year.
Love to all out there.
XXOO
Is Christmas her in Kentucky and I’m off to sleep…thank you AKM and all the mudpups!!
Looking forward to a prosperous and energetic New Year!
Merry Christmas to you AKM and all the Mudpuppies! This blog is the BEST. it has supplanted DU as my place to go on the web. Happy and healthy new year to one and to all.
Merry Christmas everyone. I agree with Barbara – this blog IS the best. I come every day, often more than once.
It’s Christmas Day here in the Puget Sound. We spent a lovely Christmas Eve with our youngest and her husband – dinner, candlelight service and presents (we open them on Christmas Eve and Santa brings things on Christmas morning).
And in the morning our oldest and her fiance are coming for brunch and more presents – they spent the evening with his family. Then we will go to our nephew’s house for Christmas dinner. At least it’s not snowing like the last two years. Last year we all just stayed home – I’m too wimpy to live in Alaska.
And AKM, I loved the song – it was spot on.
Merry Christmas AKM and all the mudpups here on The Mudflats!
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I wish everybody a peaceful Christmas
Merry Christmas to all! The Mudflats has been such a boon and blessing to so many of us non-Alaskans. For me personally with my physical limitations, it has been my main point of communication and contact outside of my four walls. I’ve been educated and entertained. I’ve made so many new friends that I’ve laughed with, shared with, and cried with. I’ve enjoyed reading the posts of the wonderful Mudflatters who have strong convictions, yet are tolerant and respectful of others opinions. I’ve learned there are others with more critical situations than mine and that there ever so many generous folks willing and able to help those less fortunate. I’m thankful each and everyday for the Mudflats. Peace and blessings to all!
Merry Christmas. Thankyou AKM and thankyou all dear Mudpups! Let´s raise our voices together once again….
Sweet Music.
Peace and love to everyone . . . .
And thanks for a riotous year AKM!
And a beautiful Christmas morning to all……
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Merry Christmas AKM and family.
Merry Christmas to Sno’s and all the Moderators.
Merry Christmas to all Mudpups!
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. ~Dr. Seuss
And as the Whoville Christmas song goes :
Welcome Christmas, fah who rah-moose
Welcome Christmas, dah who dah-moose
Christmas day will always be
Just so long as we have “we”
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to mudpups & their families around the world !!!!
Merry Christmas to all. Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. ‘Flatters are the best to visit with, learn from, and to reflect about the special gifts we’ve all been given. Yes, we can because, yes, we do!
Best wishes to each of you during this special holiday season. Because you share your insights freely with others in this wonderful Mudflats cyberplace, I thank you.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a god nacht, I am off to bed after answering all of Santa’s phone calls last night!
I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas because that’s what its really all about and what I want to do for Real Americans is give them a voice to shout out for our freedoms and just get ahead so we can progress our state and our our country and thinking of the little baby Jesus just like Trig, too.
HELPPPP!!! She’s stuck in my head! Whew. Ok. From me. Merry Christmas to all! Here in the heartland today we are all Alaskans! A foot of snow and a
OOPS.
….and a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best to all for a Happy New Year!
Overthemoon
Merry Christmas to all the mudpups near and far, to mods and admins, and to AKM the tireless!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to our special Mudflats family and their families! I have a puppy in my lap and peace in my heart.
Blessings and good will to all men, women and children in all corners of the world.
Take delight in the laughter of children and enjoy the love of family and friends and neighbors. Be kind. Be gentle.
Let us always try to keep the meaning and spirit of this season in our hearts and actions all year long.
I hope Santa is good to everyone and no one has coal in their stockings (although in some really cold places that might be more appreciated).
Namaste.
Merry Christmas. May love and peace surround the world.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!
PA~John
Here’s a little Christmas present which I just read this over at BuzzFlash. I’m sure this will have $P chewing the woodwork!
HONOLULU – President Obama arrived in Hawaii on Thursday for a holiday vacation in the state where he was born and lived as a child.
The president, first lady and their daughters came to the island of Oahu for a more-than-weeklong vacation away from Washington. The Obamas have no public schedule and are expected to celebrate the holidays in private at a rented compound in Kailua.
A crowd of about 75 military servicemen and women and Hawaii politicians including Gov. Linda Lingle greeted Air Force One when it landed at Hickam Air Force Base. Obama took several minutes to greet military personnel and their families before getting in a black sport utility for the ride to his vacation home.
People carrying cameras, dogs and children lined the streets along the road as his motorcade made its way to Kailua from the air base.
Some flashed the shaka or “hang loose” sign at the first Hawaii-born president. Others held placards wishing the Obama family a Merry Christmas.
A group of Hawaiian sovereignty activists standing near Pinky’s restaurant in Kailua spelled out “End US Occupation of Hawaii.”
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann predicted the media attention the visit is receiving will boost the state’s tourism industry.
“I think it’s going to create all kinds of demand,” Hannemann told KHON from Hickam, where he was among those greeting the president. “People are going to want to come here when they see the president sunning and funning in Hawaii.”
Merry Christmas AKM, and to all Muddies.
Merry Christmas from the heartland and best wishes for the new year.
Such a wonderful imagination.
Merry Christmas AKM!
Gee I wonder what 2010 has in store for the Alaskan bloggers?
Well at the very least we know it will NOT be boring.
Merry Christmas to AKM, Ann S. and girls, and all the wonderful Mudpups that make the Mudflats such a great place to be.
Merry Christmas from the Big Apple. Thanks for keeping us informed & entertained. Blessings to you and your family.
To my fellow puppies, it’s a pleasure to “know” you.
Peace,Love & Joy. Sending love to our Troops.
Perfect ending! Especially since the owner of “12 pants-a-flaming” is now crying out, I am not a liar. tee-hee. We know better, don’t we?
I have a feeling there a lots of lies yet to be uncovered.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Love, health and happiness to all!
Merry Christmas to all and a wonderful New Year from Kentucky and maybe some peace.
Twelve pants a flaming- what a perfect send off to the Queen of Mean and 2009. Happy holidays, Mudpups from CO, with a white Christmas.
Merry Christmas, AKM, and to all mudpups. Thank you all for making The Mudflats such a nice site to visit (and for all the wonderful links). Be safe.
Happy Holidays from icy central PA. We hope you all have a safe, healthy and peaceful New Year! Thank you all for being the embodiment of sanity in our country.
Great granny said it best, Thanks and Happy Holidays to one and all, especially AKM.
AKM – the 12 pants a flaming is crackin’ me up! What a great imagination and sense of humor you were blessed with.
It’s a stunning day here in Northern CA where I am visiting family, and checking out the Sarah Palin Goin’ Rogue Book Tour theatre in person which womanwithsardinecan built. Right now, Sarah has a whole lot of tomato goo stuck in her bump-it! Merry Christmas Sarah – NOT!
http://walkaboutstory.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/a-preview-of-palins-book-tour/
Peace, Love and Rock & Roll to AKM and to Mudpups everywhere!
Merry Christmas and Happiest ALL Holidays, AKM and all the mudpuppies around the world!
Thank you, for sharing a very interesting year, and I’m sure the New Year will bring even more our way!
HUGSSSS all around!
a very merry christmas to akm and all the mudpuppies! this beautiful new version of the 12 days of christmas is sure to becoome a classic! thanks akm!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Mudpuppys. Thank you AKM for a great year, looking forward to the next!
A very Merry Christmas to all. You Mudpups provide the spirit of Christmas all year. Joy, peace and good tidings to all!
Yes we can!
Happy Christmas all
Hope you have a great one!
Here’s a diary from Daily Kos that you’ll love
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/24/221632/58
It’s called Sarah Palin: Pitiful, snivelling coward of the year! LOL
(((UK Lady and your lovely brovver)))
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the mudpups globally and to AKM for bringing us all together this year.
The ‘flats are truly a great place to be and I visit daily also, too. What a great warm and friendly place to join friends to discuss the pressing concerns of the world in general, and AK politics in particular!
May 2010 bring more joy to all pups everywhere. I loves y’all! (That is southern Canadian talk)
Smile for the day was commentary on the red-garbed crazy lady knocking over the Pope:
“Oh, that’s just Sarah Palin looking for some attention again.”
Got 2 copies of Going Rouge and 2 copies of Going Rogue for xmas… tomorrow is the big family party. That is if this ice storm relents by then.
I should get some of these signed by mudpuppies and then auction them off. Maybe Ann Strongheart will know what to do with the proceeds. …
Hope ya all are having an almost s’error palin free day! ho ho ho!
Merry Christmas!
Blessing to all!
Ah, the flickering glow of the pants on fire warms the cockles of my heart even way down here in Arizona. Very happy holidays to all the mudpups out there.
47 Martha Unalaska Yard Sign.
Thanks for that link. OMG, it was hilarous!!!! I’m still laughing at the tomatoes.
You needed to add in something with a “Wolves Shot from a Helicopter” theme.
Merry Christmas AKM & Mudpups, whew-hoo!
Thanks for the sanity.
The lead article in the latest edition of the New York Review of Books is must reading for us; it will make your day! It is called “Sarah and Her Tribe.”
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23532
From a comment on theDaily Kos Diary quoted above, a lovely moose badge for SP
Merry Christmas AKM and to all who contribute so much here! May the love of family and good friends fill your day and warm your heart. God bless you and may He cause His face to shine on you, I pray. For loved ones near and far, I pray for safety and peace.
#61 yes very good article. Favorite quote “virtuous ignorance” does fit the palinbots.
Merry Christmas, y’all.
Wow all of you guys rock. I really appreciate the family here!
Malaguyong Pasco!!!!! (Merry Christmas in Tagalog- Republic of the Philippines)
Hey, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? My own little tin of Sarah’s Embarrassmints!!! Stocking Suprise!!!
Merry Christmas and best wishes and good JuJu to you all through the New Year!
Spread the joy mudpuppers!
Greetings to all the mudpups around the globe. I wish you a joyous Christmas (all twelve days of it!) Thank you AKM for birthing and continually supporting this wonderful family. May we all find peace.
very clever, great work!
Amen to that….and to all ~ A Good Night.
MUYS -
Thanks for the link to your sis !! Way back when I saw some pics. she did with the Barbies. Funny !!
at the risk of being my usual grinchy [read curmudgeonly] self…
the ’12 days’ of christmas are beginning on the 25 with what is here called ‘first christmas’, the 26 ‘second christmas’ and then reaches to ‘three kings day’ or the arrival of the Magi… no?
Merry, Merry [in any case]!
You are correct, but the backward tradition of the Mudflats Palinized 12 days (which is now in its second year) starts 12 days before so that by the time the real 12 days begins, you have all the necessary lyrics to sing the song at will. Merry merry back. AKM
Muddy Xmas to All! What a wonderful worldwide family we’ve assembled here at the Mudflats. Kudos to AKM for bringing — and keeping — us all together. Thanks for the chats, swaps, comments, links, lyrics, photos, and fun!
Health and peace to all.
OK, we are winding down our Christmas day, great food & family (no politics today, thank Brian)
Now……I’m ready to find out about those 11 Privileged Emails!!
Tomorrow is a new day!!!
I dedicate this song to Queen Hester, The Twisted Tongue of The North
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SsFK3JJ_-E
the daily kos article, which is superb, originated here: http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1502#comment-19480
the page is new to me. the article is great and just makes so much sense. it’s just absurd that sarah tweets and that’s called news. by now i figure that probably half of her fb fans are not really sarah fans, they’re just people looking for news on palin. how sick is that? from the article: “If Palin will not stand before them and engage in a substantive dialogue, then let her tweet to her followers and enjoy her fame the same way other celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Lindsay Lohan do. Let her sign books at church picnics. Let her go on Dancing with the Stars. But don’t under any circumstances patronize her contempt for the practice of journalism.” I have to say i agree. much more at the link, it’s one of the best i’ve read about palin.
Jeanne,
many thanks for a couple of years of great effort!
and if it has to do with SP – backwards seems a very forward looking concept…
I hope you will find yourself as candidate for the House or Senate in 2010!
David in Berlin… yeah, that one, not NH…
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phillygram … Thanks so much for the link to that article. It should be devasting to any normal person….and thanks AKM for your wonderful commentary!
A little late I have been off line for a while but Merry Christmas and a very Happy new year to all mudpups.AKM you have quite the group here keep up the good work .