The Holiday Season

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ''EDELWEISS''</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-98/edelweiss.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <B>SOUND CONTROL</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POEMS OF HOLIDAY SEASONS"><B>BACK TO HOME</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="guestbook"><B>VISIT MY GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>HOLIDAY POEMS (CONT.)</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#330099" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>THE HOLIDAY SEASON</I></div> <div> <I>* *</I></div> <div> <I>Halloween has come and gone,</I></div> <div> <I>now comes Thanksgiving Day,</I></div> <div> <I>this is the season to be strong</I></div> <div> <I>with all our might and pray.</I></div> <div> *</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="282" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1545 WIDTH="278"><div> And when this holiday is o'er                                  </div> <div>  the rush to Christmas starts;</div> <div> on Friday , crowds will stream and pour </div> <div> to all the malls and marts.</div> <div> *</div> <div> It's labeled as a "massive grind"</div> <div> of all the entire year;</div> <div> and multitudes will stand in line </div> <div> for bargains far and near.</div> <div> *</div> <div> The streets will jam with many cars</div> <div> with sounds of every horn,</div> <div> the greatest spars of all street</div> <div> wars..</div> <div> begins on Friday morn.</div> <div> *</div> <div> From every home </div> <div> folks come to roam;</div> <div> to fill all parking spaces.</div> <div> Through every hall and stall to  comb..</div> <div> a  pace that tops all races.</div> <div> *</div> <div> The malls are busy endlessly</div> <div> with shoppers on the round,</div> <div> looking at all gifts to see</div> <div> if discounts can be found.</div> <div> *</div> <div> This surge will last to Christmas eve.</div> <div> and on through Christmas day;</div> <div> does anyone, do you believe,</div> <div> stop long enough to pray?</div> <div> *</div> <div> It seems sometimes that Christmas joy </div> <div> has lost it's truthful meaning,</div> <div> when business shows it's greedy ploy,</div> <div> which needs a thorough cleaning!</div> <div> *</div> <div> So recognize it's Christ's birthday,</div> <div> and gifts are mere traditions;</div> <div> that we should give our thanks and pray,</div> <div> which are our main conditions.</div> <div> *</div> <div> Take out the x, and put Christ in,</div> <div> then CHRISTMAS truly shows...</div> <div> continue in this grateful trend,</div> <div> then joy in yuletide flows!</div> <div> *</div> <div> William E. Hardison (c)</div> <bR> <div>   <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="_thanks_for_thanksgiving_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING"><B>NEXT POEM</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>