XPost: can.politics, pei.general, ont.politics   
   XPost: bc.politics, ab.politics   
   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/12/2013 5:30 PM, ConɀRConɀ wrote:   
   > Friday, December 06, 2013 10:57 PM   
   >   
   > Son trying to create 'Miracle on 34th Street' moment for ailing parents   
   >   
   > Mark Enman is asking Canadians to help him and his siblings give their   
   > ailing parents a "Miracle on 34th Street moment" for Christmas.   
   >   
   > He's collecting Christmas cards -- as many as possible -- from all over   
   > Canada and beyond, for his parents, Bev and Don Enman, who've both   
   > recently developed dementia and been placed in a long-term care home.   
   >   
   > "I was on Facebook last Monday just chatting with my sister Dawn who   
   > lives in Germany and discussing how our mother loved this time of year   
   > and how right now is such a tough time for both of our parents, and   
   > wouldn't it be nice if we could do something to bring a little bit of   
   > that joy back?"   
   >   
   > So he made a post on Facebook calling for Christmas cards and it quickly   
   > "spread like wildfire."   
   >   
   > The Grade 4 teacher from Summerside, P.E.I., has already received more   
   > than 60 cards, some from as far away as Fort McMurray, Alta., and "it's   
   > only been two days, so it's just the tip of the iceberg."   
   >   
   > Enman said his mom was always the source of Christmas spirit in their   
   > home. Her favourite things about the season were exchanging Christmas   
   > cards and watching Miracle on 34th Street.   
   >   
   > When Enman was growing up, she'd hang Christmas cards on strings all   
   > over the house. Others, she'd tape around the door frames, a tradition   
   > he has continued with his family.   
   >   
   > "They were things that my mother kept from year to year. When Christmas   
   > was over, she wouldn't discard them. The next year they'd be out and a   
   > part of the Christmas   
   > decor," Enman said.   
   >   
   > Enman and his siblings Dawn, Brian and Barry hope to surprise their   
   > parents on Dec. 20 with a scene reminiscent of the famous moment in a   
   > Miracle of 34th Street where, to prove a man claiming to be Santa Claus   
   > is the real deal, huge bags of letters addressed to Santa are delivered   
   > to the courtroom.   
   >   
   > "I'd love to say that its gonna be this moment of pure joy and   
   > happiness, but I don't know that, because they have good days and bad   
   > days, as most dementia patients have. I'm under no illusion that that   
   > day is going to be a good day, but I'm hoping it will."   
   >   
   > If not, Enman said, he'll just go back the next day, or the next, until   
   > they're both lucid.   
   >   
   > Then, he'll sit down with them, open the cards, and "share the message   
   > that are inside."   
   >   
   > "I think that would be a special time to share with my parents," he said.   
   >   
   > If you want to participate, you can send a card to:   
   >   
   > Don and Bev Enman,   
   > C/O Summerset Manor   
   > 15 Frank Mellish Street   
   > Summerside, P.E.I.   
   > C1N 0H3   
   >   
   >   
   > http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/06/son-trying-to-create-mira   
   le-on-24th-street-moment-for-ailing-parents#   
   >   
   Christmas is mentioned nowhere in the Bible and there is no evidence   
   that any of the Apostles ever celebrated it. Further the Bible gives no   
   indication that Jesus and the disciples ever celebrated his birthday and   
   the day of his birth is not mentioned.   
      
   --   
   *Read and obey the Bible*   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)