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In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the Harlem Community Choir, recorded their message against war as a peace anthem, a song that has also become a Christmas standard: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” According to the John Lennon Museum, Lennon wrote the song as an attempt to get people to see war at a grassroots level and for them to take responsibility for the world around them.
So this is now the beginning of the Christmas season. And what have you done? The opening lines of the song, sung so nonchalantly by Lennon, serve as a call-to-action for us all. The holidays become critical moments in the year for personal assessments, to review our choices. And to make things better. If you want it.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, as well as the classic Christmas music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-happy-xmas-war-is-over/In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the Harlem Community Choir, recorded their... more
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Willie Nelson on A Colbert Christmas:
10 more days till my Xmas so hears my singing card
Merry Christmas to allWillie Nelson on A Colbert Christmas:
10 more days till my Xmas so hears my... more
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December 8th serves as Remembrance Day for John Lennon.
On December 16, 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched a large-scale multi-media campaign for Peace. Originally used in a tribute to John for the ImaginePeace.com website last December, this rare footage from the Lennon Film Archive remembers John as the world knew him - a passionate activist, musician and human being.
Remember - War Is Over! (If You Want It)
To find out more go to imaginepeace.comDecember 8th serves as Remembrance Day for John Lennon.
On December 16, 1969 John... more
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It's hard to believe that we are still struggling with the same issues. For IMAGINE PEACE news and the rest of the website, go here
http://www.imaginepeace.com/news.htmlIt's hard to believe that we are still struggling with the same issues. For... more
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The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus).
Domesticated reindeer are mostly found in northern Scandinavia and Russia, and wild reindeer are mostly found in Norway, North America, Greenland and Iceland (where they were introduced by humans in the 18th century).
Reindeer have a four-chambered stomach. They mainly eat lichens in winter, especially reindeer moss. On occasion they will also feed on lemmings, arctic char, and bird eggs.
Reindeer have specialized noses featuring nasal turbinate bones that dramatically increase the surface area within the nostrils. Incoming cold air is warmed by the animal's body heat before entering the lungs,
Reindeer hooves adapt to the season: in the summer, the footpads become spongy and provide extra traction. In the winter, the pads shrink and tighten, exposing the rim of the hoof which cuts into the ice and crusted snow
The reindeer coat has two layers of fur, a dense woolly undercoat and longer-haired overcoat consisting of hollow, air-filled hairs.
Santa Claus' reindeer were first named in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, where they are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixem. Dunder was later changed to Donder and ? in other works ? Donner, and Blixem was later changed to Blitzen.
Rudolph was not part of the original poem
The name of a male is referred to as a buck
The name of a female is referred to as a doe
The name or offspring, or a baby Reindeer, is a fawn
The collective name for a group of Reindeer is a herd
The sound made by a Reindeer is referred to as a bellow
Both male and female reindeer grow antlers
Antlers are shed during the winter
The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and... more
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(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy Xmas (Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done... more
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