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Happy 2010 !!!
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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2010

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Peace On Earth

Wishing Everyone a Peaceful, Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year!!!

Thank you so much for your friendship here on flickr.

Uploaded on Dec 31, 2009

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Happy Boxing Day Canada !!!

Happy Boxing Day to our Australian, British, Canadian, Kiwis and All Friends celebrating this holiday!!!

Boxing Day is a public holiday celebrated on December 26 in Canada and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.

From Wikipedia: Boxing day was traditionally a day the servants had a day off from their duties. Because of this the gentry would eat cold cuts and have a buffet style feast prepared by the servants in advance. In modern times many families will still follow this tradition by eating a family style buffet lunch, with cold cuts rather than a full cooked meal. It is a time for family, parlour games and sports in the UK.

The traditional recorded celebration of Boxing Day has long included giving money and other gifts to boxing organizers, who were needy and in service positions. The European tradition has been dated to the Middle Ages, but the exact origin is unknown and there are some claims that it goes back to the late Roman/early Christian era; metal boxes were placed outside churches used to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of Saint Stephen.[1]

In the United Kingdom it certainly became a custom of the nineteenth century Victorians for tradesmen to collect their "Christmas boxes" or gifts in return for good and reliable service throughout the year on the day after Christmas.[2] The exact etymology of the term "Boxing" is unclear, with several competing theories, none of which are clearly true.[3]

The establishment of Boxing Day as a defined public holiday under the legislation that created the UK's Bank Holidays started the separation of 'Boxing Day' from the 'Feast of St Stephen' and today it is almost entirely a secular holiday with a tradition of shopping and post Christmas sales starting.

Uploaded on Dec 26, 2009 | Map

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December 25 ~ Happy Birthday Jesus !!!

Hark the herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King!".

Uploaded on Dec 25, 2009

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Merry Christmas To All !!!

From our home to yours ... Warm Holiday Greetings to All!

Uploaded on Dec 24, 2009

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