Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I think I post this picture every year and it's one of my favorite Christmas pictures ever.  It took me 23 years and a trip to a combat zone to learn that the best parts of Christmas (besides the promise of salvation...) don't come wrapped in boxes.

Merry Christmas everyone, or Happy Holidays, and if you don't celebrate anything at all this time of year (which is perfectly fine with me), I hope you have a wonderful day regardless.

My buddy David and I at Balad Airbase, Iraq, celebrating Christmas in 2003.

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  1. The Angry LurkerDecember 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM

    Same to you and yours Steven!

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  2. David FDecember 24, 2015 at 11:43 AM

    God bless you and the family, my brother!

    David

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    1. Disgruntled FusilierDecember 24, 2015 at 11:48 AM

      And the same to you, bud! As crazy as things get around here at this time of year, I always think back to that Christmas at Balad and it sets me straight as to what's really important.

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  3. Duc de GobinDecember 24, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    Merry Christmas to you and your family mate, and have a great new year (filled with many new rulesets :).

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  4. Paul FosterDecember 24, 2015 at 2:38 PM

    Have a great Christmas mate. All the best to you and the family.

    Model on!

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    1. Disgruntled FusilierDecember 24, 2015 at 6:32 PM

      Merry Christmas, Paul. Got some new year reinforcements possibly coming your way!

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  5. irishhighlanderDecember 24, 2015 at 5:59 PM

    Your eternal Christmas present was being able to come home. I'm glad you were able to, and I was in Korea and Japan from 1996-2015. This is the first Christmas I've been "home" since 2003

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    1. Disgruntled FusilierDecember 24, 2015 at 6:32 PM

      Wow then a well-deserved homecoming this Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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  6. John StieningDecember 24, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    Merry Christmas. Perspective is everything!

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  7. Grenzer JohnDecember 24, 2015 at 11:38 PM

    Merry Christmas from the snow-less North!

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    1. Disgruntled FusilierDecember 25, 2015 at 8:47 AM

      Merry Christmas John! I'll be wearing a Hawaiian shirt to Christmas dinner today to mock the weather! :)

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  8. Archduke PiccoloDecember 25, 2015 at 12:14 AM

    All the best for Christmas and the New Year, mate!

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    1. Disgruntled FusilierDecember 25, 2015 at 8:47 AM

      And the same to you sir! Merry Christmas and roll "6s" in 2016!

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  9. Mad PadreDecember 25, 2015 at 1:28 PM

    Merry Christmas to you and yours, Steve.
    Old soldiers never die, their hair just musters out.

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  10. KenDecember 26, 2015 at 5:54 PM

    Wow, so yong, so much hair! :)

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  11. Paul O'GDecember 26, 2015 at 6:05 PM

    Merry Christmas Steve - couldn't agree more

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