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Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas |
With all the rush and shopping the Christmas Season brings, take pause for a moment and remember to take the time to help those in need. Our most valuable asset is our time so spend it wisely.
We hope that you experience the true meaning of Christmas this holiday season.
Your Friends at OSS |
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Office Humor
Office Holiday Memo
To: All Employees
From: Management
Subject: Office conduct during the Christmas season
Effective immediately, employees should keep in mind the following guidelines in compliance with FROLIC (the Federal Revelry Office and Leisure Industry Council).
1. Running aluminum foil through the paper shredder to make tinsel is discouraged.
2. Playing Jingle Bells on the push-button phone is forbidden (it runs up an incredible long distance bill)
3. Work requests are not to be filed under "Bah humbug."
4. Company cars are not to be used to go over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house. 5. All fruitcake is to be eaten BEFORE July 25.
6. Egg nog will NOT be dispensed in vending machines.
The staff is encouraged to have a Happy Holiday. | |
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Welcome to the OSS Journal |
Dear Reader,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Welcome to the OSS Journal! Each month our newsletter will contain information to keep you informed of new products, helpful information and other topics of interest. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your fellow employees and friends! We look forward to our time together each month and welcome your comments.
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Featured Recipe - Green Beans with Mustard & Country Ham
Cooks Note: Because of the saltiness of the ham, the mustard, and the broth, these beans are unlikely to need additional salt. But taste before serving and adjust as needed.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, bacon drippings, or vegetable oil
3 ounces uncooked country ham, finely diced
6 medium scallions, trimmed and coarsely chopped (including some green tops)
1 pound tender young green beans, tipped and snapped in two if large
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour blended with 2 tablespoons cold water (thickener)
2 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
Preparation:
Melt the butter in a large, heavy saucepan over moderate heat, add the ham and scallions, and cook, stirring now and then, for 5 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
Add the beans and broth and bring to a boil. Adjust the heat so the broth bubbles gently, cover, and cook for 12 to 15 minutes or until the beans are crisp-tender.
Meanwhile, combine the thickener and the mustard and set aside. As soon as the beans are done, whisk a little of the hot broth into the mustard mixture, stir back into the pan, add the pepper, and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes or until the broth thickens. Continue cooking uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes or until the sauce has the consistency of a glaze.
Taste the beans for salt and pepper, adjust as needed, and serve straightaway.
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| Favorite Christmas Poems and Quotations
Editor's Note: This month, like no other, people of many beliefs and heritages come together for a single celebration, the celebration of Christmas. Let us not forget the real reason behind the Christmas Holiday. With this in mind we take a break from our usual articles and bring you a small collection of our favorite poems and Christmas quotations.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus."
- Francis Pharcellus Church
"I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys."
- Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"
"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."
- Dr. Seuss
"I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness."
- Julia Peterkin, A Plantation Christmas (1934)
"Somehow, not only for Christmas But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. "And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad." - John Greenleaf Whittier
We hear the beating of wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of the sun or of the stars shines in the midnight sky. Let the beauty of the story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men of many different races, that has been expressed through many religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood. ~New York Times, 25 December 1937, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938 |
| December Trivia Question
Win a Beautiful Silk Plant for Home or Office |
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One winner will be selected this month and you can be entered to win a NuDell Handcrafted Silk Tropical Plant in a wooden vase, a $73.49 value, when you visit our website at www.ossone.com and email your correct answer to the question below to us at ossjournal@ossone.com.
The trivia question this month is a tricky one so be sure to read the question carefully! Here is your question: There is a new file folder that features a tab that is 90% larger than traditional file folders. What is the name of this new folder AND the name of the manufacturer?
(Hint: Click on the "Office Supplies" link on the left side of our home page and scroll down.)
Email your answer to ossjournal@ossone.com and your correct answer will place your name into our drawing for a FREE NuDell Silk Tropical Plant, a $73.49 value. The winner will be announced in our January edition of the OSS Journal.
Thank you for being our customer!
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