A Silverhorn Christmas Story

Seasons Greetings Silverhorner's!!!!!

Welcome to the View From Silverhorn Mountain, the Christmas Countdown begins, only 3 more sleeps to the big day. Of course, that also means only 2 more shopping days left, and only 1 if you don't have Sunday shopping. Here on the Silverhorn, we have Sunday shopping thankfully, except it's only at the Silverhorn General Store, where their motto is, "High Prices and a Selection That Never Changes"

Not to worry, I was in the big city today strolling the mall, while the wife did her Christmas shopping...whew!!! It was touch and go for a little while, but she finally gave up trying to get me to be creative and thoughtful, and picked out her own stuff. I did a little study this afternoon, picking up things that I thought she would like, and looking like I was about to buy it, only to be told by her, "No, I don't like that."

After about 13 "I don't like that's" she realized my dilemma was actually her dilemma and started telling me what to buy....ahh, there is something wonderfully sexy about a practical woman, especially at Christmas....there is also something to be said for a man who thinks strategically...*wink*

We are resting up now, intending to head to the 24 hour shopping marathon at the local Walmart. Not that there is going to be any different stuff, or any less crowds, we are just suckers for events like 24 hour shopping. The same reason people try to climb to the top of Silverhorn Mountain, - because it's there...(well actually it isn't but that is another story and far to confusing to try and explain here)It's like a festival or something, you go to be seen. I am wearing a Santa suit for the occasion, I don't know why, it just feels right.

On to other things. I have to apologize to all the Britney Spears fans who drop in to Silverhorn Lodge to read about the antics of our favorite guest, but I have decided to let Britney alone tonight in order to bring you something of a more seasonal nature. So sit back and enjoy tonight's Christmas Story, suitable for all ages...

I dunno about you but sometimes I am acutely aware of something going on, but I don't exactly know what...almost like a conspiracy theory, or the Priore de Sion / Masons / Starships /controlling the world etc, something is there but you can't put your finger on it, can't quite understand it...It's like you almost have life figured out, but can't quite put it all together. Scientists, scholars and thinkers have been trying to do this for ages and still haven't done it. Well, neither have I, but I don't feel too bad considering I am neither a scientist, scholar or thinker...

However, I do have my thinking cap on sometimes..and sometimes these "things" these thoughts of something underneath the surface, show up as links, or linkages to other things, that make you raise and eyebrow and cover your mouth with your hand and say, "Ohhh?" Well I think I have stumbled on to one of those links tonight in a news item, it has to do with Santa Claus. Now, bare with me folks, (yup I am nude) as I try to explain this to ya, and follow along closely. If you are dumb, ask someone to read it aloud to you....

By now, most of us know that the image of Santa that we have come to know originated in the 1930's in magazine advertisements for Coca-Cola. If you didn't know that, you do now, thanks to our 'doing the research so you don't have to.' (LINK T)

However, our same research has discovered that the original Santa, was a more serious looking character, known as St Nicholas, who had a halo and carried a bible. He was an object of deep veneration (which means...ummm...well...ahhh...you know....) to Ortodox Christians, which are similar to Unorthodox Christians only more orthodox...which means well....ummm...you know.... (LINK U)
St Nick, as we in the know, have come to call him, was worshipped by the Orthodox folks on December 6th in a little place called Demre, which was apparently a popular place for orthodox folks. (LINK R)

So here is what we know about St Nick, who may or may not have been jolly...or old...no one is sure...but we do know that he was a bishop in Demre in the 4th century. He was apparently generous and word of his generosity spread around the world, which of course in the 4th century wasn't very big...and at the time the world was still flat, which meant it was easier for word to spread.... (K)

Sooo...on to some of the 'linkages' as mentioned at the beginning. It seems one night St Nicholas, threw a sack of gold through the open window of a poverty stricken man who could not pay the wedding dowries of his three ugly daughters. There is an assumption here that St Nick was trying to give the poverty stricken guy money so he could get rid of his daughters, however, I suppose it is possible he was trying to kill the poverty stricken guy, which had he succeeded may have put an entirely different spin on Christmas...however, we'll assume he was trying to give him money, because it is a nicer story for this time of year... (E)

We assume they were ugly because if you have to give a bag of gold to get rid of them...they gotta be ugly...anyway...the next night Jolly Old St Nick, who was then going by the name Jolly, threw another sack threw the window. This time the poverty stricken man was;
1) less poverty stricken, because he already had one sack of gold, and;
2)not hit in the head, because he had learned the previous night not to sit in front of an open window....

But Jolly Old Nick wasn't a quitter, so the third night he climbed up on the roof of the now even less poverty stricken man's house and dropped a bag of gold down the chimney. (are you starting to get the linkages now??) It landed on the girl's stockings drying in the fireplace...aha!! Stockings in the fireplace...hmmmm.....Folks, we may have just discovered the origins of sexy black stockings as Christmas presents....but I digress.... (Y)

So....in summation...and I do believe it is time I sum this up, and or sober up...here is the link that I have discovered....do you know where this all took place? Demre, right? Yup, except Demre is in...you guessed it, or at least I assume you did by now...

See how it all fits...think about it...linkages folks, you gotta look for the LINKAGES...

Hey I never said this would be easy....