Good evening lister's. I have been set no mail for quite some time now. I sent an email to the Administration asking if I could send the following to the list. I have missed the list, but I am not ready to set myself to list mail. The following is for all of you in "Lister Land" I wrote years ago as a Holiday Greeting to my friends. Beryl Eshom Arelee Davis, Ca. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEND YOUR WAY A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE ON THE FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY FOLLOWED BY CALLING BIRDS, FRENCH HEN'S TURTLE DOVES EN MASSE GEESE SWIMMING SWANS, MILKING MAIDS, LEAPING LORDS....ALAS WE COULD SEND CHICKENS, A HORSE AND A DUCK THAT QUACKS. A RABBIT, A CAT AND OUR FOUR-LEGGED JUMPING JACKS ! OUR DOGS ARE ALL JUMPER'S THERE ARE NOW 10 IN OUR CREW, WE'D PLANNED TO CUT DOWN, BUT IT SEEMS WE ADDED A FEW. SO, IN PLACE OF DRUMMER'S DRUMMING, AND THOSE FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, WE THOUGHT YOU'D RATHER HAVE BLUE RIBBONS, FIVE POINT MAJOR'S AND THINGS. PIPER'S PIPING AND LADIES DANCING, WHO NEEDS THEM INDEED WE'D RATHER SEND A NICE JUDGE TO GIVE YOU THE BREED ! SINCE THE DANCING, PIPING, AND DRUMMING WOULD CAUSE AN AWFUL DIN, WE WILL SEND ASSURANCE THAT YOUR DOG BRINGS THE RIGHT ARTICLE IN. ALSO A WISH THAT YOUR DOG WORKS WELL, WITH TAIL WAGING PERFECT "SITS" EVERY TIME AND AT HEEL, NEVER LAGGING. JUST TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO GET THESE WISHES ACCOMPLISHED COULD REALLY BE TOUGH BUT IF SOMEHOW ALL THESE "DOGGIE" WISHES CAME TRUE EACH OF YOU WOULD BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS....WOULDN'T YOU ?? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================