I just came home from completing part of the 12 days of Christmas for a dear neighbor, who was widowed about 2 months ago. This neighbor has always cared for my dogs, and often watches, feeds, give meds etc. when I am not home. So this story is "dog related", to a point. I had several other neighbor's help with this, and we all worked at not getting caught as we put various things on her doorstep, or hung them on the door knob. It was a joint effort She was so surprised when the neighbors who helped me out with this showed up on her porch and we began to sing the twelve days of Christmas, our version. :-) I am including the last verse of our rendition. Then you will "know" the rest of the story. "On the twelfth day of Christmas, my good friends gave to me twelve tiny Santa's, eleven sweet treats to share, ten fancy gift tags, nine scrumptious brownies , eight plates for serving, seven Clementine Tangerines, six bright red ribbons, five painted trees, four ornaments, three truffles, two Christmas breads and a candle to warm your holiday." She is leaving tomorrow to spend the Christmas weekend with family. So she received the last two gifts early, tonight, along with our 12 days rendition There in lies the "JOY" for me....do unto others. Best wishes to all this Holiday season and into the New Year!!! Beryl Eshom Arelee GSD Davis, CA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Evans" <patsgsdpups@xxxxxxxxx> To: <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:44 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Christmas Songs > Then there's My Granny Got Ran Over By A Reindeer! Warms my heart! At any rate-the house is almost clean. The dogs got their baths, and my Spunky (Konigin's Phamton of the Opera) got to do his first therapy dog work today. Spreading cheer at a rehab/Nursing home. He did great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A natural. Of course, his Great Granddaddy, Konigin's Great Ball's afire (Jerry Lee) won the Hero Dog award this year. Merry Christmas from this newby! Pat Evans > Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have a channel on my TV that plays all Xmas music...so I am listening to one of my favorite songs "The 12 Days of Christmas"....well none of those things sound too good,,,maybe Barbara Amidon might want the two turtle doves...but really, none of that other stuff sounds good to a guy...what guy wants 5 golden rings.......then I listened to what came on the Tenth day of Christmas and I got a warm fuzzy "Charlie Brown" feeling inside.......TEN LADIES DANCING!.....its the Raider Cheerleaders!...that's what I want for Christmas!...give me the 10Th day...I don't want any drummers drumming, or lords leaping, or a bird in a tree...give me the 10 ladies dancing......and to show I'm not greedy, just give me half of em...lol.....the new meds are wonderful...lol..."white Christmas" is playing now......I won't give you my comments on THAT song...lol.....I plan to will my brain to science.....my wife would like me to do it tomorrow!......lol....F > B > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================