And from me also, and especially to those without family to celebrate and to those who have lost family recently. May we all enjoy peace on earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: "IRL-Donegaleire-L" <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com>; "IRL-Co-Donegal" <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com>; "IRL-Donegal" <irl-donegal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:33 AM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Christmas Greeting > It is that time of year to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. > > To those of the Jewish faith, have an enjoyable Hanukkah, I believe they > will be lighting the fourth candle this evening. > > To those who do not celebrate this festive season enjoy the holiday and > the days off work. > > To those who are under the weather, a speedy and full recovery. > > In my old office one of our fellow engineers was a Hindu from India, his > family celebrated Christmas without the religious aspect. They > decorated their home, outside with lights, inside with a tree, they gave > gifts to family and friends, the kids had their school chums over, they > also had a Christmas dinner. He always stated why not enjoy the holiday > and join in with most others. Christmas is a time of giving and > appreciation for what we have received, the religious aspect is not for > all but even so we can all respect others beliefs and just have a good > holiday. Living in Canada and having one of highest percentages of > multiculturalism in the world we soon learn a fair bit about other > customs. > > > Definitely not being Mr. Scrooge I wish everyone > > A very Merry Christmas and a safe pleasant holiday. > Frohe Weihnachten > 'Nollaig Shona Daoibh' > > > Bob > CDN > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message