EDITORIAL : GIVE THE GIFT OF TIME; SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST; TRY TO MAKE THE HOLIDAYS LAST.IT seems as if Christmas has just happened upon us this year. It seems like only yesterday we were gathered around the dining room table eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Where was the big buildup to Christmas? Where, pray tell, was the sweeping, end-of-the-year holiday sensation that usually accompanies our lives as we enter December? Where did this holiday season go? Did it slide by while we were hard at work? Were we too consumed by the impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. of our 42nd president? Were we too occupied with the welfare of the American military men and women in the Persian Gulf Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. ? Were we too wrapped up in the unseasonably cold weather? Were we too dazzled by the stock market's roller-coaster ride? Did we miss out on the frantic holiday buying festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. by shopping online instead of going to the mall? Our lives are so complicated and harried these days; are we forgetting to stop and smell the poinsettias and forgetting the true meaning of the holiday season? This festive season is meant for sharing, giving and extolling. It is for remembering those who made us who we are, be it our parents, siblings, friends, teachers, mentors or others who deserve our gratitude. It also is the one time of year that we ought to step back and take stock of who we are, where we are going and how we are to get there. But to do that we must slow down, for a few days anyway, and revel in the spirit of the season. We shouldn't live each day too quickly. Nor should we look beyond 1999 to 2000, no matter how great the excitement of a new century becomes. It will arrive on schedule, so do not dismay - lest we forget Lest We Forget is a phrase popularised in 1887, by Rudyard Kipling; it formed the refrain of his poem Recessional. As a title, it may refer to any of:
Today, as many distribute gifts and hand out good wishes, we all ought to take the time to savor the joy we see in the eyes of our loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and friends. It's such a simple thing to do for a genuinely rich return. Take this as an example: At the end of the 19th century, an imaginative young girl who lived on the West Side of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. wrote to one of the city's newspapers with a question that every child seems to ask: Is there a Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus ? The affirmative response, printed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Sun's editorial page, became so well-known that it is now the standard for all Christmas messages that run in newspapers. It is reprinted below as a gesture of preserving the essence and magic of the holiday season. Merry Christmas to all. |
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