Just Whisper
05-01-2011, 05:47 PM
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I woke up Friday and decided to build something. I did, but it didn't work quite right. So Saturday I rebuilt it 3 times. Still not what I was hoping for. Sunday, down to the wire I started all over again. Finally, something worthy (I hope) of posting.
Here is Xenux, the magical light tangling horse.
Supplies:
Horse...pulled out of neighbors trash last year. I bought the same horse at a thrift store for $25. So 30% of that would be $7.50
Fabric that was on horse from last project...$10.
2 reindeer motors...one was free (30% of $10. = $3.00) and one I got for 50 cents at a yard sale for total of $3.50
PVC pipe...$0.50
PVC caps (2)...$1.00
Lights...$1.00 at yard sale
Plywood scraps...$2.00
Screws, washers, bolts...(some new, some recycled) $3.00
Ribbon...$1.00
Pipe cleaners...$0.05
Paint...$0.25
Fabric scrap...recycled from trash...$0.25
Total cost approx $30.05. (I overestimated what stuff actually cost me to be on the safe side).
Here is the story of Xenux. I am sorry it is so long.
Many years ago there was a story told of a lovable young horse who loved Christmas so much that he absorbed the actual magic of it.
The town is called Christmas. It is a small town cozied in at the foot of Peppermint Mountain. Very few people even know of it’s existence. It is their loss because Christmas is filled with the spirit of caring and giving all year through. But today is a special day in Christmas. It is December first; the day in which everyone in town works side by side decorating the town for the upcoming holiday. The very holiday, in fact, for which the town was named.
Everyone, including the children and even the animals, gets to help put up the colored lights, the sparkling tinsel, the giant town tree, and the angels that hang from the light posts. Every home has a beautiful wreath adorning its door. This is one of the most exciting days in the year in Christmas, and no one was more excited than Xenux. He was a young horse, owned by a 7 year old girl named Kera. This would be the first year Xenux got to help decorate the town. He was not the most graceful horse on the farm and was teased on occasion for his silly antics and his habit of getting tangled in his own feet.
True to his reputation Xenux managed to make a mess of everything he touched. He couldn’t help it. He just got so excited over Christmas and looking forward to seeing the lights he turned into a total klutz. Even as he got older he always ended up covered in tinsel and wearing more lights than he got on the tree. But you could not get mad at him for he was a good natured horse and everyone loved him. As Kera got older she eventually left the farm and started her own family. Xenux, while still as mischievous as ever, was getting on in years. One Christmas Kera came back to the farm and Xenux was nowhere to be found.
No one ever truly knew what happened to Xenux, but it is said that on December first, if you look into your Christmas storage area you will see the spirit of Xenux working frantically to get untangled from the mess of lights he made while trying to help you decorate for the holiday.
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Sickie...I am not sure if this is acceptable. No one around here gets a real newspaper. This has a delivery date which I thought might be acceptable. It shows it must be delivered between those dates, and you know the US mail is reliable. LOL If it is not good, I understand.
I woke up Friday and decided to build something. I did, but it didn't work quite right. So Saturday I rebuilt it 3 times. Still not what I was hoping for. Sunday, down to the wire I started all over again. Finally, something worthy (I hope) of posting.
Here is Xenux, the magical light tangling horse.
Supplies:
Horse...pulled out of neighbors trash last year. I bought the same horse at a thrift store for $25. So 30% of that would be $7.50
Fabric that was on horse from last project...$10.
2 reindeer motors...one was free (30% of $10. = $3.00) and one I got for 50 cents at a yard sale for total of $3.50
PVC pipe...$0.50
PVC caps (2)...$1.00
Lights...$1.00 at yard sale
Plywood scraps...$2.00
Screws, washers, bolts...(some new, some recycled) $3.00
Ribbon...$1.00
Pipe cleaners...$0.05
Paint...$0.25
Fabric scrap...recycled from trash...$0.25
Total cost approx $30.05. (I overestimated what stuff actually cost me to be on the safe side).
Here is the story of Xenux. I am sorry it is so long.
Many years ago there was a story told of a lovable young horse who loved Christmas so much that he absorbed the actual magic of it.
The town is called Christmas. It is a small town cozied in at the foot of Peppermint Mountain. Very few people even know of it’s existence. It is their loss because Christmas is filled with the spirit of caring and giving all year through. But today is a special day in Christmas. It is December first; the day in which everyone in town works side by side decorating the town for the upcoming holiday. The very holiday, in fact, for which the town was named.
Everyone, including the children and even the animals, gets to help put up the colored lights, the sparkling tinsel, the giant town tree, and the angels that hang from the light posts. Every home has a beautiful wreath adorning its door. This is one of the most exciting days in the year in Christmas, and no one was more excited than Xenux. He was a young horse, owned by a 7 year old girl named Kera. This would be the first year Xenux got to help decorate the town. He was not the most graceful horse on the farm and was teased on occasion for his silly antics and his habit of getting tangled in his own feet.
True to his reputation Xenux managed to make a mess of everything he touched. He couldn’t help it. He just got so excited over Christmas and looking forward to seeing the lights he turned into a total klutz. Even as he got older he always ended up covered in tinsel and wearing more lights than he got on the tree. But you could not get mad at him for he was a good natured horse and everyone loved him. As Kera got older she eventually left the farm and started her own family. Xenux, while still as mischievous as ever, was getting on in years. One Christmas Kera came back to the farm and Xenux was nowhere to be found.
No one ever truly knew what happened to Xenux, but it is said that on December first, if you look into your Christmas storage area you will see the spirit of Xenux working frantically to get untangled from the mess of lights he made while trying to help you decorate for the holiday.
http://christmasfanclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4385&d=1304298605
http://christmasfanclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4384&d=1304298597
Sickie...I am not sure if this is acceptable. No one around here gets a real newspaper. This has a delivery date which I thought might be acceptable. It shows it must be delivered between those dates, and you know the US mail is reliable. LOL If it is not good, I understand.