aDVanCe MeRRy ChRisTMas tO aLL

COUNT DOWN begins... it's exactly 24 days more to go before Christmas

                      A nice Bear HUG For you!  :)
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                The first annual 1997 Bear Hug Forward...

     Forward this message to someone you really care
     and if that person writes back to you, that means he
     or she cares for you too.

     See how many people write you back.


     Scroll down for more and sing with feelings, greetings to all
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.:*~*:._.
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On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Twelve Drummers Drumming
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  (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\)
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Ten Lords A-Leaping
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Nine Ladies Dancing
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                                /____\
Eight Maids A-Milking
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Seven swans A-Swimming
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Five Golden Rings
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Four Calling Birds
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                                  MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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