[PRCo] Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS

[Matt Barry]

"Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards Men."   I share your sentiment.

Happy Holidays to all of you, as well.

Matt



Dennis F. Cramer wrote:

>    The holiday season to me includes a few wonderful childhood memories of
>shopping in McKeesport in the late 50's with the B&O, trolleys and snow.
>Setting up the Lionel trains was a major undertaking and my brother and I
>worked until everything was just right.
>    Having moved to a rural county at the age of nine gave me opportunities
>I never imagined.  Performing the Hallelujah Chorus at church on Christmas
>Eve when everyone knew the tradition of standing.  Knowing that Handel, with
>tears streaming down his face after he had finished putting the chorus to
>paper, told his manservant that he had just seen God and all the Heavens
>before him made the experience more glorious.
>    For the past few years, I have played a small church in the tiny village
>of Yatesboro and I always think of that first performance of Silent Night in
>Germany, where the organ failed and the hymn was sung with guitar
>accompaniment.  No fanfares, no glitter, just humble worshippers.
>    The cartoonist, Charles Schultz, said it best in his 1965 production of
>A Charlie Brown Christmas.  Linus lets us all in on the true meaning of
>Christmas in a very simple way.  The house lights darken in the school
>auditorium, a single spotlight illuminates Linus and he tells the world:
>    Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy.  For born today in the city of
>Bethlehem is our savior, Christ the Lord.
>    Such a simple story of the demonstration of peace, love and joy to the
>world.  Celebrate the holidays and the entire year with the same message:
>Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards Men.
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>Dennis F. Cramer--Teacher-Trombonist-Historian-Conductor
>www.geocities.com/armconband
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