To all of my friends at RHP, I wish to say...

I wish each of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS


The Christmas tradition of giving can be a powerful reminder of the gifts Jesus Christ has freely given the world — repentance, resurrection and a pathway back to our Heavenly Father. The scriptures make it clear that the Savior accomplished this through much tribulation, sacrifice and indescribable suffering, and that He decided to do so voluntarily, long before the world began.

This incredible willingness to accomplish such a remarkable act of love should be at the heart of any meaningful Christmas celebration. The gift that Jesus gave the world through His Atonement can be discerned only through the Spirit. "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God," wrote the Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 2:12).

We cannot repay this gift. All that is asked of us is to obey the commandments and willingly give service to each other.

Put in this context, the annual frenzy to buy the latest gadget or to act with aggression and incivility in pursuit of discounted goods in limited supply seems out of focus. So does the practice, by some, of using consumer debt to buy presents they can't afford.

There is nothing wrong with giving store-bought presents given with love and forethought. But for much of the world, Christmas has come to center on worldly possessions, rather than on a celebration of the birth of one who saved us from the world.

Originally posted by Lloyd E Adkins
I wish each of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS


The Christmas tradition of giving can be a powerful reminder of the gifts Jesus Christ has freely given the world — repentance, resurrection and a pathway back to our Heavenly Father. The scriptures make it clear that the Savior accomplished this through much tribulation, sacrifice and indescribable sufferin ...[text shortened]... ly possessions, rather than on a celebration of the birth of one who saved us from the world.

meh

No one got hurt. Let people be.

It's the thought that counts.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
It's the thought that counts.

Originally posted by Phlabibit

I wish people would think before they thought.

Originally posted by Lloyd E Adkins
All that is asked of us is to obey the commandments.

Originally posted by apathist
meh

No one got hurt. Let people be.

Who woulda thunk it. Now, you have to have courage to be so non-PC as to display your CHRISTMAS tree where people can see it through the front window. Doing something bold like that will get your house molotoved these days.

Originally posted by Lloyd E Adkins
I wish each of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS


The Christmas tradition of giving can be a powerful reminder of the gifts Jesus Christ has freely given the world — repentance, resurrection and a pathway back to our Heavenly Father. The scriptures make it clear that the Savior accomplished this through much tribulation, sacrifice and indescribable sufferin ...[text shortened]... ly possessions, rather than on a celebration of the birth of one who saved us from the world.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Merry Christmas to you too sir.

Originally posted by sumydid
Who woulda thunk it. Now, you have to have courage to be so non-PC as to display your CHRISTMAS tree where people can see it through the front window. Doing something bold like that will get your house molotoved these days.

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Now that's not really true is it?

Originally posted by sumydid
Here in the grand ol' USA? You betcha. Every word is absolute fact.

I don't have any internet sources to cite, but, let's just say the last time I stepped out on the patio to smoke a cig, I looked down the street to see every house reduced to a pile of smoldering ashes, except for Higgenbaum's house... which was always easy to spot... what with t ...[text shortened]... matter... they will get their comeuppance.... 😠

Season's Greetings, by the way.

Originally posted by rookie54
here ya go...

get all the big bosses together,
and have em decide upon the rules...
because the way you've got it sorted now,
the whole world iz boned and blue...

a unanimous decision on what's good to eat,
and whether i'll be caned or staffed...
make the rules the same for all,
until then, i'll just point and laugh...