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	12/10/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Blue Christmas “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” - Calvin Coolidge (04 July 1872 - 05 Jan 1933)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates, 

   Maybe I'm just getting a case of the Holiday Blues myself, but Elvis has been singing this Christmas song to me all week now, so I thought we might just as well revisit this Newsletter from four years and two days ago:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-08-05-NNHS-Blue-Christmas.html

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUyuGFoiWJ0 - Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley, live

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKZkQAPLRxs - Christmas lights synchronized to Elvis Presley's version of Blue Christmas, 2006

BONUS #3 - http://www.blueyze.com/bluechristmas.html - Blue Christmas - Porky Pig (Denny Brownlee - a.k.a. "Seymour Swine") - NO, that is NOT me cackling in the background - although for a moment there, I thought it was!

HEALING HOMEWORK:

   If you're feeling even the least bit down - or know someone who is - please read these four short selections:

http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=5630&loc_id=9,612,636

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_26_120/ai_112131076/

http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/2009/11/24/blue-christmas/

http://ourtownny.com/?p=4935

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

     Happy Birthday today to     John Murden ('60) of VA AND   Glen Davenport ('63) of VA!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

12 -   Mary Massey Lyle ('61) of NJ AND      Marcus C. Higgins ('65) of AZ AND       Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73) AND   My #2 Daughter-in-Law, Bethany Winona Harty (Siuslaw HS, OR - '94) of TX;

13 - Kay Davis Smith ('57);

14 - Elizabeth Mitchell Hedgepeth ('57) AND   Kathie Avant Taylor ('64) of GA;

17 -   Tom Oxner ('65) of AR!

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html

THIS DAY IN WWII:

December 10, 1941 - Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma invaded the Philippine mainland.

December 10, 1941 - In the Battle of Malaya, the Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near Malaya.

THIS DAY IN 1964:

Thursday, December 10, 2008 - Celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay was born in New York, New York.

Thursday, December 10, 2008 - Actor George Newbern (Danny The Yeti in Friends) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas - or was he really born on December 30?  The experts disagree.....

    From Linda Lane Lane ('64) of VA - 12/09/09 - "Deepest Sympathy":

Carol, I was shocked to read about       Paul's (Harty - Bardolph HS, IL - '61 - of IL)  brother-in-law. Please give him an extra hug from me and tell him I am so very sorry about the death of his brother-in-law. You are both in my thoughts and prayers. Love, Linda

Thank you so much, Linda-Linda! Paul was quite touched by your love and concern; we were extremely shocked ourselves.

       From George Helliesen ('61) of MI - 12/08/09 - "Ho Ho Ho":

IF YOU SEE A FAT MAN ...   

 Then let's face it...
 Your eggnog's too strong! 

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2O1O 

Thanks, George! Merry Christmas to you, too!

  From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 12/08/09 -"Mellow & Awesome Video (Very Short)":

I love this!  It really made me feel good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgB5QsZIiJc - Seven Wonders of the World - "I got this powerpoint presentation by E-mail a while ago and wanted to post it on YouTube. So I made my own version of it. The text is the same, but the pictures are different."

   Thank you so very much, Dearest Judy! (This version is as close as I could find to yours.)

Don't pass this short movie up, it's so uplifting and amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G6aJC3zYMQ

   AMEN to that! Thanks so much, Cheryl! Miss you - and Merry Christmas!

From My Friend, Cheryl, of NC (probably still currently in Norway) - 12/09/09 - "Where did it go?":

   Thank you so much, Cheryl! Merry Christmas to you, too!

ABBREVIATED ALERT:

   Thanks, Jane!

From ArcaMax Jokes - 12/09/09:

Actual Accident Summaries

The following are real statements found on insurance claim forms. Drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident succinctly.


Coming home, I drove into wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.


I thought my window was down, but found it was up when I put my head through it.


The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.


The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.


I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.


In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.


I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision, and I did not see the other car.


The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its way when it struck the front end.


I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in the ditch by some stray cows.


The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.


I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.


I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.


As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.


My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.


An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.


I told the police that I was not injured, but upon removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull.


I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the curb when I struck him.


The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Saturday, December 12, 2009 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will again encourage their friends - TYPHOON OR NOT, CLASS OF 1960 OR NOT - to meet with them for the Laugh-A Lot Breakfast Bunch at 9:00 AM at the Candle Light Kitchen in Norge (Williamsburg). Directions: Take I-64 to Exit 231A-Norge, go 1-1/2 miles to Richmond Road, go through light, look for shopping center on left, Candle Light Kitchen on Right.  RSVP to duckbill1@verizon.net  NO LATER THAN December 8, 2009. OOPS! THAT WAS TUESDAY!!!
2. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - The NNHS Class of 1958 will hold its annual Gathering and Dinner at Al Fresco Italian Ristorante, 11710 Jefferson Avenue. For details, contact Joe Drewry at JWDVT@aol.com - CLASS OF 1958 AND “other NNHS alums and friends of our 1958 class are invited to join with us”!
3. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country Club. For details, contact Carol Comer Cutler at ca23comerww@aol.com or visit the reunion website at NNHS1970Reunion.myevent.com - CLASS OF 1970 4. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 6, 7, and  8, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center. For details, contact Karen Weinstein Witte at kwitte@tampabay.rr.com - CLASS OF 1960

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Blue Christmas

Written by Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson, 1948

Recorded by Elvis Presley, 1957
(08 Jan 1935 – 16 Aug 1977 - or IS he???)
 

I'll have a Blue Christmas without you.
I'll be so blue thinking about you.
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree,
Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me.

I'll have a Blue Christmas that's certain.
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'.
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white,
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.

"Blue Christmas" midi courtesy of http://wilstar.com/xmas/xmasjuke.htm - 12/03/05

"Blue Christmas" lyrics courtesy of http://washingtonmo.com/christmas/lyric/1004.htm - 12/04/05

Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
Replaced courtesy of http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com

Siuslaw High School's Viking Logo clip art courtesy of http://www.answers.com/topic/minnesotavikings-1000-png - 12/27/07