<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531040" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christmas Lesson 2008</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Years ago I opened a special Christmas present.<br>It was from my uncle, sort of a surprise.<br>All that was inside was a deck of playing cards.<br>Maybe he hadn't seen my list or knew my size.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I thanked him anyway he said, <br>'Do you knew how to play<br>Cards for pushups? '<br>As he smiled in his way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cards for pushups? <br>It can get pretty hard.<br>You shuffle, turn one over.<br>Do what's in the card.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ace, do 15. Face card, do 10.<br>Others by the numbers count.<br>Takes a lot of work for two<br>As the discards start to mount.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's not like poker.<br>No bluff to call. <br>When it's your turn, <br>You have to do them all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who wins doesn't matter, <br>As I now explain to my grandson, <br>'The object is just don't quit<br>Until the deck is done.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531040" data-title="Christmas Lesson 2008 de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="Years ago I opened a special Christmas present. It was from my uncle, sort of a surprise. All that was inside was a deck of playing cards. Maybe he hadn't seen my list or knew my size. When I thanked him anyway he said, 'Do you knew how to play ..."></div> </div> </div>

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