December 27, 1997
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It's two days after Christmas and we are in the midst of the Holiday Season.
The Christmas rush is over and the celebrations continue.
The music on the radio has changed.
The decorations are looking tattered and tired, like Blitzen.
It's time to take a deep breath, relax
and get the body and soul ready for the new year.
This is a time for relaxing and re-grouping.
A few relaxation ideas might include:
Take some time to meditate.
Write year end thoughts in a journal,
remembering all those things
for which we are grateful.
Listen to some soothing music.
Watch softly falling snow,
or spend some time viewing a kaleidoscope.
Do a jigsaw puzzle.
Browse through the WOW's wonderful web pages and 1997 calendar pages.
Read some poetry. Maya Angelou is one of my favorites.
Look through the year's photographs.
Play a game.
Take your holiday leftovers to a needy family.
Watch the Nutcracker Suite Ballet.
Take a long hot bubble bath with candles and champagne (or sparkling fruit juice)
Play at the Phoenix Bar and Grill.
Call a friend and chat about life in general, or nothing at all.
Send a web card to someone, just to let them know you care.
Talk to your poinsettias
In Mexico, the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuena—flower of the Holy Night.
At Christmastime, the flower blooms and flourishes,
the quite exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside.
A Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be,
through a little girl's unselfish gift to the Christ Child.
I will want to do all of the above because December 27 is my birthday.
I always try to celebrate the remembrance of my birth with some quiet contemplation time.
December Birthday trivia:
Birthstone: Turquoise
Basic Color: Greenish-Blue
Folklore attributed to the Turquoise: During the 16th century, turquoise was used as currency by the Southwest Indians. They believed the gemstone could bring spoils to the warrior, animals to the hunter, and happiness and good fortune to all.
Flower: Narcissus
Gemstone: Beryl
Guardian Angel: Humiel
December 27, 1997 is under the Zodiac sign of Capricorn
Other December 27 Birthdays:
1889 Bunk Johnson (William Geary Johnson) -- died 1949
1901 Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdalene Dietrich) -- died 1992
1907 Eddie Wilcox (Edwin Felix Wilcox) -- died 1968
1938 Charles Neville (Charles Barrow Neville) -- The Neville Brothers
Gerard Depardieu
John Amos
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Birthday Memories
I am so fortunate to have my special day during the holiday season.
On one very memorable birthday
My MOST memorable, wonderful and treasured Birthday Celebration was in 1996.
When I am very lucky, it snows beautifully on the 27th.
As a child it didn't seem so great.
All the other children would have a party at school on their birthday.
On my birthday the family traipsed out to the stores to exchange Christmas gifts.
On the other hand, during the holiday season everyone is in a party mood.
All the homes are festively decorated.
How wonderful to share my special day during this time of joy on earth.
my mother sent my brother to the local market to get a birthday cake for me
since she had no time to bake.
When he got home he was so proud of his purchase.
He had been able to get the cake for half price!
That was because it was a day old Christmas cake!
I haven't let him live that one down in all these 50+ years.
(I know he'll see this too!)
My 3 daughters made it so very special.
Last November I received a beautiful hand-crafted invitation
to a birthday party,
for me, at my house, on December 27, 1996.
What a wonderful surprise!
Since they were all going to be home for Christmas
for the first time in about 10 years
they decided to give a bash for my 60th birthday.
It was grand, everything about it was wonderful.
Especially my family.
I take time on my special day to sit in my favorite place
and contemplate all the multitudes of things for which
I am most grateful.
the greatest gifts I have ever received:
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