Xmas...  funny how everyone has to enjoy this holiday. I think its a
matter of how much money you can make out of it, is what it boils
down to for many.   If you can't butter
up your boss with a gift, or milk money out of a grandmother selling
junk to her, for her grand kids, this holiday is nothing but a vacation
day.
     I personally have spent several days, over the last few weeks,
 working on a Vanagon locally with the intent to help the owner who is
currently down on his luck, with not much income. This is what xmas
should be!  I don't give gifts to those who don't need them. I don't
like receiving gifts, because I don't need anything.  If I'm ask
what I would like, I always say a new Vanagon Syncro camper. If you
have kids or a big family, maybe this is just a great time to
get together.  If I had a big family, I would take everyone for a ride in
the  Syncro, to see Xmas lights.  Its always interesting to hear friends
and family complain how old my Vanagons are, and hear them comment
about the work I do on them.  This year has not been any different.
Another year older, and a little more rust.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> Amazing how many of us are doing Vanagon E-mails on Christmas Eve. There
> must be other things we should be doing.
>
> >From Sunny Coral Spring Florida, (Instead of Long Island), may you all
> have a Merry Christmas?
>
> Dennis,
>