FReeper Canteen ~ For Unto You Is Born This Day...A Savior...Christ The Lord ~ 25 December 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS TROOPS AND VETERANS !! | The Canteen Crew

[oldteen]

Good evening, M! *hugs*

That's a real beauty!

CHRISTmas Blessings to you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, my!

[ColdOne]

Merry CHRISTmas to you as well oldteen. Snow has been not a issue although it will be minus15+ This year I have a few things I want to toss off of porch to see if mythbusters and other things I have seen are correct!

MERRY CHRISTMAS GOD BLESS HUGS

[MEG33]

(((HUGS)))
Thank you, teenie. I am yearning for some of that candy you’ve been making!
;o)

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Jet Jaguar]

Howdy My

Merry Christmas!

[Old Sarge]

I just want to wish a Merry Christmas to all my FReeper friends, old and new, ladies and gents, with all my best wishes for the holidays!

[yorkie]

A candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a special candy for Christmas, so he made a Christmas Candy “Cane”. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure, white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless life of Jesus. Hard to symbolize the “Solid Rock” foundation of the Church and the firmness of the promises of God.

The candymaker made the candy in the form of a “ J “ to represent the name of Jesus, whose birth we celebrate. It also represents the staff of the “Good Shepherd” who reaches down into the ditches of life and pulls us out.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it with the red stripes. He used three small stripes to represent the scourging that Jesus received before his death. The large red stripe was for the blood that Jesus gave through his death, which gives us an opportunity to receive eternal life.

Unfortunately ,the candy became known as a candy cane, a meaningless decoration seen mostly at Christmas. But the meaning is still there to those who know it's history.

I sincerely hope that this special candy will have more significance for all of you this year.

(author unknown)

[SkyDancer]

Hi Kathy and All!!! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Hanukkah!!!

[MEG33]

Lovely thread..Thank you Kathy

Wishing You and Yours A Wonderful Christmas

[oldteen]

Come on over and help yourself to whatever you like! ;)

[oldteen]

Evenin' Sarge! *hugs*

Merry CHRISTmas to you!

That is just too cute! Was it special made for you? Somebody did a great job on it!

[MEG33]

Thank you Sarge!

[Carry_Okie]

Anyone who truly understands the relationship between the Cain & Abel story and the Sabbath for the Land will know why shepherds were the first to be told.

[MEG33]

Lovely story, (((yorkie)))

[oldteen]

Good evening, yorkie! *hugs*

Very interesting history!

Merry CHRISTmas to you, my friend!

[MEG33]

;o)

I can dream!

[Liberal Bob]

The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John1:14

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours, former.

[Stepan12]

I sang Handel's "For Unto Us..." when I was in high school (ages and ages ago).

I don't have the rest of my old high school choir to sing with me; however, I did perform my humble rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear".

A Liberal on an AOL board requested it.