Colleen, Merry Christmas! The parlor looks great with the beautiful tree and all the presents. Thanks for making our Bower Family Christmas a wonderful success! Merry Christmas to all my cousins out there. Donna Bower Schmidt ----- 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