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My older son, Jim, sent me a photo of his Xmas tree set up in his dining room.  Around the tree in a nice oval was the Standard gauge track I gave him this past June when I went down to Raleigh to stay with him. Many years ago I gave him a very nice Lionel passenger set led by a nice #38 engine.  This set was always a static display. I took the track down with a nice transformer and ran the train fter oiling it. So this year, he is on his own, and has the train running. When he comes up here for Xmas i offered to give him more track and cars i he wants them. All these years and he gets in to trains. I am very pleased !!

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No attachment. It is an artificial tree very nicely decorated with an oval of track around the bottom. Jim was impressed, there is a light in the passenger car. He is the son who suffered a severe stroke in early April, his wife walked out 2 days after so I had take care of him. he is doing OK but still can't swallow. Happier though. We call him Martha Stewart because even with 2 dogs and 2 cats his house is immaculate.  Didn't get that from me. Ran a 5K race Thanksgiving morning and works 40 hrs a week.

Apples55 posted:
Hot Water posted:

Guess he is too lazy to spell out "Christmas"!!!!!

Actually, using the "X" is an ancient church tradition. The "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, which in English is "Christ". Don't think lazy applies here.

All very true although the usual formula is to pair the chi with the rho.

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