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There’s something different, something special about Christmas in the country - a uniqueness which sets it apart from the same holiday in the city. Something more serene and seemingly more meaningful. A quieter, more reflective time. A time to actually contemplate what Christmas is really about.

Christmastime in the city is typified by hustle and bustle, tension and stress, and is certainly infinitely more expensive. Not so for a country Christmas.

In a rural area, Christmas is much more a time of fun and anticipation. A time for simple excitement, more meaningful giving, a truer grasp of the real spirit of the holiday.

Country folk do not get overly wrapped up in the commercial aspects of Christmas as is the case with most urban dwellers. They take more pleasure in simple gifts from the heart than store bought expressions of the holiday. Country folk tend to not place as much importance on the price of a gift as they do on the underlying meaning and thought put into it.

A batch of fresh baked cookies, homemade and delicious, packed into a nice Christmas tin, go a long way in satisfying the spirit of giving. Baking those favorite cookies takes much more thought and effort than purchasing a gift from some overcrowded store – much more.

Some country folk give the gift of doing a favor of love such as repairing an older person’s roof or doing odd jobs for another, especially an elder who may no longer be capable of doing such things themselves. They do so much more than their city cousins. Such expressions of thoughtfulness go a long way to assuage any guilt of not buying a present and, I suspect, are much more appreciated by the receiver.

In the country, one does not go to a tree lot to buy a dried out and sometimes scraggly, exorbitantly priced Christmas tree. Instead, in rural areas one packs their recently sharpened ax, heads to the nearest wooded area, scouts out the best pine tree there, and harvests it.

Tree cutting day is an exciting time for kids. I remember vividly my brothers and my adventures into the woods to find the perfect tree to take home. Most times we had scouted that tree for years prior to actually cutting it. We watched it grow year by year until it had reached just the right height for our living room. A few weeks before Christmas, and once we deemed it the best we could find, we cut it down, tied it to our Flexible Flyer sled, and slid it all the way home to the back porch. (There always seemed to be snow at that time of year.)

A tree freshly cut from the woods always seems to smell so much better, look more Christmassy, and provides infinitely more satisfaction than one bought at an urban tree lot. Always did for me anyway. I always felt sorry for city kids who never got to experience this pleasure.

Even a snow storm at Christmas is cause for celebration in the country whereas in the city it causes distress. City people may find themselves stranded in traffic or at airports. Tempers flare, rude behavior surfaces, and the Christmas spirit fades. Snow in the city at Christmas is not something to wonder at or enjoy for its serenity inducing effect.

In the countryside, as Robert Frost notes in his poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”, a snowstorm at Christmas is an event to appreciate and marvel at. It somehow enhances the spirit of the holiday. Robert Frost points this out. Even though he had “miles to go before I sleep”, he reins in the little horse pulling his sleigh while passing down a wooded country road at night to “watch his (a landowner’s) woods fill up with snow”. He takes a moment to observe the snow and even listen to the distinct sounds of a snowy evening where he notes “The only other sound’s the sweep, Of easy wind and downy flake”.

Country folk eagerly anticipate snow at Christmas; in fact, they are truly “dreaming of a white Christmas”.

Yes, Christmas in the country is manifested by the simple pleasures country folk get from simple things as opposed to a more consumer-minded, materialistically affected city dweller. One of my favorite gifts as a child was a pair of hand-knitted mittens I received each Christmas for many years from an elderly lady, a friend of the family, who must have spent countless hours of loving labor to make them special. They had my name knitted into them. I was the only kid in school who had mittens like that. I was as proud and appreciative of those warm hand coverings as I would have been had they been bought in the finest store on 5th Avenue in the busiest, most harried city at Christmas possibly in the world. Those mittens were something real and special – bright colored, expertly made, and toasty warm even on the coldest days. Those Christmas mittens were an expression of how much the lady loved me and I knew it even at a young age.

Does anyone knit mittens for Christmas anymore?

Adam Lambert became the runner-up in the popular American Idol tv show on May, 29 2009. It was just yesterday when Adam Lambert released his album “For Your Entertainment.”

Lambert was born humbly in Indianapolis, Indiana on January, 29 1982. Later on he moved to Rancho Peñasquitos in northeastern San Diego where he attended Deer Canyon Elementary School, Mesa Verde Middle School, there he was the victor in the Airband competition.



Adam Lambert attended the Mount Carmel High School Or MCHS for short. There he learned to sing in the choir, and perform in theater. Quite often he did vocals with the school jazz band “MC Jazz.”

Led Zeppelin, Queen, Michael Jackson, and others have been named as influential by Mr. Lambert. He is jewish and has done shows at Jewish events in Hebrew. One song he has sang before is titled “Shir LaShalom.” Also he has done events at Kol Nidre service, on Yom Kippur, The Musical as Joshua. A ten commandments kind of tribute.

The well-known publication Rolling Stone affirmed the fact that he was gay right after the American Idol conclusion.

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Lambert has acted since he was ten years old, and from 2004 he has acted often on the Zodiac, and Upright Cabaret shows. These two venues were co-created by the purveyor of the Pussycat Dolls Carmit Bachar.

Adam Lambert went to San Francisco for the eighth season audition of American Idol. The first round Adam sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Rock With You.” Lambert was voted into the high 13, enjoining fellow group 2 artists, Kris Allen, and Allison Iraheta. During the Micahel Jackson tribute sessions, he performed “Black or White” leading to high acclaim from all of the four judges. Paula Abdul was sure he would be in the finals. Simon Cowell referred to the performance as “indulgent rubbish.”

It was May, 2009 when Lambert was pronounced as the second place winner in the eighth season of American Idol.  Pictures of Lambert kissing a man were discovered while he was a competitor on American Idol. The O’Reilly Factor had a field day with this. Rolling Stone asked whether he thought this incident may have impacted his results in the competition, Lambert chuckled and replied “probably.”

There are now many bloggers reporting about the Adam Lambert AMA performance a few nights ago in which he was a bit too happy with a male co-performer. This has made the young man ever more famous, and undoubtedly more bankable by his progenitors. Good job Adam, and the best of luck to you. I’m sure you won’t be going away anytime soon.

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From Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Black and White to Heal the World, Michael Jackson overwhelmed the world with his spiffy dance moves and voices. Being gone of a sudden, the man astonishes us again by his huge influence on global music and culture, which goes far beyond America and Europe, even to his root land Africa and the overseas East. When he was alive, he broke down racial barriers and paved the way for younger generations on pop music through a wealth of exquisite music videos. Now the great entertainer is passing forever, is there anything we the MJ addicts can do to remember him?

The answer is definite. As to fans of MJ MVs, I think a good memory practice is to make a distinctive video as a tribute to him. Rather than listening to an existing music video of his, a homemade video writing our wishes for MJ will make more sense on his voyage to heaven. Some may fear that it is hard to make a video without sufficient competence in audio and video editing. Fortunately, there is an easy workaround – Write and edit memory messages in PowerPoint & Save to video with Moyea PPT to Video Converter. MS PowerPoint offers a simple solution for us to add magic to plain text, with a crafty mix of animations, sounds and movie montage clips; while Moyea PPT to Video Converter, a professional PowerPoint-to-video software program, processes a ready presentation to various videos that supported by the Web and many portables.

Guides on Memory Video for Michael Jackson Whether good at video editing or not, every MJ fan can manage to make a video out of PowerPoint with these 2 steps:

Step 1: Structure a MJ presentation in PowerPoint

To make an awesome MJ presentation, a clear clue is a must. Sort the memory words to a complete story with beginning, development and ending. It can be a photo album of the gracious singer, a MJ memory collection from all sides of the society, a self-recorded song with lyrics for the musician, or anything else that is particular and proper to express our deep feeling for MJ. Add in animations, transitions, sounds or even movie clips for a dramatic effect. Remember not to make it too long, just keep it within a quarter. Related sources that you may need:

Free PowerPoint Templates of Michael Jackson

Free Michael Jackson Wallpaper

Michael Jackson Music

Step 2: Finalize the MJ presentation in video

When the MJ memory presentation is completed, forward the conversion task to Moyea PPT to Video Converter. Import the presentation, and let the smart helper output it to a seamless video in AVI, MP4, MOV, FLV, 3GP and etc. Click here for details of converting PowerPoint to video

Now our final video comes out, the next concern is

Where does this MJ memory carrier go?

The destination varies according to the specific format set within the PPT to Video converter.

Stop 1 – Internet We can upload the MJ memory video to a string of social networking sites, e.g. YouTube, MySpace, blogs, podcasts, inviting friends and other MJ fans to share the affection for the Pop of King. Besides, there are special sites for MJ fans to submit memory messages, photos and videos, such as the “At Memorials for Michael Jackson” on MSNBC Stop 2 – iPod or similar mobile gadgets To stay alone with the late artist, connect the MJ memory video to an iPod, an iPhone, or a mobile phone like Blackberry. These personal gadgets are best choices for a separate prayer, unique, tranquil, and solemn enough to keep the bygone undisturbed. Yes, we love him.

May Michael Jackson Rest in Peace!