It is too early to give an accurate report on anything that happened New Year's Eve, but we have received a copy of an email that a member of the club was sent by an uncle, and thought that you might like to hear an example of the miracle of Christmas - it goes like this.

Dear Family,

It was a great Christmas Eve. I went out and had a few drinks to the occasion, and got run over by a Christmas party. I started out with Irish whiskey and finished up with cognac. During the festivities it snowed, just enough to scrape a snow balls worth off of a five foot board. and of course we had a snowball fight; the first one in about eleven years.

When I got home, I unpacked all the boxes from home and arranged the gifts that you sent me in groups so that I could tell what part of the family they came from, and started making a list of who gave me what for Christmas. Most organized.

When Christmas morning came, 11:00 AM, I found a front room that looked like a bomb had gone off in the shipping department. It was completely littered with wrapping paper, gifts were scattered all over and pretty mixed up, and there was a list presents with the givers names attached that was about three presents long.

The greatest thing about it was that I discovered what Christmas must be like for those with Alzheimers. It turns out that I remembered only about 25% of the presents that were given to me. Consequently, I was able to enjoy getting them all over again on Christmas morning! It was terrific!

I think that I'll go out this evening and have a couple of snorts with some friends of mine. If I get the desired effect, I'll forget at least half of the presents and wake up to more Holiday surprises on Sunday!

I think I may just have something here, and I owe the whole thing to all you wonderful folks at home.

Whether my plan works, or not I'll be in touch with y'all·. In less, of course, I forget.

Love, "Sharpie"

Yes, it was a Christmas "miracle", and if you get wind of any newsworthy events, hit the email button on our web site, fill us in, and we'll pass it on.