Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca>, you wrote, from <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> on 12/18/01 12:00 PM: > Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth Just a polite note that it's an urban legend, Stella, and variations have been floating around for decades. It appeared in the Reader's Digest back in '54 but some of the time frames didn't compute even then. Your version's author, Pastor Bob, was not even mentioned in the Reader's Digest version. For a comparison, and some examination of the story's veracity, see: <http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/tablecloth.htm> The Urban Legends site also does some analysis: <http://www.snopes2.com/glurge/tableclo.htm> Here's a completely Jewish version, for those of that persuasion: <http://www.adamsmedia.com/smallmiracles/lfpage1.htm> Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British Columbia genealogy. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh.

There are " MIXED RACES " of people everywhere in the WORLD !!! and Genealogically speaking , what a blessing this couple reunited after 30 some years > The story's of memory they could tell..... Keep the " Spirit " Of Christmas through out the year ...... Diane H ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Morgan MorganNews <pmorgan@Morgan-News.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth > Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca>, you wrote, from > <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-D-request@rootsweb.com> on 12/18/01 12:00 PM: > > > Re: Fw: Christmas Story for you: Tablecloth > > Just a polite note that it's an urban legend, Stella, and variations have > been floating around for decades. It appeared in the Reader's Digest back in > '54 but some of the time frames didn't compute even then. Your version's > author, Pastor Bob, was not even mentioned in the Reader's Digest version. > For a comparison, and some examination of the story's veracity, see: > <http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/tablecloth.htm> > > The Urban Legends site also does some analysis: > <http://www.snopes2.com/glurge/tableclo.htm> > > Here's a completely Jewish version, for those of that persuasion: > <http://www.adamsmedia.com/smallmiracles/lfpage1.htm> > > Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls > it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British > Columbia genealogy. > > ***** > Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com > News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada > Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh. > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. > >

Cause it's Christmas, the list is not busy, and this is really a symbolic tale, and it's exactly the kind that genealogists love. Long lost connections joined again. Sayeth the curmudgeon: while a nice bit of "glurge", as Urban Legends calls it, I'm puzzled why it was distributed on a list dealing with British Columbia genealogy. ***** Peter Morgan * Morgan:Newsletters * 604.683.3241 * pmorgan@morgan-news.com News that sells * #118, 970 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2R4, Canada Heck is where people go who don't believe in gosh. ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost.