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PRINTDear Santa Claus
Dear Santa Claus,
Put into my stocking a dash of Human Kindness. Pour in some of the oil of graciousness, so I can appreciate things.
Give me to play well my part in this big, busy world and to so regulate my life that when I pass on no one can say of me;” He lived for self alone.”
Leave for me a generous package of Good Cheer, so that when my neighbor is weighed down with despair I may go to help him look up and hope anew.
Bring me a jack-in-the-box like the one that set my heart to pit-a-pat in the days agone, only let it be labeled faith and give me to unlock its magic for every heavy heart that comes my way.
Make all the children of the earth glad, dear Santa, but don’t forget the grownups. Write upon the minds and hearts of all who have relinquished the carefreeness of youth for the stern verities of the daily struggle the message that real happiness consists not of material things, but in days spent in the service of one another.
-Author Unknown
Sandi Duncan is the Managing Editor of the Farmers' Almanac. Click here to read Sandi's full biography.Free Weekly eNewsletter
Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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