SCROOGE BEFORE & AFTER... OMM's SCROOGE CHALLENGE...

 

I'll begin again I will change my fate 

I will show the world That it is not too late 

I will never stop While I still have time 

'Till I stand at the top Of the mountain I must climb 

I will start anew I will make amends 

And I will make quite certain That the story ends 

On a note of hope On a strong amen 

And I'll thank the world And remember when 

I was able to begin again 

I'll begin again!

~

Scrooge

ELLIOT THE EVIL ELF... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION NAUGHTY ELF CHALLENGE...

Elliot the Evil Elf 

 Definitely fell off the shelf 

He's smashed all the ornaments 

and tangled the lights 

Put holes in the stockings, 

gave the tree a blight

Changed the Holly to Poison Ivy 

 made all the children itchy and hivey

 That Evil Elliot the Elf.

ELVES SNOWBALL FIGHT... DIGITAL WHISPER's SANTA's ELVES CHALLENGE...

 Taking it to the Big Guy...

REINDEER MAGIC... SPA's REINDEER CHALLENGE...

 

Then one foggy Christmas Eve 

Santa came to say 

"Rudolph, with your nose so bright 

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

~

Johnny Marks

SANTA's ELVES ARE WATCHING... OMM's SANTA's ELVES ARE WATCHING CHALLENGE...

 If I had a million little elves helping me 

and random people feeding me cookies, 

I’d be jolly all the time too." 

~

 Sophia Fraioli

GRINCH & COMPANY... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's GRINCH CHALLENGE...

 “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store.

 Maybe Christmas…perhaps…

means a little bit more!” 

~

 The Grinch

"To kindness and love, 

the things we need most!

~

The Who's

THE NORTH POLE AFTER CHRISTMAS... DIGITAL WHISPER's NORTH POLE CHALLENGE...

There really is a Santa Claus. 

 And you don't need to go 

to the North Pole to find him. 

It's only necessary 

to look into your own heart." 

~

 Jeff Guinn

UNDER THE MISTLETOE... SPA's MISTLETOE CHALLENGE...

 It's Christmastime. 

Put a stupid mistletoe over his head 

and kiss him already!" 

~

 Jay Asher

THE SHOE TREE... OMM's WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SHOE CHALLENGE...

 

"Give a girl the right shoes, 

and she can conquer the world." 

~

 Bette Midler

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST & GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME... MY SOULS DARK IMAGINATIONS CHRISTMAS GHOST's CHALLENGE...

 Ebenezer Scrooge 

The sins of man are huge 

A neverending symphony 

Of villainy and infamy 

Duplicity, deceit, and subtefuge 

And no one's worse than 

Ebenezer Scrooge.

~

Scrooge

SNOW AGAIN... DIGITAL WHISPER's SNOW CHALLENGE...

 

Where it's snowing, all winter through 

That's where I want to be 

Snowball throwing, that's what I'll do 

How I'm longing to ski, through the snow.

~

Irving Berlin

IT's MY TURN... SPA's SLEIGH CHALLENGE...

 Jingle bells, jingle bells 

Jingle all the way 

Oh, what fun it is to ride 

In a one-horse open sleigh

THE SNOW QUEEN... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's... SNOW QUEEN CHALLENGE...

"Real power is control. 

Knowing that you can do anything...

and not doing it only because you can." 

~

Joan D. Vinge

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?...

It may sound funny 

but one of the things I am really thankful for is

indoor plumbing, heating and electricity

When I was little 

my great grandma had to walk clear across

a big pasture to get to her outhouse.

 

THIS AIN'T EASY... SPA's UPSIDE DOWN CHALLENGE...

"Do not worry 

that your life is turning upside down. 

How do you know 

that the side you are used to 

is better than the one to come?"  

~

Rumi

TURKEY's WHERE WOULD YOU HIDE... OMM's TURKEY CHALLENGE...

 "Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless.

 Christmas dinner's dark and blue. 

When you stop and try to see it 

From the turkey's point of view..." 

 ~

 Shel Silverstein

FOREST FOLK's... MY DARK IMAGINATION's WOOD NYMPH'S CHALLENGE...

"I like the way he looks at me, 

like I am a wood nymph 

that he happened upon one day 

and just had to take home to keep." 

~

 Jenny Han

MONA STYLE INFLUENCER... SPA's STYLISH CHALLENGE...

 

"Style is knowing who you are, 

what you want to say, 

and not giving a damn" 

~

 Orson Welles

PUMPKIN PERSONALITY PIE... DIGITAL WHISPER's PUMPKIN PIE CHALLENGE...

 "Vegetables are a must on a diet. 

I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, 

and pumpkin pie." 

~

 Jim Davis

KIND FAERIE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's FALL FAERIE CHALLENGE ...

 If you can only be one thing,

BE KIND.

FASHION PLATE... OMM's PUT A HAT ON IT CHALLENGE...

Teddy said it was a hat,

So I put it on.

Now Dad is saying,

"where the heck's the toilet plunger gone?"

~

Shel Silverstein 

THE TRAVELER... SPA's TRAVEL CHALLENGE...

 "The world is a book 

and those who do not travel 

read only one page." 

~

 Augustine of Hippo

CHECKING THE MAIL... DIGITAL WHISPER's MAIL BOX CHALLENGE...

 It is good for your health 

to step outside the house of the world. 

After all, we are not going far. 

 Only so far as the mailbox." 

~

 Catherynne M. Valente

DESERVE VICTORY... & IN FLANDERS FIELDS... OMM's SOLDIER CHALLENGE...

 

"The true soldier fights 

not because he hates what is in front of him, 

but because he loves what is behind him."

~

 G.K. Chesterton

ANGEL OF DARKNESS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's DARK ANGEL CHALLENGE...

 "It is the unknown we fear 

when we look upon death and darkness, 

nothing more." 

~

 J.K. Rowling