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Good Ghosts of Christmas Past

Remebering all the Good Ghosts of Christmas Past

By Ron Brooks, About.com

We all have them - memories of past Christmas days when family or friends or a special gift meant so much to us. Maybe it is a loved one who has since passed. Or, maybe one that is with you still today. Whatever the case, we all have great memories. We all have the ghosts.

Fishing has been a part of my life for the past fifty or more years. I have done just about every kind of fishing, and I hope to be able to continue for a much longer time. Over the past several years, I have been privileged enough to tell you about some of my many fishing experiences. My hope is that you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed sharing them with you.

As we celebrate this Christmas, maybe you can sit back and remember some ghosts from your Christmas past. I know I will. I'll remember fishing with my father and uncles as I grew up. I'll remember teaching my kids to fish and the look on their faces as they unwrapped fishing tackle on Christmas morning.

Some would say I obsess on fishing. Maybe I do, but it is an activity that has been so good to me and for me and my family.

I will be sitting back this week remembering all the great trips we made; I'll reopen each and every present from Christmas past; and, I'll catch those same fish over and over as I do every Christmas morning.

This is a time to celebrate. My wish for you is that your Christmas is a very happy and peaceful day. My hope is that you will be able to celebrate Christmas with your family and that you will, as I do, relive all the good ghosts from Christmas past.

Merry Christmas 2008!

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