Communication

Well once again I write yet this time much closer to Christmas. I found a story that all though it is not Christmas related I thought that you would all enjoy. I just kind of show us that you always need to communicate well other wise you might be miss- taken, and definitely for very wrong reasons.

The Water Closet

It seems that a little old English lady was looking for some rooms in Switzerland. She asked the local village schoolmaster to help her. A place that suited her was finally found and the lady returned to London for luggage. She remembered then that she had not noticed a bathroom or as she gad called it a “water closet”. So she wrote to the school master. He was puzzled by the initials “W.C.” never dreaming of course that she was asking about a bathroom. He finally asked the help of the Parish Priest who decided that W.C. stood for Wesleyan Church, this was his reply:

Dear Madam,
“The W.C. is situated nine miles from the house in the center of a beautiful grove of trees. It is capable of holding 350 people at a time and it is open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday each week. A large number of folks attend during the summer months so it is suggested you go early, although there is plenty of standing room. Some folks like to take their lunch and make a day of it, especially on Thursday when there is an Organ accompaniment. The acoustics are very good and everyone can hear the slightest sound.”

“It may be on interest to you to know that my daughter was married in our W.C. and it was there that she met her husband. We hope you will be there in time for our bazaar to be held very soon. The proceeds will go towards the purchase of plush seats, which the folks agree are a long felt need, as the present seats all have holes in them.”

“My wife is rather delicate; therefore she can not attend regularly. It has been six months since the last time she went; naturally it pains her very, very much not to be able to go more often.”

“I shall close for now with the desire to accommodate you in every way possible and I will be happy to save you a seat down in front or near the door, which ever you prefer.”

-The School Master

So there you have it, it DOES go to show that if we do not communicate clearly you can be seriously miss- taken and for extremely wrong reasons though maybe not quite this bad, but still.

But now on an entirely different matter, don’t forget this Christmas to keep the right spirit and try to find somebody to help and possibly make a difference in their lives. So for yet another blog and almost 500 words more. I sign off once more, as always pondering what will be the next subject.

One of My Favorite Authors

So last week you all thought that I kind of cheated on my blog but this week I typed every single word.

Dear Mr. Bradbury,
I have recently read your book titled “Dandelion Wine”. I loved the way I could connect to the book, being a teenager of 14. I think that the feeling shared about family, and about summer are extremely common in young adults. Though this book was written sometime ago I could see the similarities between society in our current time and in this book’s society.

Yet another way I could connect to this book is in the way that the character Douglas Spaulding felt the sentimental “twinges” that he did. I too feel these “twinges” every time that something of the past goes away and something more convenient for modern society takes its place. During the reading of this book it made me realize how many different things occur at the same time. Even though they occur throughout different parts of the town and with different people I could see it the way that they all had a common point.

I like in which the way this society isn’t afraid to express themselves. I could tell that all the people in the town seemed pretty closely knit and intertwined. Many times during the book people would bring items or matters to the attention of others that I found most interesting, saying that in our modern society we are no longer able to do so. Doesn’t it almost make you wish that you could still do those things that the children did as kids, or the adults participated in; in the modern day society?

A major difference I noticed in contrasting then from now was sports. Now days it is extremely uncommon to see a kid that is not involved in sports or has no plan to. Most kids now are in something like football or soccer. It seems to me that in the older society represented in the book that was not a common thing to see kids missing days during the week to go to swimming practice or football practice or some other organized activity. Though this didn’t keep the children from staying fit, for it seemed to me that they enjoyed very much to go play and hang out with friends. And this normally included playing tag or some other physical activity.

I personally enjoyed this book, and would definitely count it on my favorites list. This book really helped me to realize that even though society has really changed noticeably there are many common factors that still exist. All through out the book I kind of just wished that I could go back and just live in the care free world that some of the characters had even if it were just for a day go back and see what it would be like to live as a care free child in the early 1900’s. I also kind of wished that I would have just as many wonderful people in my life as they commonly did back then.

So tell me... who's your favorite author?

Let it Snow....

Well now that it is freezing cold outside, and we can see our breath almost anywhere we go it has come to the time of year. Yes the white fluffy stuff has started to fall. And yes we all know what this white fluffy stuff is, that is right it is snow. Now, most of you would think that I am going to entirely dedicate this blog to snow, but not necessarily, this blog’s main interest is going to be in Christmas music, oh excuse me “Holiday Music”…

Let us start with a very well know song, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” as most of you know this song was originally written by Irving Berlin in 1942. This song was originally sung by Bing Crosby.

I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white


Now for another, most of you have heard the song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, but let us see what you know about it. It was written by Ralph Blaine in 1943, it was said to have been the saddest title of the century.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,Let your heart be lightFrom now on,our troubles will be out of sightHave yourself a merry little Christmas,Make the Yule-tide gay,From now on, our troubles will be miles away.Here we are as in olden days,Happy golden days of yore.Faithful friends who are dear to usGather near to us once more.Through the years We all will be together,If the Fates allowHang a shining star upon the highest bough.And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.


And now for one you all grew to love while you were under ten years of age, that is right, Jingle Bells. James Pierpoint is credited with writing this song in 1857. It was originally written for Sunday School Students.

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snowIn a one horse open sleighO'er the fields we goLaughing all the wayBells on bob tails ringMaking spirits brightWhat fun it is to laugh and singA sleighing song tonightOh, jingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleighJingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleighA day or two agoI thought I'd take a rideAnd soon Miss Fanny BrightWas seated by my sideThe horse was lean and lankMisfortune seemed his lotWe got into a drifted bankAnd then we got upsotOh, jingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleighJingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleigh yeahJingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleighJingle bells, jingle bellsJingle all the wayOh, what fun it is to rideIn a one horse open sleigh

And now the last song one that the band is so excited to play is “Sleigh Ride”. This song was written by Leroy Anderson in 1946 during an August heat wave. Lyrics weren’t written for this song for three more years.
Sleigh Ride

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
Ring-ting tingling too.
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "yoo-hoo!",
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, let's go,
Let's look at the show.
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, it's grand,
Just holding your hand.
We're riding along with a song of a wintry fairy land.
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we,
We're snuggled close together like two birds of a feather would be.
Let's take that road before us and sing a chorus or two.",
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray,
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day.
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop.
At the fireplace where we'll watch the chestnuts pop. ("pop-pop-pop")
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy,
As they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie.
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier & Ives.
These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives.
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
Ring-ting tingling too.
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "yoo-hoo!",
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. (horse whinneys)

Credits
www.wikipedia.com
and
www.carols.org.uk
are credited with all information and lyrics in this article.