One week to Christmas, what have you asked from Santa?

Nothing. St. Nicholas died well over 1200 years ago, so it is impossible to ask him for anything.

"As long as somebody loves you, there is a Santa"
-my Dad

I asked Santa for gallbladder surgery.

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Originally posted by Brentenman:
Nothing. St. Nicholas died well over 1200 years ago, so it is impossible to ask him for anything.

That's odd, I thought I saw him at the mall just the other day?

I've asked Santa, God, the Lord and anyone else who has connections anywhere to help my son get better and to get stronger. On the morning of Thur. Dec 7th, my wife and I found him unresponsive where we were trying to get him up for school. After being rushed to the closest ER, he was flown by Air Evac to Birmingham. Just as my wife and I arrived we were called, saying that he needed emergency surgery.

Having him with us today is nothing short of a miracle. I hope and pray that the miracle continues as we began day 12 at Children's Hospital in Birmingham.

jcolco...All I know is your nickname here, but God knows who you are and who your son is. So, I'm asking him for the same, that your son will be well and strong enough to tackle his Dad playing football. God bless your family this Christmas.

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Originally posted by jcolco:
I've asked Santa, God, the Lord and anyone else who has connections anywhere to help my son get better and to get stronger. On the morning of Thur. Dec 7th, my wife and I found him unresponsive where we were trying to get him up for school. After being rushed to the closest ER, he was flown by Air Evac to Birmingham. Just as my wife and I arrived we were called, saying that he needed emergency surgery.

Having him with us today is nothing short of a miracle. I hope and pray that the miracle continues as we began day 12 at Children's Hospital in Birmingham.

My prayers are with you, your son, your family and those attending to him.

"No more lives torn apart,
That wars would never start,
And time would heal all hearts.
And everyone would have a friend,
And right would always win,
And love would never end.
This is my grown-up christmas list."

That and a Red Ryder BB Gun. (Don't say it!)

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Originally posted by Brentenman:
Nothing. St. Nicholas died well over 1200 years ago, so it is impossible to ask him for anything.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch...
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel...

JUST KIDDING, Brentenman! Quick! Go rent "It's a Wonderful Life"!

Jcolco, I think I will ask Santa and his helpers to continue to bless your son and your family during this trying time.

Look up Santa Clause or St. Nick on google and you find a lot of history.
But i heard a song once that gives a great meaning. in the song it says.
"there are those who don't believe in Santa Clause and Christmas, but i believe in what i believe and i believe in SANTA CAUSA"
the cause of christmas or the cause of St. Nick.
the cause of Christmas, the Cause of giving, of LOVE, Peace on Earth. ect.
so keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas.

and are praying for all e****ially the boy and family in Birmingham.

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Originally posted by imho:
What have you asked from Santa?
Here is a list some may have made:

Democrats - impeachment of Bush
Republicans - a way out of Iraq
Military - finish the job and come home
Univ. of Alabama - a coach
UAB - a coach
City of Florence - a GOOD idea for Veterans park
TimesDaily - a forum system with no bugs
My wife - for my internet connection to break
Myself - more time for things I enjoy

You left out the Bass Pro shop ... hehehe

I think you have it covered pretty good here!!!

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Originally posted by jcolco:
I've asked Santa, God, the Lord and anyone else who has connections anywhere to help my son get better and to get stronger. On the morning of Thur. Dec 7th, my wife and I found him unresponsive where we were trying to get him up for school. After being rushed to the closest ER, he was flown by Air Evac to Birmingham. Just as my wife and I arrived we were called, saying that he needed emergency surgery.

Having him with us today is nothing short of a miracle. I hope and pray that the miracle continues as we began day 12 at Children's Hospital in Birmingham.

Awww, jcolco.. I am so sorry this has happened... My thoughts and Prayers are with your Son, your Wife and You.. plus the rest of the people who love your son and has a hurting heart right now.

God Bless all of you!!!

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Originally posted by rogerrisner:
Look up Santa Clause or St. Nick on google and you find a lot of history.
But i heard a song once that gives a great meaning. in the song it says.
"there are those who don't believe in Santa Clause and Christmas, but i believe in what i believe and i believe in SANTA CAUSA"
the cause of christmas or the cause of St. Nick.
the cause of Christmas, the Cause of giving, of LOVE, Peace on Earth. ect.
so keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas.

and are praying for all e****ially the boy and family in Birmingham.

Good comment Roger... I am just wondering why the STARS in the word especially??? Weird! But anyway... you have the right idea!!!

I am not sure maybe an angle put them there i did not type that way.

We have been preaching on Christmas every service in December, and it has not been any trouble at all to speak on something differend each service. There is so much to cover.
number 1 is if we keep what Jesus brings to us all, we will be ok. THAT IS L O V E
thank you

thoughts are with you and your family jcolco

Just a guess, roger, but if you misspelled the word & that part of the word is not allowed on the forum, it could have been bleeped automatically. I had that happen to me with a compound word once and had to edit, change the word to something else. It was actually kind of humorous, can't recall what it was now though.

I would sincerely hope for world peace.

But since I know that is impossible, I'd settle for a plasma tv!

I asked Santa to bring our troops home from the middle east,but since Ebineezer BUSH Scrooge is not going to allow that I asked if i could have a new digital camera

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Originally posted by _Joy_:

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Originally posted by Brentenman:
Nothing. St. Nicholas died well over 1200 years ago, so it is impossible to ask him for anything.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch...
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel...

JUST KIDDING, Brentenman! Quick! Go rent "It's a Wonderful Life"!

If Santa doesn't visit you, now know you know why....Caribou (reindeer) hunting in Alaska. I took this fellow with a Winchester M70 Classic Stainless in .30-06. Very tasty....yummy!!

I'm asking Santa to bring this poor little Bama fan a good coach that can lay the smack down on the teams from Opelika Vocational Skool and Knox County Corrections. The first needs their fingers to count and the second wears orange because they spend so much time in jail.

Brentenman, I couldn't tell if he had double shovels or not. I have never had any wild game that wasn't better than anything, bought at a grocery store. Congrats on a nice boo

LOL, Brentenman.

Well, great, there goes my Red Ryder BB gun!

Some poor child came up to me recently and started singing.

Though it was difficult to understand what was being said, it sounded like, "all I want for Chrissmus is my two front teef, my two front teef, my two front teef."

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Originally posted by themax:
Brentenman, I couldn't tell if he had double shovels or not. I have never had any wild game that wasn't better than anything, bought at a grocery store. Congrats on a nice boo

Single shovel. His right one is a spike. Double Shovel caribou racks are highly desirable and rare. This one, however, is in full velvet, and cream colored at that. The taxidermist who mounted the rack (German style, just the antlers...after humping his head and about 70 lbs of meat through the muskeg for about two miles, I decided enough was enough and I whipped out the bone-saw and took off the skull plate....) said that cream-colored velvet is very rare. Most are black in color, like the other 4 hunters with me whose caribou racks they got, they were all black.

I got him just north of the Brooks Range, near Attigun Pass, near Pump Station 3 or 4 if I remember correctly. I was just outside the 5-mile mark according to my GPS and maps we had. You had to be 5-miles minimum away from the Aleyska pipeline and Dalton HWY to legally shoot a caribou (they don't want holes in the pipeline and cause a massive spill...). Our camp was 2 miles off the road, and we humped 3 miles further to hunt. Doesn't sound much, but according to our GPS's, we were going from 2500 feet of elevation to roughly 4000 feet of elevation....LOTS of work. No roads, no trails, snow (even in August), and muskeg to walk through. Oh, and before you can take the rack, you MUST take all edible meat out with you. Hence, we would shoot 2, quit for the day, and continue this for another 2 days until all 5 of us got one. Lots of work and teamwork on this trip. No be-bopping in the woods, shoot, field dress, then haul it out with an ATV or 4x4 truck.