The Best Christmas Ever

[athelind]

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Forty years ago, I was bundled in front of the television, the excitement of Christmas almost forgotten as I watched the grainy footage being transmitted from more than two hundred thousand miles away -- the farthest any human being had ever been from our world.

Though only three men were there to see that Earthrise with human eyes, on that Christmas Eve so long ago, all of us, every one, touched the sky.

Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, raise a toast this e'en to Apollo 8 and her crew, Borman, Lovell and Anders.

To boldly go.

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Comments

In case you wanted to hear it again....

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

[paka.livejournal.com]

I can dig it. Thanks!

[iridium-wolf.livejournal.com]

This picture is my wallpaper on my work computer. Love it.

Happy Holidays, Athelind.

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you have to give props to the various Apollo teams who made the trip. ^^ I only hope we don't have to wait too much longer to see more sights like that yet again.

[taverens.livejournal.com]

*raises glass*

[vrghr.livejournal.com]

*Raises a glass*

Hear hear!

Thank you, Athelind, for that! *hugs*

[leonard-arlotte.livejournal.com]

Amen