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Thread #116937   Message #2514282
Posted By: skarpi
13-Dec-08 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Christmas 2008 .from Skarpi Iceland
Subject: Christmas 2008 .from Skarpi Iceland
So all , I got a question in my work yesteday from a single mom
who is about to loose her job ,

" how am I gonna have christmas " and I am sure that many hundred
or millions of people are asking the same question .

So how are you who have little or nothing between your hands
, how are you gonna have christmas this year ???


My answaer to her and you from me and my family is :

First I am thankful for my family is healthy and we still have each other , and my children are grown up , so they can help out
over the christmas , but not everyone is that lucky .But family´s
should stuck together and help each other. Everthing else
is a bonus for me .

My wife is hand making almost all the christmas gifts
that we are givin away this year , and if get some things out of stores we pay with money , not cards nor credid/debit.

We try to get food as a cheap as we can and dont throw anything away
, make some thing out of the rest from yesterday for today if you can thats savin money .

but I quess you all know how to do those things .

so light a candle , send good thoughts around you all ,
if there is a time to do that its now as ever ofcourse .

We will not spend much money this year ...... the crisis
here has just begun and its gonna get worse in January and February
and things are gonna get bad and if the coverment here is not goin to do sometihng quick , there will be a disaster on the streets
of our capital , just like in Athen Greece , we have generation
now that is not goin stay away from this . They are so angry ,
few days ago they invated out parlament and tryed to throw
the coverment out. But I cross my fingers that there will be peace
and everything will go well in the end and we will not let hate and
anger rule the way .

But from me and my family to you all in the world where ever you are
Have a peaceful christmas , wrap you r hands around your family
and friends , light a candle and pray that the new year and the future will good for all mankind.

Lots of love and hugs
All the best Skarpi Iceland