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Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 11:23 am
by jarkko
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023
to all Forum members and visitors!!

Eija & Jarkko



Following our 19 years of tradition, here is Leonard singing "Silent Night": https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/silentnight.mp3

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:08 pm
by dencarter1
Thank you for that, and the very best wishes to all at this time.

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:42 pm
by Hartmut
Thank you! To you as well!

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:53 pm
by Carolann
Hello, I’ve just joined the forum … happy holidays from Scotland!

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:49 pm
by Geoffrey
happy holidays everyone :)
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Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 6:08 am
by dar
Season's Greetings forum friends. May you all have a warm and wonderful holiday.

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:59 am
by B4real
Thank you, Jarkko & Eija!
It’s that time of the year again. You know I always look forward to this annual traditional thread and LC’s Silent Night.

Holidays at Christmas time in the summer where I live are symbolised by a flaming red tree.
They dot the landscape most visually everywhere. There’s one by the bottom of my garden.

As Leonard says:
.... a scarlet fever ~ The Traitor
.... green and red serving the sun like platters ~ Three Good Nights (FFH)

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I am so glad I’m able to be here for another year and join in wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. These days so many people over the world cannot enjoy the simple pleasures of life that were once taken for granted. My heart goes out to all those in the most difficult and unfortunate of circumstances not of their own making.

"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace".


~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:43 am
by oblivion
A very happy Christmas to all my friends and Cohenites,
Stay healthy and hopeful!
May the new year bring peace
Ute

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:56 am
by Andrew (Darby)
Thanks, Jarkko & Eija! 🙏

Season’s Greetings and wishing you all the best for 2023, Forum friends!

Cheers,
Andrew D. :)

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:44 pm
by dar
Deleted my judgmental post.

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:36 pm
by christineanne
Later than usual - had to wait for tech support to shrink my pic!

Beautiful pictures!

Thanks, as always to Eija, Jarkko and all the moderators for their work. The forum is in good hands!

To them and all to all the forum users:

May your Christmas be joyful and your New Year filled with peace

Christineanne

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:43 pm
by merton
Hi,

Appropriately chastened, Dar. Late getting Christmas cards out and presents together. But now hours before Santa arrives it is good to thank Eija for the beautiful image, redolent with the possibility of peace that this year has not really provided. But also to thank Jarkko and team for providing the Leonard Cohen world with this gift for sharing.

Happy Christmas one and all and may 2023 be kinder and gentler to us all.

May all the forum members who died this year rest in peace.

All the best,
merton

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:57 am
by Janetld
Thank you so much, Eija and Jarkko and all moderators for all you do to keep this wonderful site going for us. Wishing you all and everyone here all the very best for the festive season and a peaceful year to follow, Janet

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:46 am
by Joe Way
Happy Christmas, dear friends- you have all become so important to Anne & myself throughout the years. Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. Special greetings and thank you to Jarkko & Eija for all you’ve done for us!

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:16 pm
by I'm your fan
Thank you very much too, I wish the same for all you. May all of you have a happy New Year!