on 12/25/00 7:53 AM, B. Bower at bbower@widomaker.com wrote: > What a wonderful Christmas! Lots of presents! Loved the old ancestor > photos! > > Thanks to everyone! And merry Christmas! > > Barbara Bower > Yorktown,VA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> > To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 9:13 AM > Subject: [BOWER] WAKE UP!...WAKE UP! > > >> Cousins ... cousins!! >> >> WAKE UP! ... WAKE UP! >> >> Looka, looka ... looka !!! In the parlor ... at the Homestead! >> >> Santa's been here! He's been here and left us a bunch of presents! >> Look!! >> >> ...the smell of brewing coffee, tea or hot chocolate; Christmas music on >> the stereo or radio; stockings hanging and filled with gifts, fruits and >> candy; a fireplace with a warming fire; and those you care about and >> care about you ... >> >> A perfectly, wonderful Christmas ... >> >> Isn't our tree beautiful? ... We are such a special family. *sigh* >> >> Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and happy holidays to each of you. >> >> Colleen >> >> P.S. Are you a new cousin and wondering what all this about? Do we have >> a surprise for you! >> >> Go go http://bowercommunity.com/homestead and, once inside our home, go >> to the parlor. In the parlor you'll see a blinking tree; click on it >> and you'll be taken to another page (our family's Christmas tree) where >> there are gifts for you to "open." This is our online-family's >> cyberspace Christmas ~ a way for all of us to be closer to one another, >> even on the Net. It's something we do every year. We enjoy it and hope >> you do, too. >> >> >> ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== >> The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- >> http://bowercommunity.com/homestead >> >> > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead > > Thanks for all the hard work and for each of your offerings. They are much appreciated! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Leslie O.