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01-27-2003, 08:41 PM
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Christmas is Secure !!!
>> > > The Night Before Xmas and All Is Secure
>> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, >> >> > > HE LIVED ALL ALONE, >> >> > > IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF >> >> > > PLASTER AND STONE. >> >> > > >> >> > > I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY >> >> > > WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, >> >> > > AND TO SEE JUST WHO >> >> > > IN THIS HOME DID LIVE >> >> > > >> >> > > I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, >> >> > > A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, >> >> > > NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, >> >> > > NOT EVEN A TREE. >> >> > > >> >> > > NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, >> >> > > JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, >> >> > > AND ON THE WALL PICTURES >> >> > > OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. >> >> > > >> >> > > WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, >> >> > > AWARD OF ALL KINDS, >> >> > > A SOBERING THOUGHT >> >> > > CAME TO MY MIND. >> >> > > >> >> > > FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT >> >> > > SO DARK AND SO DREARY, >> >> > > THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, >> >> > > NOW I COULD SEE CLEARLY. >> >> > > >> >> > > THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, >> >> > > SILENT, ALONE, >> >> > > CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR >> >> > > IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. >> >> > > >> >> > > THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, >> >> > > THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, >> >> > > NOT HOW I PICTURED >> >> > > A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. >> >> > > >> >> > > WAS THIS THE HERO >> >> > > OF WHOM I'D JUST READ: >> >> > > CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, >> >> > > THE FLOOR FOR A BED? >> >> > > >> >> > > I REALIZED THE FAMILIES >> >> > > THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, >> >> > > OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS >> >> > > WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. >> >> > > >> >> > > SOON ROUND THE WORLD, >> >> > > THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, >> >> > > AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE >> >> > > A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. >> >> > > >> >> > > THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM >> >> > > EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, >> >> > > BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, >> >> > > LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. >> >> > > >> >> > > I COULDN'T HELP WONDER >> >> > > HOW MANY LAY ALONE, >> >> > > ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE >> >> > > IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. >> >> > > >> >> > > THE VERY THOUGHT >> >> > > BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, >> >> > > I DROPPED TO MY KNEES >> >> > > AND STARTED TO CRY. >> >> > > >> >> > > THE SOLDIER AWAKENED >> >> > > AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, >> >> > > "SANTA DON'T CRY, >> >> > > THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; >> >> > > >> >> > > I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, >> >> > > I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, >> >> > > MY LIFE IS MY GOD, >> >> > > MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS." >> >> > > >> >> > > THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER >> >> > > AND SOON DRIFTED TO SLEEP, >> >> > > I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, >> >> > > I CONTINUED TO WEEP. >> >> > > >> >> > > I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, >> >> > > SO SILENT AND STILL, >> >> > > AND WE BOTH SHIVERED >> >> > > FROM THE COLD EVENING'S CHILL. >> >> > > >> >> > > I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE >> >> > > ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, >> >> > > THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR >> >> > > SO WILLING TO FIGHT. >> >> > > >> >> > > THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, >> >> > > WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, >> >> > > WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA, >> >> > > IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE." >> >> > > >> >> > > ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, >> >> > > AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. >> >> > > "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, >> >> > > AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT." >> >> > > >> >> > > This poem was written by a Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan. >>The >> >> > > following is his request. I think it is reasonable. >> >> > > >> >> > > Please, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as >>many >> >> > > people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some >>credit is >> >> > > due >> >>to >> >> > > our U.S. .servicemen and women for our being able to celebrate >>these >> >> >> > > festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of >>what >> >> > > we >> >>owe. >> >> > > Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead who >> >> > > sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to >>plant >> >> > > this small seed.
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