Giving Thanks in Any Way

1. A family that stays together in a thanksgiving could be together forever.

2. Failing to give thanks in return for a little help received is ingratitude in big expense.

3. A smile is a form of giving thanks to a personal big or small for a courtesy extended to you.

4. Never curse someone who fails you because he/she has assisted you in a wrong way. Give him/her thanks instead.

5. Receiving less of what you expect from your company you worked with is not a reason not to be thankful with.

6. A simple nod from someone who is talking to you is a big appreciation for his'/hers'.

7. When you're unable to give back a word of thanks to someone who has helped you in public, you can return it back by a secret prayer of thanks.

8. Receiving a generous gift unexpectedly is a thanksgiving for an effort of the pauper.

9. Recognition in public with a fanfare is a politician's way of giving thanks.

10. Shedding a tear is a humble way of the oppressed to acknowledge a gift or a blessings they received which they never expect to have it in the rest of their lives. 

11. Ingratitude is the sins of all ages.

12. The first line of a prayer is thanking the Lord for His goodness, kindness and mercy.

13. "In everything give thanks," the Bible says.

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And This Is Christmas

1. Christmas is children.

2. Christmas is a very popular holiday.

3. Christmas is giving.

4. Christmas is going home after several years of absence from his/her own family.

5. Christmas is having fun and exchanging gifts.

6. Christmas is receiving a year-end bonus.

7. Christmas is missing your beloved dead parents.

8. Christmas is receiving gifts, exchanging cards.

9. Christmas is a family get-together.

10. Christmas is singing carols and running for your life to avoid the big, barking dog guarding a gate.

11. Christmas is a reconciliation, patching family misunderstanding.

12. Christmas is hiding from your hundreds of god-children asking for a present.

13. And so this is Christmas, the war is over and a happy new year.

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Wise Men Say

1. "You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work." - Joan Rivers

2. "Why don't you come on up and see me sometime.. when I've got nothin' on but the radio." - Mae West

3. "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." - Agatha Christie

4. "I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man." - William Shakespeare

5. "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a net." - Cynthia Heimel

6. "Originality is undetected plagiarism." - William Ralph Inge

7. "I think politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason." - Anonymous

8. "The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with." - Marty Feldman

9. "Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Jack Benny

10. "Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport." - Henny Youngman

11. "The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead." - Ann Landers

12. "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." - Yogi Berra

13. "I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson." - Emo Philips


Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley