Merry Christmas Everybody!
By ATWadmin On December 22nd, 2006Well I’m off later tonight for a few days away with my family and my thoughts over this festive period. I will be returning to ATW on Thursday, December 28th. It will be very different this year without my best friend to celebrate with me. On the other hand, I am steadfast in my belief that he will be having a far happier time than any of us in this world can comprehend. It is that which gives me courage.
I wish to take the opportunity of wishing people a Merry Christmas. I would like to thank David, Alison, Mike, Tom and Richard for their contributions to our growing site. Thanks to the regulars who keep us on our toes – especially the likes of Colm, Aileen, Ivan, Patrick and Monica. I can honestly say this had been a bad year for me (losing a loved one is never easy), but I look forward to a better 2007.
It is important to remember that the season of goodwill is primarily about the birth of this gentleman. It is not about material possessions, gluttony or rubbish on the television. Too many in our society are quick to forget that fact so I ask people here to keep the birth of Jesus Christ firmly in their thoughts over the next few days. Enjoy the time you spend with your respective families. I think Christmas really emphasises the importance of having a close family around you. We should also reflect on those who will not be able to come home this year.
Before I depart I would like the remind everybody in the UK that Jaws is on ITV1 tomorrow evening at 11:45. It should be the duty of everyone to tune in and be enthralled once again by the best movie in the history of world cinema. In fact, should I ever form a political party, my first manifesto commitment would be the compulsory screening of Jaws every night of the week. Once again, a Merry Christmas and God Bless!
‘Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain. For we’ve received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.’
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I’ll set aside my usual Bah Humbug to wish you a Merry Christmas Andrew !
Nice touch with the Catholic iconography.
Andrew,
Including Roman Catholic iconography (Sacred Heart picture) shows that either a: You are reaching out to your catholic friends at this festive time of year
OR
B: You simply don’t know your symbolism and thought that this was a simple picture of Christ.
I wonder !!!
Merry Christmas (although the best movie is of course "It’s a wonderful life"
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Jaws as a Christmas movie is an interesting choice (Brody, Hooper and the Captain as the Three Wise Men?). I have to go with Frank’s choice of Capra’s masterpiece.
Merry Xmas everyone! Pay my blog a visit if you have the time!
Its at http://whatneedoffurtherliesni.blogspot.com/
Hanson? I wondered what you guys would be doing once the music career ended.
Have a Happy Christmas, Andrew, and may 2007 bring you new, positive things.
Merry Christmas ATW.
andrew
A very Happy Christmas to you. I look forward to being outraged by your views in 2007 as usual. Nice picture of the Sacred Heart.
God bless, Andrew! I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas.
(The picture is beautiful, btw…)
BOTH pictures are beautiful! lol.
Hope you have an enjoyable Christmas Andrew. Come back all charged up for more fun in 2007
My sources tell me that the picture is a clever swipe at
The Hunger Strikers
Wayyyy too subtle for the insurrectionists Andrew!
Mahons,
Never mind Hanson – the president of the defeated Confederate States of America has put in an appearance in this thread! We are in stellar company indeed.
Andrew, David, all other ATW contributors and commenters, Merry Christmas and have a happy and safe holiday season.
Have a great break Andrew, you deserve it,
Armaghlite,"Including Roman Catholic iconography"? Oh Right, so thats not a photo of Andrew then!
"It is important to remember that the season of goodwill is primarily about the birth of this gentleman."
Hmmm. Thought it would be more important to remember that any connections that good gentleman has with Yuletide are, and always have been, non-existant. Any apparent connections are merely a convenient reinterpretation put in place by Christians.
HAPPY YULE EVERYONE!
Merry Christmas and God Bless every last one of you. And I thank you David for providing a platform for such delightful international debate and discussion…
Jaws is always a must see…We need a bigger boat!
Another good movie that I’m sure this crowd would enjoy is "A Lion in Winter".. Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn and a great supporting cast about a royal christmas at Sheanon (not sure if thats spelt right)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
And Happy Holidays to our cousins across the Atlantic striving to make this world a better place.
Happy Juletide, Yude, sorry for politicising this thread. I get your point but since when has Christ had no connection (but a convenient one) with peace, joy and goodwill to all? Does it really matter which date we choose to celebrate the Incarnation upon? Does it have to be a historically accurate one?
Merry christmas
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Troll I LOVE The lion in Winter!