----- Original Message ----- From: <Xide5@aol.com> To: <HOPPER-L@rootsweb.com>; <OWENS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com>; <arphilli@rootsweb.com>; <ARSTFRAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <ARPULASK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: [TNRUTHER] Genealogists-Are we really this bad!? > GENEALOGISTS - ARE WE REALLY THIS BAD! > > > >Genealogist's Christmas Eve > > > >'Twas the night before Christmas > >When all through the house > >Not a creature was stirring, > >Not even my spouse. > > > >The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree > >charts and with letters which said... > >"Too bad about the data for which you wrote; Sank in a storm > >on an ill-fated boat." > > > >Stacks of old copies of wills and such > >Were proof that my work had become too much. > >Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While > >visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. > > > >And I at my table was ready to drop > >>From work on my album with photos to crop. > >Christmas was here, and such was my lot > >That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. > > > >Had I not been busy with grandparents' wills, I'd not have > >forgotten to shop for such thrills, While others bought gifts > >to bring Christmas cheers, I'd spent time researching those > >birth dates and years. > > > >While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise > >on the lawn gave me such a great fright. > >Away to the window I flew in a flash, > >Tore open the drapes and yanked up the sash. > > > >When what with my wondering eyes should appear, But an > >overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. > >Up to the house top the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh > >full of toys and 'ole Santa Claus, too. > > > >And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and > >pawing of thirty-two hoofs. > >As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the > >cold chimney fell Santa--KER-RASH! > > > >"Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked > >soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting > >my face, good 'ole Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit > >you'd have to agree. > > > >He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled > >all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). > >Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy: > >When I'd been too busy for even one toy. > > > >He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" > >He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like > >you," Santa grinned, As he pulled from his sack a large book > >he had penned. > > > >I gazed with amusement--the cover it read Genealogy Lines for > >Which You Have Plead. > >"I know what it's like as a genealogy bug." > >He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. > > > >"While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do > >some research in the North Pole Library! > >A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folk > >who can't find a thing." > > > >"Now off you go to your bed for a rest, > >I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." > >As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I > >looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. > > > >While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his > >team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. > >And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family > >history is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" > > > >--Author Unknown > Dyane > Merry CHRISTmas > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Thank you for sharing this delightful and apropos poem. Abigail "Merry Christmas" ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling Parker" <grandyandpops@grandecom.net> To: "V.R. HARRY" <VRHARRY1@msn.com>; <txleon@rootsweb.com>; <tnruther@rootsweb.com>; "Ray & Pat Anderson" <Rayandpatw@wmconnect.com>; "Marion County Alabama rootsweb" <almarion-l@rootsweb.com>; <Lavernemarkart@aol.com>; "Joseph Stone" <genesisstone@msn.com>; "Joe Parker" <joep218@earthlink.net>; "JoAnn Adoption Surch" <Tucson47@aol.com>; "Jerry Calfee" <JLCalfee@aol.com>; "Georgia Miller" <GMillerQ@aol.com>; "Garry Nance" <NanceGC@cox.net>; "email to the Long Creek Cemetery" <longcreekcemetery@sbcglobal.n>; "Doloris Curtis Resurcher" <Hapibooker@aol.com>; "Debbie Nance" <Dadweezil@cox.net>; "DeAnn Seaton" <dseat@esc17.net>; "Danielle Patterson" <daniep47@hotmail.com>; "Cornelia Masters" <camaster@nctc.com>; "Charlie & Donna Anderson" <Seedy31@aol.com>; "Betty Summers" <bettysummers@bellsouth.net> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: [ALMARION] Fw: [TNRUTHER] Genealogists-Are we really this bad!? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Xide5@aol.com> > To: <HOPPER-L@rootsweb.com>; <OWENS-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com>; <arphilli@rootsweb.com>; > <ARSTFRAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <ARPULASK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:07 PM > Subject: [TNRUTHER] Genealogists-Are we really this bad!? > > > > GENEALOGISTS - ARE WE REALLY THIS BAD! > > > > > >Genealogist's Christmas Eve > > > > > >'Twas the night before Christmas > > >When all through the house > > >Not a creature was stirring, > > >Not even my spouse. > > > > > >The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree > > >charts and with letters which said... > > >"Too bad about the data for which you wrote; Sank in a storm > > >on an ill-fated boat." > > > > > >Stacks of old copies of wills and such > > >Were proof that my work had become too much. > > >Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While > > >visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. > > > > > >And I at my table was ready to drop > > >>From work on my album with photos to crop. > > >Christmas was here, and such was my lot > > >That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. > > > > > >Had I not been busy with grandparents' wills, I'd not have > > >forgotten to shop for such thrills, While others bought gifts > > >to bring Christmas cheers, I'd spent time researching those > > >birth dates and years. > > > > > >While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise > > >on the lawn gave me such a great fright. > > >Away to the window I flew in a flash, > > >Tore open the drapes and yanked up the sash. > > > > > >When what with my wondering eyes should appear, But an > > >overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. > > >Up to the house top the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh > > >full of toys and 'ole Santa Claus, too. > > > > > >And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and > > >pawing of thirty-two hoofs. > > >As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the > > >cold chimney fell Santa--KER-RASH! > > > > > >"Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked > > >soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting > > >my face, good 'ole Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit > > >you'd have to agree. > > > > > >He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled > > >all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk). > > >Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy: > > >When I'd been too busy for even one toy. > > > > > >He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" > > >He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like > > >you," Santa grinned, As he pulled from his sack a large book > > >he had penned. > > > > > >I gazed with amusement--the cover it read Genealogy Lines for > > >Which You Have Plead. > > >"I know what it's like as a genealogy bug." > > >He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. > > > > > >"While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do > > >some research in the North Pole Library! > > >A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folk > > >who can't find a thing." > > > > > >"Now off you go to your bed for a rest, > > >I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." > > >As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I > > >looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. > > > > > >While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his > > >team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. > > >And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family > > >history is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" > > > > > >--Author Unknown > > Dyane > > Merry CHRISTmas > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >