Savoring the Christmassy Feeling

Keeping Christmas

Written by Jennifer ILano

Keeping Christmas.

It’s over. No more wrapped gifts. No more Christmas trees; big and small, no more life sized manger displays. No more Christmas songs playing in church and on the radio, no more carolers, no more colorful and fancy lights and elegant uniquely themed decors, no more Christmas concerts and shows. No more Christmas food and drinks. No more rushing shoppers. Malls and shops are no longer crowded. No more long queues at the airport. No more overbooked flights for the holidays. No more train platforms; bus terminals teeming with passengers rushing home for Christmas. No more festive glow and smiles among people. There’s just no more Christmassy feeling in the air. It’s back to the grind. It is over.

Year after year it’s just the way it is. Three hundred and more days pass. Here in the Philippines we wait in eager anticipation until the ‘ber’ months come. After all it is believed that we do have the longest Christmas celebration in the world.

It’s not about the decors; it’s not about the presents. It’s about the spirit that goes with all the festivities, all the rushing and all the lights and trimmings. It’s about all the gleeful and joyful songs that fill the airwaves; that fill our hearts. Why can’t people be more giving and forgiving?  Why oh why?

Christmas is that time of year when we think more about others. We remember to give more of ourselves in so many different ways. It is that time when we listen more to our hearts. We speak benevolently and gather our kindest thoughts. There is that underlying tone of gladness and joyful noise amidst the humdrum of everyday drudgeries. We pay no attention to people’s mistakes. We even laugh at our own. We forgive. We forget. There is respect and common courtesy everywhere. There are wishes of hope and strength. There is magic. We cherish moments with our family and friends. Life is fleeting. We pause and reflect on how precious it is. We marvel on the beauty of God’s creations. We delight ourselves. We enjoy the simple things. We grow in faith, hope and love. We just live.

Yes Christmas is over. But let us all remember the true reason behind the celebration. The true essence when CHRIST was born; the reason we live.

So why can’t it be Christmas all year round? Perhaps it can still be. We can all keep Christmas — in our hearts for all time.

Scary Cold Tonight on January 7th, 2015

Good evening friends.

I wish i could make a joke about how cold it is outside.  But seriously, its not even funny and its quite dangerous.    Sammy & Family wishes all animals and people have a warm and safe place to sleep.   Like i said last night, its nice the Winter cold came a little later this year then last, but tonight it feels colder than i remember in years.

Stay warm friends.  Signing off from NYC.

No lives will go in vain, no pain will go unnoticed.  Amen.  Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

January 7th 215, a freezing cold night

 

Patreeko and The Watchful Protector

Good morning friends.  Little Patreeko came to wish everyone a great day.  As you can see the Soldier of Love is hanging in the back.  Perfect picture deputing his Batman like behavior being a Silent Guardian and Watchful Protector.

Have a great day.

Henry is looking after Patrick

Goodnight from Sammy & Family on January 6th, 2015

Good evening friends.

Hope everyone had a nice day. Its officially freezing in NYC again.  In the defense of this year’s Winter, last years Winter’s freeze started right out of the gate in December, so i guess its a win.

Be that as it may its not a night to have pets outside, the truth is no night is, but definitely not when the weather is like this.  Sammy & Family prays for animals around the world to find a safe and warm place to sleep.  Nobody should be alone out there in the cold.

No lives will go in vain, no pain will go unnoticed.  Amen.  Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

Its a cold night out there. God bless animals around the world

Quote Off between Henry and Albert Einstein

Quote off between Henry and Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein first; “The Person Who Never made a mistake never tried anything new”

Henry goes now; ” The Person who never tried cheese never really lived”

Friends as you can see this a close call. After much thought, I have to go with Henry. It was just more precise then Albert’s

Quote off between Henry and  Albert Einstein

Happy – A Documentary

Friends, hi!
I just watched a documentary about happiness and I think that you all gonna like. Check the URL: http://www.thehappymovie.com/
Hugs to Scott, the boys, Vanessa and Jessica and family!

The Movie Rewrite for “Ghost”

 

The movie rewrite for "Ghost"

Did you ever wish the movie “Ghost” ended differently ?

So in the Rewrite, Oda Mae Brown which was played by Whoopi Goldberg’s, stayed in touch with Sam, played by Patrick Swayze since he died in the movie in 1990.

Let’s fast forward to the end of 2011. So 21 years have passed now. Molly had a new life and moved on with time. She never remarried or felt that kind of love again like with Sam. But she did find contentment, and that’s good. Oda Mae became the psychic of psychics. She is so renowned; the CIA uses her services to track down terrorists through other terrorists that have died. It takes 18 months to get an appointment with her. Anyhow, Oda Mae can see Molly continues to struggle with relationships, it upsets her deeply.

Now, truth be told, Oda Mae has kept in touch with Sam since his death, despite Molly not knowing. And being Steven Jobs, the Tech Icon who changed the world, had passed on in October of 2011, a bell went off in Oda Mae’s head to the level of when Ben Siegel ( Bugsy ), in the 1940’s had a vision of Air Conditioned Casinos in the middle of the desert, now known as Las Vegas.  And Bam, she introduced Steve Jobs & Sam through her medium ability in the after-life. They hit it off right away, a lot of synergy. Oda Mae pitched the idea to Mr. Jobs about creating a Hologram Application to mirror Sam’s image, which would be remotely controlled by the actual Sam in the after-life. Literally a spitting image in real time. Steve Jobs admitted he had been working on that for a long time while alive. So Mr. Jobs went for it, and beta tested his “ Hologram Application with Sam.

Oda Mae was thrilled; she knew Molly would be elated. Beta Testing with Mr. Jobs is as good as a done deal. The man can do no wrong with applications and design. The only catch is, its just an image, even though its in real time, its not a physical being. Nonetheless, it soothed the loneliness for Molly; she had her best friend back.

Mr. Jobs was so moved by the Molly / Sam story, that he asked Oda Mae to introduce him to the actual Patrick Swayze, and so she did. Steve Jobs knew Mr. Swayze had a pretty painful demise in the end. Jobs can relate. Upon meeting the actual Mr. Swayze, Mr. Jobs offered him the same hologram situation back to his ranch on the outskirts of Las Angels where he died. Patrick Swayze jumped with both feet at the offer.

Eventually, in the after-life, Sam, Patrick Swayze and Steve Jobs became so close; they were called the three musketeers.

Mr. Jobs went on to explain to Sam and the actual Patrick Swayze, what those dark shadowy images making scary sounds in the movie “ Ghost “ were. He explained those were transporters to hell. They were specially created for Seal Clubbers, Dolphin and Whale slaughterers, bear baiters, bull fighters, people behind dog fighting, rooster fighting, farm animal abuse and so on, and so on, and so on and etc.. They stand for the lowest level of hell, it was such a hit in “ Zip code Hell, “ they now get called for all kinds of evil..

Sam and the actual Patrick Swayze were so grateful to Mr. Jobs, he once again changed lives, and after-lives forever. Mr. Jobs told them on the down low, he was going to hologram himself, and go back to Apple and take back the CEO role in Cupertino, CA. Apparently traders on Wall Street got wind the news and the stock surged 1500 percent in 3 days.

The End. Movie still would’ve been great.