Merry Christmas from the African American Network

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Merry Christmas to all on this great day!  Christmas, to me, means reuniting with family, relearning family, seeing how family has grown; sharing old memories; re-sparking old flames that need to be ignited; exchanging gifts and showing love and care to those less fortunate.  Christmas to me is love.

I can't remember my very first Christmas, but I do remember the tradition of all my sisters and brother having to go to bed early; trying to stay awake; trying to wait up for Santa; trying watch him place all the gifts and toys under the tree...it's funny how as kids, we never saw Santa Claus and we never caught our parents placing all the gifts under the tree, yet we always had a wonderful Christmas.  We always had a great Christmas dinner and lot's of left overs.  We always laughed and had the good fortune of having lot's of family and friends gather in our home and still do.

Giving is a natural reaction to love...giving is not necessarily material.  Giving is something that we don't ask for and something that we don't ask for anything in return.  Real giving is pure love...pure purpose....an act of love.

As you gather today...say a prayer for our country, for the less fortunate,for the families in Newtown,  for those incarcerated, for those hospitalized and holding on to life.

I remember a song from my childhood...What the World Needs Now is Love!  MERRY CHRISTMAS...go out and hug someone and grab that mistletoe KISS!

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