Every year we ask you to put your hand in your pocket for various causes and every year you react, but never more so than 2012. You responded magnificently to the Wee Oscar Appeal, which from Celtic fans in total raised £31k in a bucket collection in September and £27k at a race night last month.
It is breath-taking to see the work done by those who, without thought for their personal sacrifices, decided this young boy would get the best chance possible. The photographs of Oscar are an inspiration, but the work done by those who staged the race night and bucket collection – and brought a new CQN badge to life – is even more inspiring.
The events surrounding the charity golf day raised four-figure sums for Oscar, the Neuroblastoma Alliance, the Martin Chambers Ecuador Trust and The Haven in Blantyre, which supports people with life limiting illness. There were smaller donations too, each one a credit to the organisers and to those of you who contributed.
The overwhelming majority of this work, and pretty much all donations, are made by people who don’t want any thanks and would be horrified by publicity. In most instances the beneficiaries will never know their names. I’m in the really fortunate position that I get to see a lot of this happen and I can assure you it is awe inspiring. You are in the company of many great Celts.
This club is not Neil Lennon’s or Dermot Desmond’s, it’s yours. Celtic will win and lose many games but that will change nothing that is really important. You are the person who will make it a unique force for good in the world. That is our challenge for 2013.
Thank you for all your help, take care and have an absolutely fantastic Christmas.
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Paul,
Yeah great to be a part of our Celtic. But you should not be so modest either. You have done brilliantly and deserve all our grateful thanks.
Wishing you and yours and everyone connected with or to our fabulous club. in fact I wish everyone well , happy Christmas.
KINGLuBO
Enjoying the balmy mild weather here in Dublin and heading into Grafton St for the craic. Believe Bono and other celebrity musicians will be joining the buskers for a session. Happy Christmas to Paul and all the rest of the CQNers.
FFM
I had to go back for a look.
Yir mental
HH
Happy Christmas to all on the blog and lets hope 2013 is as good a year as 2012 was.
Right, I’m off to roast my chestnuts on an open fire.
Hail Hail Celtic men and wummin.
Thanks Paul for last article. As someone new to posting on here, it is great to know that the spirit of Bro Walfrid and the founding committee has never left us. We may wonder at differences of opinion here from time to time, but in the end we are all Celtic supporters.
Happy Christmas to all the great family everywhere. Peace to all.
Got to say this but a highlight of 2012 for me has been being introduced to CQN by an esteemed poster, Teuchtar ar La.
I may not be an eloquent poster but having access to such fine minds has given me a new understanding of many things. Shared memories of our beloved hoops , some stories are awe inspiring.
Thanks to Paul 67 for such a wonderful site and thanks to all CQNers for the privilege of sharing their thoughts with me.
Hail Hail to you all.
Merry Christmas and may our new year have big lugs !!!!
A very merry chrismas to all cqners,and a big thankyou to Paul 67 for a tremendous site.
I will pick one highlight from the season,the game against Barcelona at home,i was at the game against Leeds all those years ago,but that night i will take to my grave,what makes being a Celtic fan so good.
Charles Green Sevco deserve him,as said the gift that keeps on coming
H H
Oh forgot to mention NFL what an intelligent and great ambassador for our club
Pabloh, you are very welcome.
harryhoodsdugbitme, you take care and have a great time.
SK-Bhoy, you are very welcome.
Greenwells Glory, and a Merry Christmas to you too.
Vmhanm :-) How very true. Take care.
KJam, llllllllllllllots of time to look back on that next week!
Bada Bing!! And you too.
KINGLUBO, all I do is kick the server every now and then. Which reminds me!
connaire12, how very true. That spirit is alive and well 125 years later.
Burghbhoy, you are very welcome.
whitecrook tim, take care and have a great one.
Merry Christmas Paul and all ye CQNers wherever ye may be.
Away to enjoy the annual, but what is that smell it emits?
It’s ……….the Truth!
!!bada bing!!
13:47 on 24 December, 2012
Car not starting……ggggrrrrrrrrr
We share your pain. :-(
Does that help? :-)
Very many thanks Paul67 for providing the platform for us all to share thoughts and ideas, I wish you and your family a Very Happy Christmas.
To all who post on here, to those I have had the pleasure to golf with or meet at the Gazebo I wish you and yours a Very Happy Christmas.
Finally to those who have lost precious ones or have been finding life difficult for any reason I wish you peace, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
merry christmas paul and all cqn posters and lurkers.
Paul. that was a fine article and fitting that you recognise the great work
carried out by many on this site on behalf of the less fortunate in and beyond
the Celtic family. This site operates hand in glove with the Celtic ethos and is
a credit to you and the others who enable us to avail ourselves of it.
Paul I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Holy and
peaceful Christmas.
And by extension wish the same to all of you Celts in CQN land
Bang on the button with that lead Paul,
highlight of the year for me was the green bucket army day,
the organisation of the event was magnificent, without mentioning any names,
you know who you are, you know what you started, we know what you did,
you are what Celtic are all about
Thanks for letting us be a part of it
Merry Christmas to you all
Hail Hail
RE: greens video.
Ohh please stop, I could only watch half of it through laughter….my stomachs still hurting! I love this guy!
All the best to P67 and to you all, great year to be a Tim.
Mani hoop
Will chuckles be doing a Christmas day broadcast also??!! I hope so, would obv need to be at a different time to the other one as all the sevco taxpayers would need to watch that to :)
Just noticed there is a film on today which is called “The Santa Claus”.
What happened to the original Santa Claus? Has he been spending beyond his means on presents for years and liquidated to form a newco called The Santa Claus but retaining the history of the old Santa?
happy Christmas to all in cqn land.
Kris Kringle CSC
Merry Christmas everyone!
I honestly can’t watch the chuckles video, beyond cringeworthy. I’d be mortified if Peter Lawwell did something similar.
2013 promises to be a good year! Wembley and the death of Sevco?
a happy and healthy christmas to paul67 and family.
thanks for all the hard work put in over the year to give
us this wonderful site.
the same wishes to all cqnrs everywhere
this year has given us so much enjoyment,
a smile comes to me when i think back to the emails
to thems fighting fund from you ghuys and ghalls
sitting with the laptop at 1am .keeping mrsj67
awake with my laughter and tears streaming down
my face.
more of the same in 2013 please
So much to say and so much to do, yet so little time.
Suffice, therefore, to borrow the words of our early-days co-fan, the famous Tiny Tim: “God bless us, every one!”
Hail, hail and Merry Christmas to the Celtic family.
FF
P.S. Not many people know that Dickens almost named Timothy Catchet, Tiny Mick.
This is troo …
Oops: Cratchet = Cratchit
Paul67
Merry Christmas to you and all the posters for providing and contributing to something that is more than just a blog.
It feeds my daily addiction to not only news about Celtic but to news of just about everything else!
The charity work has also been immense and long may it continue.
Here’s to a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas for all. Cheers!
Valley exile- for you
Charles Green does his Christmas speech courtesy of NOTLR on @kerrydalestreet http://t.co/h7LxjVYF
I lurked on here for a long time before i had the courage to post.
Paul 67 you have created a special site and i thank you and all the posters for the information is second to none.
Merry Christmas to all, have a good one.hail hail
Just watched Chuckles Xmas Special
When Minty bailed out at Rankers , I was worried about the ability to replace such an egotistical, loose canon.
I yearned for the days of ‘for every £5 …’
Credit to Rankers , they have succeeded, and they have a worthy successor
Sipsini
Number one on christmas eve … Tell all the zombies you know… That your the top man p**** j** ;))))))
An important message for Hamiltontim
Celtic Disabled Supporters’ Association appeal to fellow fans
By: Newsroom Staff on 24 Dec, 2012 11:42
THE Celtic Disabled Supporters’ Association has issued an appeal to fellow Celtic supporters regarding flares being released at away grounds.
The CDSA said: ‘We appeal to those people who bring flares to games, and those who know people that do, to stop and think of the consequences as you have no control over the direction that the smoke will go.
´Many of our members have respiratory illnesses or respiratory limitations because of their disabilities including at least one member who is on a portable ventilator.
´If any of these Celtic Supporters, including myself, were to inhale a small amount of the smoke there would be extremely serious health repercussions which would come on very quickly.
´We do not want to find a disabled Celtic supporter, or any other supporter, hospitalised because of someone´s idea of fun. And we certainly do not want to find that it takes a fatality before this practice stops. So we appeal to you, don´t let this happen to your fellow Celtic supporters.´
Peter Joyce
Chairman
Celtic Disabled Supporters’ Association (CDSA)
Awright we know HT’s scared of sparklers never mind flares,just in case
he gets awe brave with the Christmas spirit.
HH
Happy Christmas everyone!
It has been a Quality year from a Celtic view.
Touch wood, lang may Celtic’s lum reek.
The boy jinky.
Cheers mate,as you no i don’t miss thems.
Have a good Christmas.hh
Buon Natale tutti .
Auguri !
Juventus news ———
The Drogba thing was declared a non runner yesterday , today’s news is that it’s back on .
Juve have signed a beast of a defender from Atalanta . Averages a booking every 2 games . 2 reds this season . [to date ] I imagine those stats will improve with him now being a Juve player .
A very Merry Christmas to you all before I forget. A special mention to Paul67 and Mrs Paul67 and their kids and Martin42. Of whom so many sacrifices are made by them for us. A very Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks. It is not going unappreciated.
Hoopy Christmas to you all.
HH
Paul67
So many things make Celtic special but there has always been a goodness at the heart of the club that takes it through difficult times.
I remember my dad telling me how upset Hughie Maxwell was at being released in the 50s because Celtic had been so good and patient with him.
Now and again they faltered but the moral compass of the club always pointed to “Love/Charity” and the right course has been charted.
A very wise move as we are assured that love never ever fails.
Paull67 et al
It has been a momentous year in all things Celtic, but one thing is for sure the spirit of Brother Walfrid lives 125 years on. In your work here you are helping maintain the great traditions of our club. I salute your efforts and the efforts of all on here, for Kano and Oscar.
Long May You Run
(From previous thread),
Izzy, if we agree to hold them all in contempt, that’ll do. Very civil of you to apologise BTW but no need. The pic of the Bullingdons did what you wanted, i.e. made me want to boke.
Miki, good that we can agree on 2 things – contempt for politicians & love for Celtic.
a merry christmas to all on this stoatin site
HH
Merry Xmas tae all oan CQN, long time lurker, enjoyed many of the articles over the past few years…
Chuckles green cringe worthy video is fantastic, unbelievable…
A blind man could surely see what’s coming there…
All the best fir 2013…..
Have a very good Xmas everyone!
Fantastic work this year Paul, here’s to 2013!
HH
Paul67
To you and all CQNrs have a very merry christmas and a more successful new year. This world is indeed a better place for having CQN. COYBIG.
Weefra HH