Santa is Getting Ready for Christmas
Santa is working very hard making toys for children of all ages. The children always get toys from Santa, but as I have been told Santa may also give a few toys to adults. With this in mind I would like to ask Santa for a new GPS. Hope Santa is reading this article!
I have been searching the Internet for a webcam video stream, of Santa's workshop; in spite of my extensive research I was not able to find a live Web Video Stream of Santa's Workshop. I guess that the location is secret, and Santa is very busy.
I did hear of a few people that are currently on the north pole, that are trying to take a video of Santa using an Internet Web Cam, but they have been unable to find the secret location of Santa's workshop. Keep watching this site; if the videographers at the North Pole manage to find Santa's Workshop, I will provide the link.
When I was young boy, I was never able to get information about Santa, because the internet did not exist. A company that normally sells security cameras, set up a camera outside of the "Santa Clause Office," in Finland. It is this office and the United States Postal Service that sorts and directs all of the mail that is sent to Santa. I would not guarantee that Santa could be at this location, but it is possible! Please let us know if you actually get a glimpse of Santa Clause!
(Please left click the link below this line)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/santaclauslive-outside-cam
I was able to find a live Video feed of the barn where Santa keeps his Reindeers. I believe that Santa feeds his Reindeer twice a day, at 10 AM EST and 5 PM EST. I have not seen Santa yet but I will keep looking.
(Please left click the link below this line to view the Reindeer)
http://reindeercam.com/
This is a very important issue to many people, so we should all share our information about possible sightings of Santa! Please report any sighting of Santa Clause in the Comments box!
Merry Christmas everybody!
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The "I Can Do Attitude" is Contagious!
Have you ever seen the "Stage Crew," at a school concert or theatrical performance get a round of applause from the audience? On December 10, 2011, I had the privilege and surprise of attending a "school Christmas Concert," at Saint Anthony's High School, in South Huntington, Long Island, NY. Two of my grand daughters were performing in that concert.
A school Christmas Concert, and I am looking at the stage crew, instead of the Orchestra, and Chorus! Hemmm; "What planet is this guy from.?" When I attend a performance I always look at the entire package. Everyone knows, including college admissions officers, that teamwork, and the "I can do Attitude," is the key to success in life! We as parents are often overwhelmed with the daily problems of survival, and cannot make the time to stop and smell the Roses!
The simple but most important corollary to success of a young adult is to have experienced the "I can Do It," phenomenon, just once. Yes, just once is enough to change the life of a young adult! Once a person has succeeded to master any task, he will then reapply the faith in his ability to succeed, to other disciplines! If you believe in yourself, you can move mountains; absolutely! Simple but profound, self confidence is highly contagious, it will spread like wildfire.
Exactly what did I see when I watched this concert! The entire production was executed with military precision, but most importantly, the students were totally involved, as a team. The chorus alone had about 600 members, and the Orchestra and Bands had almost that many members.
Here is the most important observation that I have made at this concert; over 600 musicians and singers, and not one was "bored." Before I actually focused on the actual music and choral parts, I noticed that the "I can do it Attitude," was beaming from every musician and singer! The most beautiful thing on the planet is to see over 600 young adults, totally focused as a team, savoring their accomplishment. The entire Auditorium was flooded with a spirit that made every parent proud!
The stage crew performed "miracles in their own right;" Bleachers that would normally be used at a football game were repeatedly moved on and off stage, with military precision. 150 feet of Bleachers were set-up and broken down, at least Four times, by a mixed group of male and Female stage hands. Each assembly/ disassembly operation took less than Two minutes. The parents were absolutely awestruck! With emotion filled faces, the parents were applauding in awe, as if to say "I can't believe it, this is not what happened the last time I asked my child to throw out the "Garbage." Here lies the power in the "I can do attitude."
All of my grandchildren, two of which performed in this concert, have adapted the "I can do it," mindset. Success in one area has indeed, migrate to every other area of their lives.
The musicians were all outstanding. When a listen to music I always pay attention to where the music is coming from; the fingers, or the Heart! A musician who is "true to the art" always plays from his heart! I was so impressed with the Orchestra and Bands, because they were playing from the Heart.
The videos of this year's concert have not yet been made available to the general public, on YouTube, however the video of last year's concert shows the same Orchestra and Chorus playing and singing the same songs. The quality of both concerts is excellent!
Please look at the following Choral video presentation.
(Left click the URL below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTvMxTjYvlE
Saint Anthony's Orchestra, Barcelona performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMKVQo0Odco&feature=related
Please take some time to look at the Roses! You must slow down long enough actually see our environment. That's the problem with living today; the pace of life often reduces our ability to both "look and see." We look at things that are happening around us, but we often do not see, because we are moving through life at Warp speed. Real meaning is often diluted or lost.
Some segment of our population seems to question the drive and resolve, of our young adults to submit to hard work, and show real dedication. The videos above should have already answered the preceding question. I see our young people living in a totally complex world with astronomical expectations. Put our youth in the occupation of their choice and they will flourish. I would not expect enthusiastic performance from a recent college grad, who accepts a job working behind the counter at 7-11. The real culprit is the economy; and this too will pass!
Our young adults are smarter than we ever were; I do expect only the best from this new generation, because they nurture the coveted "I can do attitude".
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Have you ever seen the "Stage Crew," at a school concert or theatrical performance get a round of applause from the audience? On December 10, 2011, I had the privilege and surprise of attending a "school Christmas Concert," at Saint Anthony's High School, in South Huntington, Long Island, NY. Two of my grand daughters were performing in that concert.
A school Christmas Concert, and I am looking at the stage crew, instead of the Orchestra, and Chorus! Hemmm; "What planet is this guy from.?" When I attend a performance I always look at the entire package. Everyone knows, including college admissions officers, that teamwork, and the "I can do Attitude," is the key to success in life! We as parents are often overwhelmed with the daily problems of survival, and cannot make the time to stop and smell the Roses!
The simple but most important corollary to success of a young adult is to have experienced the "I can Do It," phenomenon, just once. Yes, just once is enough to change the life of a young adult! Once a person has succeeded to master any task, he will then reapply the faith in his ability to succeed, to other disciplines! If you believe in yourself, you can move mountains; absolutely! Simple but profound, self confidence is highly contagious, it will spread like wildfire.
Exactly what did I see when I watched this concert! The entire production was executed with military precision, but most importantly, the students were totally involved, as a team. The chorus alone had about 600 members, and the Orchestra and Bands had almost that many members.
Here is the most important observation that I have made at this concert; over 600 musicians and singers, and not one was "bored." Before I actually focused on the actual music and choral parts, I noticed that the "I can do it Attitude," was beaming from every musician and singer! The most beautiful thing on the planet is to see over 600 young adults, totally focused as a team, savoring their accomplishment. The entire Auditorium was flooded with a spirit that made every parent proud!
The stage crew performed "miracles in their own right;" Bleachers that would normally be used at a football game were repeatedly moved on and off stage, with military precision. 150 feet of Bleachers were set-up and broken down, at least Four times, by a mixed group of male and Female stage hands. Each assembly/ disassembly operation took less than Two minutes. The parents were absolutely awestruck! With emotion filled faces, the parents were applauding in awe, as if to say "I can't believe it, this is not what happened the last time I asked my child to throw out the "Garbage." Here lies the power in the "I can do attitude."
All of my grandchildren, two of which performed in this concert, have adapted the "I can do it," mindset. Success in one area has indeed, migrate to every other area of their lives.
The musicians were all outstanding. When a listen to music I always pay attention to where the music is coming from; the fingers, or the Heart! A musician who is "true to the art" always plays from his heart! I was so impressed with the Orchestra and Bands, because they were playing from the Heart.
The videos of this year's concert have not yet been made available to the general public, on YouTube, however the video of last year's concert shows the same Orchestra and Chorus playing and singing the same songs. The quality of both concerts is excellent!
Please look at the following Choral video presentation.
(Left click the URL below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTvMxTjYvlE
Saint Anthony's Orchestra, Barcelona performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMKVQo0Odco&feature=related
Please take some time to look at the Roses! You must slow down long enough actually see our environment. That's the problem with living today; the pace of life often reduces our ability to both "look and see." We look at things that are happening around us, but we often do not see, because we are moving through life at Warp speed. Real meaning is often diluted or lost.
Some segment of our population seems to question the drive and resolve, of our young adults to submit to hard work, and show real dedication. The videos above should have already answered the preceding question. I see our young people living in a totally complex world with astronomical expectations. Put our youth in the occupation of their choice and they will flourish. I would not expect enthusiastic performance from a recent college grad, who accepts a job working behind the counter at 7-11. The real culprit is the economy; and this too will pass!
Our young adults are smarter than we ever were; I do expect only the best from this new generation, because they nurture the coveted "I can do attitude".
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Friday, December 02, 2011
The Most Beautiful Christmas Tree on Long Island
My wife comes from 69th Street in Brooklyn, NY. In the 50s everyone lived a very modest life. The quality of life then, doesn't even come close to the quality of life that most of us now take for granted. We owned only one pair of sneakers, and we extended the usable lifetime of a failing sneaker by inserting cardboard into the bottom of the sneaker to cover a hole. We "had no clue" that we were poor, because everyone around us lived exactly the same way.
Christmas presents were scarce at that time; toys were few, and we usually got something practical instead, such as a pair of underwear! My wife's father sold Christmas trees on 69 th St in order to supplement the family income. A side job such as this does have its perks; my wife always had the biggest and most beautiful Christmas Tree in "all of Brooklyn!"
I inherited the tradition of having the "Biggest and Best Christmas Tree," when I married my wife Marie. We now live in Patchogue Long Island, NY, and always purchase our Christmas tree at the same local place. The employees knew my wife by her first name; why; because they had to lift 47 Christmas Trees for my wife, before she would select a tree. The employees always smiled as they participated in my wife's tree selection ritual; they too could feel her joy and enthusiasm; it was contagious!
Large Christmas Trees did not come without their problems! My living Room has a Nine foot ceiling; in the early days she had a tendency to select a Twelve foot Christmas Tree. So! For many years we had to cut three feet off the top of our Christmas Trees. Yep! Our trees sometimes looked like a Trapazoid! What fond memories!
I will always remember our biggest quest for the most beautiful Christmas Tree! Armed with a Cassette Player and many Christmas Carol Tapes, two adults and three teenagers, piled into a Ford Fairmont mid-sized wagon, and drove to Eastern Long Island, to cut down our own Christmas Tree. We could not find a tree that was big enough so we drove to Upstate New York, in order to find the perfect tree. Our biggest mistake was to cut down a tree that was over eight inches in diameter at its base! The tree was beautiful, but it was also huge! It took three teenagers and two adults to get this tremendous tree on the roof of our small car. The Christmas tree was so big that it offered a tremendous wind load to our car; our gas mileage was severely degraded. I couldn't understand why my small car was using so much Gasoline! With the combined weight of two adults, three teenagers, and one huge tree, the small ford Fairmont wagon was essentially hugging the ground! The tree cost us Twenty Five dollars, and the expenses, and Gasoline required to transport this huge tree back to Patchogue, cost us One Hundred and Fifty dollars.
So we have a Twenty Five dollar Christmas tree that cost us $150. dollars to transport home; a total of $175. !
After 47 years of marriage we have honed and tweaked our Christmas Tree selection process, to the point that is now an "art." Last year my wife and I selected our Christmas Tree in only Fifteen minutes! Truly miraculous!
Marie still retains her superior skill in the art of "Christmas Tree selection." It is an absolute certainty, that this year, we will once again have a beautiful Christmas Tree. When we buy our Christmas Tree this year, I'm sure that we will have the "Most Beautiful Christmas Tree, in all of Long Island, NY!"
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!!!
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My wife comes from 69th Street in Brooklyn, NY. In the 50s everyone lived a very modest life. The quality of life then, doesn't even come close to the quality of life that most of us now take for granted. We owned only one pair of sneakers, and we extended the usable lifetime of a failing sneaker by inserting cardboard into the bottom of the sneaker to cover a hole. We "had no clue" that we were poor, because everyone around us lived exactly the same way.
Christmas presents were scarce at that time; toys were few, and we usually got something practical instead, such as a pair of underwear! My wife's father sold Christmas trees on 69 th St in order to supplement the family income. A side job such as this does have its perks; my wife always had the biggest and most beautiful Christmas Tree in "all of Brooklyn!"
I inherited the tradition of having the "Biggest and Best Christmas Tree," when I married my wife Marie. We now live in Patchogue Long Island, NY, and always purchase our Christmas tree at the same local place. The employees knew my wife by her first name; why; because they had to lift 47 Christmas Trees for my wife, before she would select a tree. The employees always smiled as they participated in my wife's tree selection ritual; they too could feel her joy and enthusiasm; it was contagious!
Large Christmas Trees did not come without their problems! My living Room has a Nine foot ceiling; in the early days she had a tendency to select a Twelve foot Christmas Tree. So! For many years we had to cut three feet off the top of our Christmas Trees. Yep! Our trees sometimes looked like a Trapazoid! What fond memories!
I will always remember our biggest quest for the most beautiful Christmas Tree! Armed with a Cassette Player and many Christmas Carol Tapes, two adults and three teenagers, piled into a Ford Fairmont mid-sized wagon, and drove to Eastern Long Island, to cut down our own Christmas Tree. We could not find a tree that was big enough so we drove to Upstate New York, in order to find the perfect tree. Our biggest mistake was to cut down a tree that was over eight inches in diameter at its base! The tree was beautiful, but it was also huge! It took three teenagers and two adults to get this tremendous tree on the roof of our small car. The Christmas tree was so big that it offered a tremendous wind load to our car; our gas mileage was severely degraded. I couldn't understand why my small car was using so much Gasoline! With the combined weight of two adults, three teenagers, and one huge tree, the small ford Fairmont wagon was essentially hugging the ground! The tree cost us Twenty Five dollars, and the expenses, and Gasoline required to transport this huge tree back to Patchogue, cost us One Hundred and Fifty dollars.
So we have a Twenty Five dollar Christmas tree that cost us $150. dollars to transport home; a total of $175. !
After 47 years of marriage we have honed and tweaked our Christmas Tree selection process, to the point that is now an "art." Last year my wife and I selected our Christmas Tree in only Fifteen minutes! Truly miraculous!
Marie still retains her superior skill in the art of "Christmas Tree selection." It is an absolute certainty, that this year, we will once again have a beautiful Christmas Tree. When we buy our Christmas Tree this year, I'm sure that we will have the "Most Beautiful Christmas Tree, in all of Long Island, NY!"
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!!!
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