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sheshe2

(87,495 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 06:25 PM Dec 2013

Mele Kalikimaka ~ White House Style~ [View all]



@WhiteHouse: Holiday lights in the Rose Garden

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/12/rise-and-shine-664/
















I want to feel and share some of the spirit of Christmas. Therefore, I offer this impromptu Christmas party~

Before all is lost in the rush, I want to take a moment and enjoy. I put up a small tree today, I wasn't going to as I was tired. For me, in the retail end of the season so much is lost. Every year it gets worse.The hours get longer and shifts start earlier and open later. You grovel for time off to be with your family and friends.

For me Christmas is about family and sweet friends. We have children again to celebrate with, the next generation is blooming. I am thrice a great aunt. They are so sweet. Last year the two eldest, at the age of 6 and 3 asked their mom if they could buy some presents for the family. They took some of the money from their piggy banks and my niece took them to Michaels to shop. They picked up baskets and went around the store choosing each gift carefully.

I received a butterfly and a plastic necklace with my initial on it. I treasure both as priceless gifts. They were given from the heart.

They are why I wanted to take this moment to reflect and savor the holiday season. To me that is Christmas and it is indeed priceless~


Beauty and Peace...
Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday to one and all~

BOG I love you one and all!

Sweet Happy Holidays to DU~

sheshe2~





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Merry Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka, and Happy Holidays to you, sheshe and Cha Dec 2013 #1
The immortal Nat King Cole~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #4
Mahalo, she~ Cha Dec 2013 #8
Happy Holiday to you and all and love those pictures! freshwest Dec 2013 #17
Thanks so much Cha....love love love your diarys! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #26
beauty and peace hopemountain Dec 2013 #2
To you and yours, hopemountain~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #3
Merry Christmas to you and yours. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #5
Irish, see post #6. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #7
Yes, thrice! I am blessed, Irish! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #6
Absolutely beautiful! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #16
So glad you enjoyed it, Isoldeblue. nt sheshe2 Dec 2013 #23
Seeing Christmas through the eyes Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #9
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well, Isolde. Especially the kids. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #10
Thanks IrishAyes Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #11
In town we all had the same signal to go home; when the streetlights came on. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #13
Just a wild guess Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #14
Nope. Chloris Leachman in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" IrishAyes Dec 2013 #18
Love Mel Brooks and Chloris Leachman, too! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #19
They made a good couple, like Gene Wilder and Gilda. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #21
Through the eyes of a child~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #12
Hope the Obamas enjoy Christmas on the beach! freshwest Dec 2013 #15
A Sandman! I love it! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #20
Lovely piano there. Here's a piano piece with scenery from Washington State. Greensleeves: freshwest Dec 2013 #22
One of my favorite songs, freshwest. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #24
I edited... Both versions make me cry... Try this from Portland, OR: freshwest Dec 2013 #25
Both are amazingly beautiful... sheshe2 Dec 2013 #27
Editing the Greensleeves lyrics as I remember them, as a woman singing. Mother Earth imploring. freshwest Dec 2013 #28
Mother Earth~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #29
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