All in The Afterlife extremely excited about Jesus' pronouncement that everyone will simply be allowed to pour out Their love to those in the material world on Christmas Day.  They are still bewildered and many come to Their religious Leaders and say "We have to send no message?  There is no effort this year?  We may simply give our joy to our loved ones?"  And their Leaders answer "Yes!  That is all you have to do this year.  For 24 hours all the dead zones will be shut down.  All the world will be open, and we will simply be able to reach out to those we love and bestow our blessings on them.  It will be as it was before the terrible time, before the betrayal.  It will be an old fashioned joyous Christmas."  The people simply cry "Wonderful!  Wonderful!" when They hear this and go off to continue their preparations.  Everyone is just so happy that it is indescribable.  It simply cannot be put into words.  Their joy is unbelievable.  They thought this day would never come, that there would never be another good Christmas, and that they are having one is simply beyond Their belief.  But They are going to take every advantage of it.
On another note, below is a message from Muhammed to President Bush.  I did not want to send it, however, my duty requires that I fulfill his wishes, and I am a creature of duty.  It is self explanatory.  I hope The President listens to most of it and fulfills Muhammed's desires.  There's one part I hope he doesn't.  But here's Muhammed's message.

An open letter to President George W.  Bush, The United States Of America
From Muhammed Called The Prophet, Ruler Of All Of Islam In The Afterlife.

Most Humble And Sincere Greetings!

And first of all, my praise for all that you and your people have done thusfar, for the people of Iraq, and continue to do for them each day.  I wish, at this time, to assure you that any of your sons and daughters that are lost in this effort are welcomed by me in Paradise, and any that have harmed them and come before me are banished from the presence of God forever.  They do not enter into Paradise but receive the damnation of the unholy, for their purpose is to subject their brethren and they are, in all ways, unholy.  I want this clearly known to all the world so that there will be no question.

I am writing to you today to give you my instructions on how I want the trial of Saddam Hussein carried out, and I will give you my reasons for each thing that I want done so all the world will understand.

First of all, I want the trial conducted in Iraq.  It can be conducted no place else.  The Iraqi People must have full access to what is happening.  It should be broadcast on both television and, the radio.  It should in no way be kept secret.  Hussein should be taken nowhere else for trial.

Secondly, I want The United Nations to have nothing to do with the trial.  Their cowardice and weakness that allowed my people of Iraq to suffer so long hardens my heart against them, and their insistence that this foul creature be allowed to live is beyond bearing.  If I had my way I would ask The Iraqi People to tell all involved with The United Nations to leave Iraq and to never return.  For they are all creatures of foulness following a leader that believes only in appeasement, and is destroying many with his ignorance.  This organization has lost its purpose in the world.

Thirdly, I would like you to gather a team of Justices to hear the case against Hussein and pass judgment on him.  But I want none of these Judges to be from Iraq so that in the future no group can say "Your people sat in judgment on Hussein and sentenced him to death.  You are our enemies!"  If those from the outside judge Hussein no people in Iraq can be blamed for his death by the feeble minded who worship him and who he has led to destruction both materially and spiritually
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These are the countries I would like these Judges to come from.  Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Israel.  I would like a Justice from each one of these countries.  Preferably a Christian Justice from Turkey, and of course a Hebrew Justice from Israel.  I would like this diversity in the panel so it cannot be said that only The Islamic People judged Hussein, but that the world was represented so that all the world may know the judgment is fair.

Finally, I would like you to obtain the services of Speaker Gerald Polley known in The Kingdom Of God as Demetrius, as the head of this tribunal.  My reasons for this are simple.  Though The Speaker now represents Jesus Christ, The Lord Of Heaven, on Earth, and is working for The Kingdom Of God, he is actually a member of The Spiritist Republic.  He is not really a Christian, a Muslim, or, a Jew and therefore would be impartial in these proceedings, and also if he at the conclusion of these proceedings pronounces the sentence of death upon Saddam Hussein this pronouncement would not have been made by a Muslim, a Christian, or, a Jew, but by someone outside of each of these faiths, so none of these faiths could be held completely accountable for Hussein's death which would be very beneficial to everyone involved.

I think you can see my reasoning for everything that I am asking you to do.  If my directions are followed this situation would be handled in the best possible way to benefit all the world, and cause as little discourse as possible.  So I sincerely hope that you will abide by my wishes in this most difficult matter, and do the will of God.  For this is indeed, God's Will.  For The Son Of God sends His Angelic Messengers with these words to bear witness to them and say that they are most certainly from His Devoted Servant, so that you may be assured God is with you in this endeavor.  I wish you would follow the desires of The Son Of God and that God might be with you in all your endeavors.  But most importantly I wish that you follow His desires in these matters, for they are the same as mine.

Where we have been discussing holidays of course there were some holidays on The Old Worlds that have no comparison on Earth, or in most countries, anyway.  One of these was The Hashons Visitation Day, where for two days before, They would clean Their houses, make everything as clean and beautiful as They could, then, They would don Their very best clothes and the whole family would go to the cemetery to their family crypt, and invite Their Deceased Loved Ones to come home with Them for the day.  They would return home and have a religious service, singing the praises of The Lords.  They would then sit and tell Their Visitors all that had happened in the previous year.  In later ages They might show home movies of things They had done, and discuss the good times They had.  At the evening meal an extra place would be sat out for Their invisible Guests, and as the meal was served the gesture would be made of putting food on these plates as if the person was actually being served.  There would be another worship service, then the head of the house would open the door and announce how sorry They were that Their Guests could not stay, but thanked Them joyously for Their visit.  Then, the family would retire for the night.
Visitation Day was a holiday totally exclusive to The Hashons.  The Havens, or The Peepians had nothing to compare with it.  The Havens did have a Visitation Day where They went to the cemeteries and visited Their Ancestors, but the idea of bringing Them home, of taking Them back to Their dwellings would have terrified Them!
The Peepians had nothing to compare with it at all.  They would say prayers for Their Ancestors once a year, but the thought of Them visiting Them was something They didn't want to think about!  No, this was a holiday practiced by The Hashons, alone.

For years we have tried to explain to people that as Spiritists we don't celebrate Christmas, but still people send us Christmas cards and even gifts saying it didn't really matter.  We were such nice people they wanted to share their joy with us and they knew how much we were in need.  We don't usually put out Christmas decorations which makes a lot of people wonder.  But now after 30 years we have a Christmas tree!  It was sent to us by our dear friends The Spinosas.  It's one of those little paper things that you unfold and hold together with paper clips.  But it's a Christmas tree.  And we have decided that because of the very special circumstances of this Christmas we will very carefully care for it, unfold it each year, and display it in honor of this very special time and hope that it will be a symbol that each Christmas will get a little bit better, and some day things will be normal.