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Ataahua
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Dec 24 2012, 8:32pm
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Merry Christmas one and all!
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It's 9.30am Christmas Day here in New Zealand so I wanted to stop by to wish you all a wonderful Christmas when the sun dawns in your part of the world.
Down here we're feeling more like Fiji with the remnants of a tropical cyclone sending the temps and humidity soaring - I expect everyone to have frizzy hair in the Christmas photos this year. :)
Cheers, everyone!
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Eledhwen
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Dec 24 2012, 8:42pm
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Hengist
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Dec 24 2012, 9:20pm
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Have a great day
" So let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the Potato People and plead with him for your freedom, and you're telling me you're completely sane? "
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Radagast-Aiwendil
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Dec 24 2012, 9:27pm
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!//
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Reliable Radagast rides his sled of Rhosgobel Rabbits round and round Rhovanion.
Tongue twister copyright Radagast-Aiwendil 2012.
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Kimi
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Dec 24 2012, 11:08pm
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Yes, rather wild weather. We were without electricity for a couple of hours last night, as the storm did some damage. Today is just as wild, but the Christmas lights are on. :)
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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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namarie
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Dec 25 2012, 12:13am
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It's 1:10 am on 25th December and Christmas is finally here too :)
There is always hope
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 25 2012, 1:40am
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It's still Christmas Eve here, and snow is in the forecast. I'm supposed to go play my harp in church in a few hours: planning on "Far Over the Misty Mountains". :-) I hope the snow holds off a little longer.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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silneldor
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Dec 25 2012, 1:46am
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From my warm, cheery hearth to yours, may your Christmas be merry and bright feeling the warmth and joy of Love through family and friends, always.
And may the new year bring you peace and purpose to all your doings.
Hugs, sil&family 
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Lissuin
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Dec 25 2012, 2:11am
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And a Merry Christmas to you, Ataahua, and all.
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After 30 years living in snow country at Christmas time, 26 C in Wellington with blue sky and folks wearing jandals are things hard to believe! The cats and husband and I are being very lazy and trying to stay cool. I hope you in the north are all inside snug and warm with a cuppa and cake - seed cake, of course!
Cheers!
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silneldor
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Dec 25 2012, 3:51am
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The wife exclaimed, "We have a white Christmas!"
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So we just took a walk through the woods with the crunch of snow beneath our feet and listened to the silent snowflakes fall, and
took a shot of the event on our way out.
I cannot remember when this occurred in the past .
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Ardamírë
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Dec 25 2012, 4:13am
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Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima! Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars!
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Ataahua
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Dec 25 2012, 4:13am
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I hadn't heard about the storm.
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I did wonder how you were handling the humidity because I know if NP is sweltering, Auckland would be unbearable. I hope you day has gone smoothly!
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Ataahua
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Dec 25 2012, 4:15am
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to have Christmas in entirely the 'wrong' season! Have you started any new traditions to suit?
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Lissuin
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Dec 25 2012, 4:43am
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New traditions for a new home:
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Getting together these three years with new friends and watching their little boy grow up; a salad with sausages or sauteed shrimp to replace the turkey; Aunt Betty's Iced Christmas Fruit Cake; a little fiber-optic tree; a quiet day at home in the bush listening to the birds and the stream; and no snow shoveling  .
Slice of Heaven!
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Kelvarhin
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Dec 25 2012, 5:40am
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Bag ENZ Home of the Hobbit *with thanks to cameragod ;D*
 
One by one they faded, and fell into shadow...
One book to rule them all
One book to find them
One book to bring them all
And in TORn bind them
In the land of TORnadoes...where the brilliant play
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Starling
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Dec 25 2012, 6:56am
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Merry Christmas from sunny Christchurch, New Zealand
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Wishing you all peace and happiness.
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sherlock
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Dec 25 2012, 1:08pm
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I'm looking at the same thing right now.
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Had a cord of seasoned wood delivered & stacked yesterday. Paid a lot for it but it will pay off in reduced electric bills. Merry, toasty, warm Christmas, sil & family!
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malla
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Dec 25 2012, 1:19pm
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May they be happy, healthy and safe.......
Tenna' ento lye omenta,
Malla
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Altaira
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Dec 25 2012, 4:59pm
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It's a white christmas here in Colorado
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It started snowing around 10:00 last night - beautiful - and left just enough that I'll have to go out and shovel in a bit. But, that's okay, I actually like shoveling snow; strange, I know. Then, it's off to spend the day with family, eating, playing games and watching the kids unwrap the presents they haven't unwrapped yet, and showing off the ones they have.
Wishing everyone a most joyous Christmas, or whatever you might be celebrating this time of year!
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Elizabeth
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Dec 25 2012, 7:10pm
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Looking forward to New Year's in New Zealand!
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Or at least on Air NZ. We leave Hawaii late on NY Eve, and arrive in Auckland 9 hrs later, Jan. 2. So a very brief New Year's hour, or minute, or whatever! We'll be in NZ till Jan. 25.
We'll be in Rotorua, Wellington, Marlborough area, Christchurch, driving from Graymouth down the coast to Queenstown (taking 3 days), Queenstown, and Te Anau, including an overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound.
Hope to see some of you, and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all!
Join us NOW in the Reading Room for detailed discussions of The Hobbit, July 9-Nov. 18!
Elizabeth is the TORnsib formerly known as 'erather'
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Lily Fairbairn
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Dec 25 2012, 7:55pm
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...where we had a much-needed inch of rain and now it's *snowing*!! And also blowing a gale, so I'm going to appreciate it from inside my nice warm home. We did the festivities with our family yesterday, giving them time to get home before the weather turned wet.
A white Christmas in Texas is not a frequent occurence, believe me! 
Happy thoughts 'round the world, y'all.
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Lily Fairbairn
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Dec 25 2012, 7:56pm
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Please give lovely NZ my regards---and enjoy!
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