Merry Christmas to you too, Peter, and to all the regular posters. I hardly ever post, but I'm usually here, enjoying the conversation! :)

Sweet, Pete, and Happy Holidays! Now go, Rog. I mean... go, Rafa. I mean... oh, you know what I mean. Just Happy Holidays, All!

Merry Christmas to Pete and TWibe!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Seasons Greeting to all!

Especially sweet cream Lynne..my favorite.

tidings of comfort and joy... wishing you all a lovely holiday season!

Thanks, Pete. Happy, safe and healthy Christmas, everyone !

Sometimes you can be so sweet, big sour apple !

Merry Christmas Pete and everyone!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy Holiday Season. Have fun, enjoy the time with family and friends, and eat well.

Merry Christmas to you, Pete and your family too.

Thanks Pete! Hope you and yours have a lovely holiday. Enjoy the long weekend, hope Luke's is feeling betterer.

Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday to the rest of the TWibe.

Merry Solstice/MidWinter Holiday of Choices/Christmas/Hannukah et al, to eh,all, The Twibe. May you and yours have a happy, peaceful and healthy New Year.

Good evening All. A very happy Christmas to all TWibe members. To those who do not celebrate the Season, a very happy holidays to you. As Pete said, now is the time to forget all the angst and just celebrate the joys of the season.

Take care everyone until ...

Season's greetings to all twibers!

I've been laying low during this exho time, but for those interested an rf.com poster did a great translation of Fed's interview w/ SI where he talks in a little more depth than usual about Africa and his foundation, also a little family stuff.

Not everyone can access rf.com so I'm posting the tenniswarehouse link:

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=361543

Enjoy the weekend :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

All the best to current posters: Annie, Jamaican Karen, Master Ace, Rafadoc, jb, Susan (lpb), Aussiemarg, NP, Matt Zemek, Arun, Amit, CL, Papo, manuelsantanafan, sf, Holds2Love, zenggi, skip1515, SliceNDice, northernboy, imjimmy, ptenisnet, Sherlock, Tim, Kim, jewell, Bobby, Genuine Realist, gauloises, Corrie, Aube, Tic, TexasTennis, Samantha Elin, Tigress, Angel of the Surf, wilson75, sblily, Jackie, Ruth, zolarafa, beth, jenn and anyone else who keeps this place fun.

A quick cyberwave to those who have, in the past, hung out here more often - we miss you, spend some more time with your old buds - Asad Raza, Andrew Friedman, Rosangel, Tari, Dunlop Maxply, Lucy, Snoo Foo, CNote, DWiz, mici, Miguel Seabra, Chris Lewis, Sher, Bismarck, Voks, and lots of others seen too rarely.

To Pete, Steve, Ed, Tom P, Tom T, Lisa, Kamakshi, Tino and everyone else who does the heavy lifting at Tennis.com - thanks for the hospitality.

All the best from Andrew (and Sylvia and Cathleen, plus Rosie, Prince, Shadow and Mom Cat).

Pete. Many thanks and wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Safe Happy Holidays.

To all posters world wide have a Merry Christmas and those who dont celebrate have Safe Happy Holiday period.

Peace to All!!!!!

Morning everyone. :)

*writes party date in diary* I have got my special "Merit Card" dress to wear - can't let it go to waste. :)

Happy Christmas and/or happy holidays to everyone who makes TW such a fun place to hang out and chat about tennis and even other things. And thank you. :)

Hmmm Jewell over my dead body you will?

I might be back for that date by the way though jet lagged

Watch it lol!

And there was I, thinking I'd get away with it. :)

Hi AM. All set for Christmas?

Good morning,

Thank you Pete and Andrew for your best wishes. I wish as well all the best to all TWibers and their families and friends.

Hi AM and jewell. How are you?

Jewell Why dont you wear it,if Rafa wins the AO 2011 in celebration ok?

Yes all set.By the way I got Susan's Boyle new cd The Gift just wonderful also she does a version of "Hallelujah" just great.

zengii Hi!

I sent you another email I hope you got it this time.I am getting emails though noone is getting mine for some reason

I blame Europes weather for all this

I hope when I return in the Spring its better.

zenggi! *hugs you and AM* Nice to have a "No Taste Club" moment just before Christmas!

Thanks for your message yesterday and of course the same to you and yours. Sorry about the horrid weather but it least it will be a bit warmer than it is further north.

Gee I wasnt going to post anymore till I got home though...............

I blame the cold and rain Blah

AM,
I answered last night. Also to jewell. Is Briony with you already?

I am also very dissapointed with the weather in Madrid. Three days of rain and cold. Today we´ll see some sun but there will be strong winds and snow in in the air. Not normal even for the winter here.

Let me think about a dress for the TW-party.

I expect it is the wrong kind of snow on the cabling that's interfering with mails... *rolls eyes*

*Hugs jewell back* Are you wearing that same dress (the merit card one) also next Monday?. It is Monday, right?

zengii Thanks I sent you another.Briony is here.

I will be wearing a Summer number dress for sure

Havent been back since 2005 and forgot how cold it can be even though I brought warm winter clothes.

Merry Christmas and happy hols to everyone.

AM, merry Christmas to you, I finally got your email and sent one back. And thanks so much for all your support in the last few difficult months.
Weather in Melbourne is finally not quite as wet and cold as before, but not very good forecast for Boxing Day Test, which everyone is waiting on with great interest.

I heard a few songs from that album by Susan Boyle. She has gone a transfornmation from village-mouse to city-swan. Wonderful to see. And she has a voice...

Yes what day is it on please

I am totally condused as usual with the times and dates

I have enough trouble when I am in Sydney lol!

I´m thinking about a bromance dress. Color?

I think it is a Thursday...

Hi Corrie! Hope you have a lovely few days.

Corrie

Hi!

Thanks I gor your return email I dont know what the problem was.I have been watching the weather in Australia.Peter says the weather in Melbourne has been cold and wet? Hmmm.

zengii Please dont wear Pink ok

You know my feelings on that colour

jewell,
The weather at home is still horrid. I heard that there is more snow coming this weekend. The never ending story this year. How are you coping in England?

Hey Corrie.

Corrie I will be coming to Melbourne on Australia Day.I have tickets for both mens s/finals and womens and mens final.So I hope I can catch up with you sometime when I am in Melbourne.

AM,
How about this one?
http://www.vestidodefiesta.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/egg_dress-206x300.jpg

Agatha Ruiz de la Prada is an outrageous and fun designer. Top of the class for Spain. She loves mixing colours.

Also just some tennis news from email to me from Tennis Australia

Regarding Tomic and his practising in Brisbane before the w/card play offs and then citing illness and his withdrawl Tennis Australia arent impressed and he will have to play qualifers or else do well in other tournaments prior to AO.There are 2 w/cards left now.Peter and Jelena have been given the 2 for their good play in the play offs as Jewell posted the other day.Thats the impression I got from their recent news to me.We shall see though.They change their minds like the wind sometime.

zengii Are you drunk? I think you posted the wrong thing LOL!

I don´t understand how that link worked. It was the ´egg dress´ from Agatha.
Some examples of this year spring collection.

I been summoned for breakfast. More food... Sigh.

Yep time for me to get going as well

Good to talk to you Zenggi,Jewell and Corrie

Bye and take care.

AM,
I´m never drunk! Internet is very strange most of the times.

Here you can see that dress I was talking about. I hope.
http://www.offbeatearth.com/shes-got-eggs/

Talk to you later.

One of the most magical passages in all of music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_gumNLHhM

I know I say this every yr, but it bears repeating: The Nutcracker is a damn fantastic piece of music. Don't let yourself get jaded by its yearly bastardization, there's a reason why it's a perennial holiday favorite.

This particular dance is vintage Tchaikovsky. It opens with, again, some of the most magical, atmospheric musical tableaux led by the shimmery strings. The wordless children's chorus soon joins in and, in typical Tchaikovsky fashion, the flourishes become louder and more frenetic (Tchaikovsky wouldn't be Tchaikovsky without a little bit of bombast.) From that point on it's a veritable riot of colors and instruments.

This really should be part of the standard Nutcracker suite. It deserves to be better known for its 1st two minutes of tone-painting alone.

zenggi LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just saw your post to me before I left

Hmmmm no comment ok

Really have to go they are screaming at me I dont know why

Europeans thats all I can say Pronto!

Bye!

NP Hi!

Love the Nut Cracker one of my fav pieces of music

Hmmmm they can wait a minute

AM, who's "they"?

zenggi - the snow is still on the ground but I don't think there's more coming over the weekend - maybe next week. I still can't drive down my lane, it is like a bob sleigh run. Really looking forward to a thaw. :)

Got to get ready for work. 'Bye all. :)

Hmmmm I better be going I am in trouble again LOL!

Bye for real this time

NP Just family ok

Try to have a Merry Christmas and dont spend too much money???

Also Go the Lakers.Hmmm I see they lost last game?

Bye!!!!!!

AM, the Kobies are just being generous. I might not be around tomorrow to extend their generosity further to the Heat (yes, that's LeBron and his team), but if I am I'll post a link. (I don't think ESPN is covering the game.)

I'm off, 2. Remember to tell the kids that Santa is completely fake.

Later.

Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to all non-Christians. May the coming year bring lots of love and joy to each and everyone of us, and also, lots of great tennnis!

Happy Holidays to all! In the absence of tennis we can concentrate on Peyton Manning and the Colts. They need our love.

Merry Christmas to all! May you all have peace and contentment throughout the holidays which are often stressful.

Merry xmas to all
May your joys be plenty and smiles rain upon your days

Back to lurking

"smiles rain upon your days"

what a lovely expression - it made me smile already. :)

may it come true for all the TWibers.

Again, Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. Pete, thanks for your heartfelt message and thanks for making this wonderful place I discovered this year possible.

Happy Holidays and Peace to you all!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all the best in 2011 to all TWibers. Pete, hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, and I'm betting Cowboy Luke is going to have a ball!

It's been a great tennis year, and may next year be just as exciting and full of epic battles, your players winning, everyone staying healthy, and all of us enjoying the rollercoaster rides.

Vamos, everyone!

I'm late to the party, but have enjoyed every minute of it.

Happy holidays to all!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my friends here at TW !!
Looking forward to another wonderful year of tennis with my friends

To Pete and your family, all good wishes for a peaceful, happy and healthy Christmas and New Year. Thank you once again for being the most generous host for tennis fans around the world.

To all TWibers good health and good will.

Caroline

Cheers, Andrew!

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays, everyone!
Looking forward to another good tennis season.

I've learned this year that tennis rackets are a great measuring stick for how fast a baby can grow. Check it out at

http://www.topspinblog.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/

Merry Christmas and Happy Happy New Year's to all.

May I be lazy one more time in 2010 and do a "piggyback" and echo Andrew's wonderful comment @12:41 am? Thanks to all of you who have made TennisWorld a perfect place to meet and chat over the years. I wish you all and your families "comfort and joy" during this special season and all the best in 2011. (And, speaking of missing old TW friends, I really wish sanja and Sam would just magically reappear to visit us for Christmas.)

Just because I moved here, Atlanta is scheduled to have its first white Christmas in over 100 years! Needless to say, my young niece and nephew here are thrilled at the prospect (I am not); and those of my friends in Philadelphia who took my departure from that city as a personal affront to them :) are calling to tease me about my "avoiding the cold and snow of the North."

But nothing shall prevent me from enjoying this my first Christmas in the South, and especially being with my grandson Soli whom I consider a TW kid -- along with Cowboy Luke and Andrew's Cathleen and Jenn's sons and Diane's Olivia and many others. I hope that Santa will be very kind to all the TW kids since I know that they've all been very, very good! ;-)

Joe Samuel Starnes, that is one adorable photo. any relation? ;-)

there is a lull in the Christmas Eve action here due to naps, and I am surprised to find the FO final, Stosur/S. Williams on my telly. fun. hope Serena is back in action soon. Really can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for both tours. Not like I'm missing tennis or anything...

Pete, sorry about your son's MTO, hope he's better soon. Thanks for this place to congregate! Happy Christmas to you and yours.

ahem. it was described in the listing as the FO Final, but obviously it's the QF. I'll take my face out of the wassail bowl now. :)

Indeed! We are having wonderful, cool, cloudless, unusual days, and very grateful. Just a drive by on a busy day getting ready for family coming in. Will be thinking of you all at midnight mass, while singing in the quad-lingual - English, Spanish, Creole/French and Latin of course, choir. Typical Miami gathering, but I love it. Reminds me of the international TW, of which I am happy to share with my infrequent, lightening posts - but I must have my daily fix. NP, I am in a hurry, but had to stop by for the Nutcracker - how many costumes I have made for my daughter!

Happy Holidays to Pete (giving Luke an arm brace from Santa)and the whole wonderful gang with whom I can be unabashadley tennis crazy.

Happy HO HO HO everyone...We are so lucky to love this game, it is truly a gift that keeps on giving!
Peace and love to all Twibe members, lurkers and even the trolls

Andrew,

Thank you, and wish you and your's the best. May I also add Crazyone, a fellow Roger-ian, to your list. Haven't seen here much lately, however.

This is a re-post from the previous thread -

"Completely OT - I am planning to fly into Paris over the weekend, and wondering if any TW folks can give a realistic idea of what the weather is like? The web reports seem quite conflicting in terms of how severe it is, and how functional CDG is."

hey Amit, I'm in London, so have no first-hand knowledge of what's happening in Paris, and I assume you can google as well as I can, but there's this...

http://tinyurl.com/25s7k8h

good luck to you!

Merry Southern Christmas Ruth, I blame you for bringing this cold northern weather South with you! Enjoy Soli.....kids make the day so special.
Olivia has arrived here with a cold and a fever and we also have Mister Kitty.....my daughter had to have her other cat put down last week and she is sad so Mister will share the holiday with us also. Glenn is alergic so he is now taking Benadryl!
My son arrived from California last night and is out shopping, just like a man to leave it all to the last minute.
I wish everyone here a wonderful holiday season and thanks to all of you for sharing your love of the game!

Mele Kalikimaka a me Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!

Mahalo, Pete, for providing this space for all.

Mahalo to the TWibe for many excellent moments of tennis and sports fun.

See you all in 2011.

thanks for the nice piece, pete.

i also want to wish all twibers a very merry christmas, holiday season and a prosperous new year 2011.

i was wondering if the tw "gawd-police" was on vacation. or else how did pete sneak "may 'gawd' bless you all" through the filter. maybe tw is not a heathen haven, after all ;)

zenggi, feliz navidad. you still seem to be enjoying the fedal bromance in your avatar. you prolly speak spanish too, eh? you euros, ha!

np, the kobies better not be overly generous tomorrow against the heat. i wonder if d.wade will play - i hope he does - should be a good opportunity to feel each other out.

Holds2Love,

Thanks. Will see what happens - seems utterly chaotic there, with part of the airport roof about to cave in. When I call the airline's customer service to check if the flights are being delyaed, they seem so shockingly oblivious about this. Who are these people manning the phones?

Amit, so sorry for your frustration. May I ask where you are traveling from? London airports are (finally) open for business. Could you possibly re-route to London and take the Chunnel? Not sure if that's realistic at this late stage, but I sympathize -- seems like you ought to be able to get some basic information at this point.

Holds2Love,

Am flying from San Francisco. Thanks for your suggestion, although I doubt that re-routing is possible at this stage. I am not frustrated about the weather per se; cannot do much there. The quality of customer service staff I dealt with is frustrating, however.

Season's Greetings Twibe!

i don't post so often as i once did, but i read everyday. Thank you to all who make this place a charming respit from the busy day.

besos y hugs to all.

Hi TWorld!

Happy Christmas and a safe New Year.
A belated happy Festivus as well:P
Here's to hoping that everyone stays healthy for next year.

izidane -- Festivus, lolz. Amit, pls feel free to have an 'Airing of Grievances' -- sounds like you are entitled to it. I hope you make it to Paris. If you do, then it is likely that all the frustration will be worth it. :)

H2L- And don't forget 'Feats of strength', stay strong Amit.
Travelling after Christmas here. *fingers crossed*.

Now really off for last minute run around.

Jackie has posted Deuce Club for the week....

merry xmas and happy new year to all on TW!!

to all of u travelling, far from home, stuck in airport, playing in the snow, just read thread on the exo matches, i had no idea they were fake, like Wrestling, i use to believe it was real until one day the myth fell and everyone found out it was stage, about that "the wrestler" film shows the behind the scenes of that particular sport very well
and here i thought fed/rafa always duked it out like gladiators!! oh no!!!

tic loved ur pics of the events, rafa and fed sure clean up nice in suits, looking both very debonair! classy! ,they are such dolls!!!
anyhoo i'll try and remember virtual date of 30TH but if not see u guys in 2011 AT THE AUSSIE OPEN!!!!

Let me add my best wishes for a wonderful Christmas to all who celebrate, and an early happy new year to everyone.

Just waiting for AO once Christmas is over....

season's greetings to all and merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

Amit, thanks for the shout-out...I hope your travels go well.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays TWibe!!! Hope all have had a wonderful day!

Thanks to Pete, Steve, Ed and everyone else here at Tennis.com for giving all of us diehard tennis fans a place to go! It's so nice to find so many who truly love and enjoy the sport as much as I do - and that is a gift that keeps on giving:)

Is it too early to start counting down to the 2011 season?:)

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and is safe and sound for the next few days while it snows, snows, snows!

Admit

Hi! Paris weather has been dreadful.Charles de Gaulle airport was closed again yesterday due to the snow.Today its opened again.Sorry to hear of your drama.Even the train has been cancelled.Though its has returned though slower services due to the snow.

I hope you get to Paris.Good luck