Twas the night before Christmas and Buddy had heard
that a big jolly fellow...would be invading his turf!

He'd be listening and waitin'..crouched low in his bed
And if this fella was comin'..He'd wake up the dead!!

Christmas eve finally came...Buddy lifted his head..
He heard bumps and grunts..and leaped out of bed.

That big Guy was here.. of that was a fact!
He looked jolly and friendly and carried a sack!

Buddy was just speechless!....he did not attack!..
With his tail a wagglin'..he rolled on his back!!

"I'm not much of a watch dog"... Little Buddy admits...
but .."Woof!!"..
"Santa sure gives great belly rubs..and bully bone sticks!!"

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A Personal Thank You Letter to You All..followed by Photos from Frank White!...Tina's Grandfather

Dear Friends,

I am most grateful to all the people to all the people who took the time, effort, and expense of sending greetings for my 88Th birthday. My son Frank initiated the idea abetted by my granddaughter Tina, that caused an avalanche of cards totalling over one hundred and fifty. I received 46 cards on one day alone!

Many were from relatives, but a great number were from people I have never met. Quite a number of different states were represented as well as many Canadian Provinces. Many customers of Tina's stamp and card business in other countries were nice enough to send greetings. Represented were Australia, Austria, Canada, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Scotland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and the Union of South Africa. All these were hand crafted and showed effort and originality.

My heartfelt thanks to all who sent these many greatly appreciated greetings. They made this a birthday to be well remembered.

Sincerely,

Frank White

Grandpa Frank is recieving cards!! - Letter from Tina's Uncle

Tina has allowed us to share this letter she received from her Uncle.....I know you will all enjoy reading this.....

Tina,
Great Follow through with the cards. I was over at dad's tonight and the total is well over 40 cards so far. Germany. Ireland, Austria, Australia, Switzerland, England, Canada, Belgium,Scotland and Texas are some of the foreign countries heard from so far. Also Oregon, Washington, Virginia,Wisconsin, Kansas, Arizona, and California are represented. (I may have forgotten some I was doing that from memory...)
He's having a ball. The cards from your group are all really neat. All very unique, and well done.
And Many nice comments about you. Congratulations on a job well done!
Dad plans on writing a generic thank you with a little bit of history and a photograph of him and "HIS CARDS".
I'll take several pictures and make sure I get some good ones which I will forward to you. It probably will be a week or so to make sure we have all the cards in the picture.
This was a GREAT idea!

Love to you and all my grand nephews and grand nieces.
U Frank

Thank you all So Much for sending a card and being part of this!! I will continue to add cards to the post below .....if more are sent to me......
Have a Great Day all!!

Special Request!! Birthday cards for Grandfather!

Here are some of the cards made for Tina's Grandfather's Birthday...You can read more about it on my other Blog right on this post Special Request

If you would like to make Tina's Grandfather's Day...please email me ....here and I will give you his address. Also if you have a photo of the card you send or have put it on your blog ...would you please let me know...or send me a photo if possible. Because of the distance between them...Tina won't be seeing her Grandfather on his Birthday...but would love to see the cards he receives. If no one minds...I will upload them to this blog as they come in and everyone can see them.

Thank you So Much Everyone....the cards are all Totally Fabulous!!

High Hopes Blog Candy Entries!!

All the Entries for the High Hopes Blog Candy Sketch are Totally Awesome. I decided to open a Blog so everyone could view the entries in one place.......and will be adding as the week advances.

I am Beginning here with the entries that do Not have a Blog.......