Christmas Edition – Share Your World
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK – 12-16-19:
Much better than the pictures with the slower lens.
Do you enjoy receiving Christmas cards through snail mail?
As long as they don’t include a fake picture of a gloriously happy family posed fakely in front of their (never used) fireplace along with a 4-page single-spaced letter about what a FANTASTIC year they had.
Do you like the taste and/or smell of peppermint?
Yes. A lot, actually.
What is your least favorite holiday side dish?
We don’t have standard holiday dinners, so I really can’t answer that.
What is the coolest (best) gift you ever gave someone?
We haven’t been giving gifts much in recent years. Retirement isn’t a time for giving richly. But I did — for Chanukah — give Garry the camera he wanted, my little Leica. I had to give myself a little camera too — but it’s not nearly as good as the Leica. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.
Bonus question because I thought it was nifty: What is a Christmas song that makes you cringe? (Please insert the word “Holiday” for Christmas if Christmas isn’t your thing or bothers you or something)
Almost all of them. I can’t think of any of them you might hear on the air — in other words, one with words — that doesn’t make me cringe. With the exception of actual carols which can be beautiful.
Please share some of your favorite music around this time of year.
Leroy Anderson composed “Sleigh Ride” in 1948; he released his own version in 1950. Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops released three versions of “Sleigh Ride” – in 1949, 1959 and 1970. We used to go hear the pops every year, but it finally got so expensive, it was totally beyond our means. I got some great pictures while I was there, though.
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Categories: #Photography, Blackstone Valley, Christmas, Holidays, Uxbridge
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
Thanks Marilyn for Sharing Your World! I know (from reading other posts and comments) that Garry is tickled pink with that camera. Now you need to find yourself another one just like that one to gift yourself with. Provided, of course, that they still make ’em. It is love indeed! 😀
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I do like receiving cards but especially letters by snail mail. I miss the letters my mother use to write to me.
Leslie
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I just miss my mother!
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I do too…. ;-(
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Giving doesn’t have to be expensive. A gift with love is far more valuable. Like your own camera!💗
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Giving him THAT camera was a bit painful, but it’s a great camera for Garry. On auto, it literally tells him what to do (“Hold the camera steady”) and it takes care of the rest. A nifty little camera. I couldn’t afford a new one like that, though. They don’t even make them anymore.
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It shows how much you love him 😍
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