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F/U Christmas Charity
I just got back from camping and saw the post below about the giving trees. Where I grew up, they were called "paper angels." Anyway, Jimmy Wayne (a country singer) has a song about them- I just thought I'd share the lyrics:
After every day-after-Thanksgiving sale the malls just ain't complete
Without
a bunch of decorations and a paper angel tree
There's artificial smiles on
artificial tree limbs
Saying what she'd love to have and what to buy for
him
Well i hope Maggie likes her new winter clothes and her buggy with a
baby doll
And maybe Tom'll smile with his new nike shoes when he shoots that
basketball
I can't help but wishing that i could do more
But not just
while I'm shopping in the department store
[Chorus:]
Paper
angels you're in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are right now
remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help take care
Of his
paper angels everywhere
Going through the mail almost every afternoon i
see a Mom and Dad's
Worst dream
There on the back of a money-saving ad to
get my carpet cleaned
Height, weight, hair, eyes, date missing, and DOB
A
child's name, a picture, and the words 'have you seen
me?'
[Chorus:]
Paper angels you're in my thoughts and
prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right there
He's
asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper angels everywhere
His
documented bruises fill a folder file
She's a second grade self-portrait
drawn without a smile
And every town is littered with this kind of
debris
We've got to stop this madness and it's up to you and
me
[Chorus:]
Paper angels you're in my thoughts and
prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right there
He's
asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper angels everywhere