<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Gene, Did you draft one for EI with the line “there is no Santa clause”?<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 30, 2023, at 8:24 AM, Gene Marshall <gwesleymarshall@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">To whom it may concern,</span><div style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class="">I was not I, but Fred Buss who invented this poem.</div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class="">I used it like a lot of other people.</div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Thank you John for bring it to my attention once again.</div><div style="font-size: 20px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 20px;" class="">Gene</span><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 24, 2023, at 12:45 PM, jstanfieldica <<a href="mailto:jstanfieldica@gmail.com" class="">jstanfieldica@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Thank you John. A very powerful Christmas poem.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Merry Christmas.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Jeanette Stanfield</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto" class="">Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.</div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size: 100%;" class=""><div class="">-------- Original message --------</div><div class="">From: Lynda C via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> </div><div class="">Date: 2023-12-24 12:19 p.m. (GMT-05:00) </div><div class="">To: "OE List (<a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>)" <<a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>, "Jim and Judy Wiegel (<a href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com" class="">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com" class="">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</a>>, Gene Marshall <<a href="mailto:gwesleymarshall@gmail.com" class="">gwesleymarshall@gmail.com</a>> </div><div class="">Cc: Lynda C <<a href="mailto:lynda860@outlook.com" class="">lynda860@outlook.com</a>>, "John II Cock (<a href="mailto:jpcock2@gmail.com" class="">jpcock2@gmail.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:jpcock2@gmail.com" class="">jpcock2@gmail.com</a>> </div><div class="">Subject: [Oe List ...] FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">John Cock <<a href="mailto:jpc2025@triad.rr.com" class="">jpc2025@triad.rr.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date: </b>Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 12:12 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To: </b><a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" class="">llc860@triad.rr.com</a> <<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" class="">llc860@triad.rr.com</a>><br class="">
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From: Lynda Cock [<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" class="">mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com</a>]<br class="">
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM<br class="">
To: Cock, John I<br class="">
Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?<br class="">
Importance: High<br class="">
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br class="">
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YOU BETTER WATCH OUT<br class="">
YOU BETTER NOT CRY<br class="">
YOU BETTER NOT POUT<br class="">
I'M TELLING YOU WHY<br class="">
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br class="">
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HE'S MAKING A LIST<br class="">
AND CHECKING IT TWICE<br class="">
HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT<br class="">
WHO'S NAUGHTY OR NICE<br class="">
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br class="">
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IT IS SAID OF OLD, THAT THE BAD BOYS AND GIRLS GOT NO GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS--<br class="">
ONLY A SWITCH TO LASH THEM WITH. BUT SO FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS, NO SWITCHES<br class="">
HAVE EVER BEEN LEFT AT CHRISTMAS. SANTA CLAUS TAKES GOOD GIFTS TO EVERY<br class="">
HOUSE, TO EVERY PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD.<br class="">
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THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. THIS IS THE WAY THE STORY READS. EVERY<br class="">
PERSON, EVERY HOUSE. IF A CHILD RECEIVES NO GIFT FROM SANTA CLAUS, THAT IS<br class="">
A DEVASTATING BLOW. NO MATTER HOW MANY GIFTS ARE RECEIVED FROM MOM, DAD,<br class="">
BROTHER, SISTER, THOSE GIFTS CANNOT REPLACE THE GIFT NOT RECEIVED FROM THE<br class="">
ONE WHO TAKES GIFTS TO ALL. YOU SEE IN THIS STORY, ALL GIRLS ARE GOOD<br class="">
GIRLS--FOR ALL RECEIVE GIFTS. AND ALL BOYS ARE GOOD BOYS--FOR ALL RECEIVE<br class="">
GIFTS.<br class="">
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NOW I ASK YOU: IS THIS A TRUE STORY? HAVE YOU EVER MET THAT WHICH GIVES<br class="">
GOOD GIFTS TO ALL? INTO EVERY HOUSE? BY ANY CRITERIA YOU AND I HAVE<br class="">
CREATED, WE ALL DESERVE SWITCHES. YET, IN SPITE OF HOW WE SEE OURSELVES,<br class="">
THERE IS THAT EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO<br class="">
ALL.<br class="">
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ST. NICK, SANTA CLAUS, OR WHATEVER OTHER NAME IS USED, THEY ALL DEPEND UPON<br class="">
OUR COMMON LIFE EXPERIENCES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO ALL, TO<br class="">
EVERY HOUSE. THE STORY DOES NOT SAY HOW THIS IS DONE OR WHY. IT SIMPLY<br class="">
SAYS THAT IT IS DONE.<br class="">
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"YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. . . I'M TELLING YOU WHY! SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO<br class="">
TOWN.!"<br class="">
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