Christmas is a comin'!

We are so excited (Mom's about to pee her pants! I would too, but I'm still dehydrated.) for Christmas this year! Everyone's home! Even Madison (dang! Now that he's made a significant financial investment in one of the Brady family children, I guess I'll have to spell his name right--MATSON-however, just a reminder that in order to be married to a Brady (Joseph agreed to this also) I need to clarify the generous "sharing time" of the two of you after you're married.

The Toleman family gets to have the two of you for the following holidays. New Year's Day (not Eve), Birthday of Martin Luther King, National Freedom Day (signing of 13th Am.; pres. procl), Groundhog Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day, Washington's Birthday (Observed), St. Patrick's Day, April Fool's Day, Daylight Saving Time Day, Federal Income Taxes Day, Earth Day, Administrative Professionals' Day, Arbor Day, Mothers' Day (every other year), Armed Force Day, Memorial Day (unless celebrated in conjuction with Charlotte's Birthday), Flag Day, Fathers' Day (Although expensive gift and phone call is mandatory), Parents' Day, Labor Day, Grandparents Day, Citizenship Day, Columbus Day, United Nations Day, Halloween (of course!), Election Day, Veterans' Day, Pearl Harbor Day, Bill of Rights Day,

Before you thank me, I know I'm being overly generous, but I just want to try to make you feel welcome in the family.

The only days we require you to be at our home are Spring Break, July 1 (Canada Independence day), July 4th, July 11th, July 24th. Ah, heck. Might as well come the whole month of July. Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Now, back to Christmas this year. Let us know what you would like to do. We will be asking for a mid-term accounting of your "talents".

Love,
Dad

PS The Toleman's also get you for the following religious holidays for the year 2007. See below. Plus, you get all hunting holidays off.

JANUARY 2007

1
Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian, Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian, Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
3
Mahayana Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
5
Twelfth Night - Christian, Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
6
Epiphany - Christian, Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian, Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings) - Christian
7
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian, Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
13
Maghi - Sikh
18-25
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
20
Hijra - New Year * - Islam
21
World Religion Day - Baha'i
23
Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
25
Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
28
Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
29
Ashura * - Islam

FEBRUARY 2007

2
Candlemas - Christian, Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian, Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere, Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
3
Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
4
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
8
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism
11
Meatfare - Orthodox Christian
14
St. Valentines Day - Christian
15
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
16
Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
18
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian, Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist, Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
19
Clean Monday (Lent begins) - Orthodox Christian
20
Shrove Tuesday - Christian
21
Ash Wednesday (Lent begins) - Christian
25
Sunday of Orthodoxy - Orthodox Christian
26-March 1
Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

MARCH 2007

1
St. David of Wales - Christian
3
Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
4-5
Purim * - Jewish
4
Holi ** - Hindu, Hola Maholla - Sikh
13
Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
17
St Patrick's Day - Christian
19
New Year ** - Hindu
19-27
Ramayana ** - Hindu
20
Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
21
Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian, Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i, Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
25
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
26
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
27
Ramanavami ** - Hindu
31
Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam, Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

APRIL 2007

1
Palm Sunday - Christian
2
Lord's Evening Meal ** - Jehovahs Witness Christian, Theravadin Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist,
Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
3-10 *
Pesach (Passover)* - Jewish
5
Maundy Thursday - Christian
6
Good Friday - Christian, Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
8
Easter - Christian, Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian

Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
15
Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
21
Ridvan begins * - Baha'i
23
St George's Day - Christian
30
St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

MAY 2007

1
Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere, Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
2
Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Wesak ** - Buddhist
3
St. Phillip and St. James the Lesser - Christian
6
Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
17
Ascension of Christ - Christian
23-24
Shavuot * - Jewish
23
Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
27
Pentecost - Christian, Trinity - Orthodox Christian
29
Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

JUNE 2007

3
All Saints Day - Orthodox Christian, Trinity Sunday - Christian
7
Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
9
St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
11
Trinity - Christian
15
Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
16
Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
21
First Nations Day - Canadian Native People, Litha * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere,
Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
19
New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
24
Saint John the Baptist - Christian
29
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
30
Guru Purnima ** - Hindu, Asala Puja Day ** - Buddhist, Definitions

JULY 2007

9
Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
11
St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
13
Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist
15
St. Vladimir Day - Orthodox Christian
24
Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
25
St. James the Great Day - Christian

AUGUST 2007

1
Lammas - Christian
2
Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere, Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
6
Transfiguration of The Lord - Orthodox Christian
11
Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
15
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian, Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
28
Lailat al Bara'ah * Islam, Raksha Bandhan **- Hindu, Paryushana begins ** - Jain
29
Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

SEPTEMBER 2007

1
Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
4
Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
8
Nativity of Mary - Christian
13-14
Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
13
Ramadan begins * - Islam
14
Elevation of the Life Giving Cross/Holy Cross Day - Christian
15
Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
21
Fall Equinox * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere, Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
22
Yom Kippur * - Jewish
27-Oct. 3 (26-27 Primary Obligation days), Sukkot * - Jewish
29
Michael and All Angels - Christian

OCTOBER 2007

4
St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian, Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
5
Simchat Torah * - Jewish
6
St. Thomas Day - Ortodox Christian
9
Laylat el Qadr * - Islam
12-20
Navaratri ** - Hindu
13
Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) ** - Islam
18
St. Luke's Day - Christian
20
Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i, Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
21
Dasera ** - Hindu
27
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
28
Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
31
All Hallows Eve - Christian, Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

NOVEMBER 2007

1
All Saints' Day - Christian, Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere,
Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
2
All Souls' Day - Christian
9
Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Sikh, Jain
12
Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
15
Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
22
Thanksgiving - Interfaith
24
Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom - Sikh, Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
25
Christ the King Christian
26
Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
30
St. Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2007

2,9,16,23
Sundays of Advent - Christian
5-12
Hanukkah * - Jewish
8
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist, Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
12
Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
16
Posadas Navidenas begins - Christian
18
Hajj begins * - Islam
20
Eid al Adha * - Islam