Good Morning and Merry Christmas to one and all. The page is beeeeauuuuutttttttiful. Good work Colleen. I did not find a gift but the laughter in the message below was a great way to start the day. Please note the url for getting to the parlor. Thank you Colleen for at least not being anymore awake on Christmas morning than the rest of us. Keep up the good work and we all send our love, wrapped in pure gold paper and the best ribbon money can buy. Wanda http://indbow.crosswinds.net wmrobert@nalu.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:41 AM Subject: [BOWER] SANTA HAS ARRIVED! :-D > A very Merry Christmas morning to all, dear cousins! > > Santa arrived just a few minutes ago! Presents are under the tree > at the Homestead! Wake up......wake up!....... We've all been > good!.....no coal laying around on the floor or in our shoes! :) > > Robes and slippers on, coffee/tea or hot chocolate in tow, Christmas > carols on the stereo, the warmth of a fireplace snapping and crackling > nearby...we all gather around our tree in anticipation of what's yet to > come. Will that record you wanted be there?.... > > If you're new to the family fold and don't quite know what's going > on...... I'd like to invite you to join us in our fourth family > Christmas. The homesite of this list, the Bower Family Homestead, has a > Christmas tree set up in the parlor. Click on the tree in the parlor > and it will take you "in and around" the tree where you'll find > Christmas gifts. The Homestead's address is > <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501>. > > A note about the Christmas gifts....some of them are stacked next to, or > on top of each other. Be sure to click on EACH INDIVIDUAL GIFT in a > stack because each different package will have a gift "inside." > > So, enjoy the day everyone!....tomorrow there'll be a huge mess to clean > up [the boxes, wrapping, and gifts]. Today we eat and play!!!.... :) > Actually though, I'll leave the gifts online till the beginning of the > new year. As our real trees come down, so will the Homestead tree. > > Those of you who sent in gifts -- on behalf of the entire family, I > thank you for thinking of, and sharing with, us. WE APPRECIATE YOU! > > I wish each of you a blessed, happy Christmas! > > Colleen > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >