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The Protectors
“I want to feel Christmas like a child”
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE

Thursday
Night @ the
Movies

Reason for
the Season

Fighting
light
bulbs

Refer your
friends &
family

Christmas
Card to our
Friends
are the words to a song
I recently listened to on
the radio. And so I took
some time to stroll
down memory lane and
reminisce about the
Christmas’s of my
youth. I remember;
church choirs, holiday
parties, tree cutting
trips, the sound of the
Salvation Army bells
ringing, and perfect
strangers with a warm
smile and a “Merry
Christmas!” Watching
on our black & white
TV “a Christmas
Carole” and “a Won-
derful Life” and how
those old movies always moved me (still
do). How I
always wanted and rarely
ever did get a
“White
Christmas”.
Riding in the
car with Mom
& Dad at
night and looking at the
Christmas lights and
thinking that’s what I
want to do when I grow
up. I especially remember how much I enjoyed the feast my
Mom would cook up after we opened presents
capping off the perfect
Holiday experience.
And of course the
big event of opening
the presents which
is the crescendo of
dreams and excitement for a child.
Christmas is a
magical time and
for this season just as the
song goes;
“I want to feel Christmas
like a child”.
By Dennis flenner
Referral Grand Prize Winner !
Tim Gipson is a long time client
of the Protectors and earlier this
year he referred someone to our
office and got $10 Starbucks card
and his name in the Grand Prize
drawing. And behold he was one
of a 100 people who we sent
cards to that was in the drawing.
And he won! Congratulations
Tim and he came in and received
his $200 Visa Gift card compliments of the Protectors Insurance. Thanks you Tim and the
other 99 people who referred
their family and friends to us.
We do appreciate it.
THANK YOU !
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Movie Schedule
Protectors Insurance Night at the Movies
December 18th
“Major League”
(Charlie Sheen)
December 25th
“A Wrinkle in
Time”
(a Disney classic)
January 1st
“Get Shorty”
(John Travolta)
January 8th
Monkey Shines: An
Experiment in Terror
January 15th
“Delirious”
Starting the month of December we are hosting on
Thursday nights @ 7pm
the Protectors Insurance
Night at the Movies on
ThisTV Southern Oregon
on Charter cable channel
188 or Digital channel 5.2.
We will be hosting some
really fun movies and during the breaks we will
have some great Trivia
questions for you to test
your movie knowledge.
We are excited about
being the first sponsor
in this area to take on
this program. Be sure
to tune in every Thursday night @ 7pm. Also
on Christmas night join
us for “a Wrinkle in
Time” a Disney Classic. Check the movie
schedules and be sure
to watch as the hosts
will be changing from
time to time.
See ya’ soon!
(John Candy)
Reason for the Season
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the
entire Roman world. 2 (This
was the first census that took
place while Quirinius was
governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town
to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from
the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the
town of David, because he
belonged to the house and line
of David. 5 He went there to
THE
PR OT EC TOR S
register with Mary, who was
pledged to be married to
him and was expecting a
child. 6 While they were
there, the time came for the
baby to be born, 7 and she
gave birth to her firstborn, a
son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a
manger, because there was
no guest room available for
them.
New International Version
(NIV) Luke 2: 1-7
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Put em’ up ! LED vs. Incandescent
A fighting comparison of
LED vs. Incandescent
Christmas Lights
Christmas lights have a long history
of illuminating the holidays and
expanding the electric bill. With
heating and lighting costs increasing
during the cold months, adding the
cost of decorative lights can hurt
the holiday budget. Light emitting
diode (LED) lights can be an energy
-saving alternative to traditional
incandescent lights, but will require
a larger initial investment.
Energy Usage
In a price and energy usage breakdown by Consumer Reports, mini-
sized LED bulbs were found to incur
30 cents over a period of 300 hours,
while the same length of mini-sized
incandescent lights used $1.30 over
the same period of time. For the C9sized bulbs, three strands of LED
were found to cost only 14 cents over
300 hours while two strands of the
same-sized incandescent lights cost
$11.
Safety
LED lights run cooler than their incandescent counterparts. This means
they are less likely to burn fingers, or
overheat and cause Christmas tree
fires.
Purchasing Cost
LED lights use less energy overall but
will cost more initially to purchase.
For the same number of bulbs, LED
light strands can cost almost double
that of incandescent lights. Sizes like
the C7 and C9 have the same number
of LED lights as the incandescent, but
LED strands are shorter, so you may
need to buy more strands in order
to complete a lighting project.
Durability
In a stress test performed by Consumer Reports, all bulbs on strands
of LED lights were still lit after 4,000
hours of being on, while every strand
of incandescent bulbs had at least
one or two bulbs that had burnt out
before reaching the 2,000-hour
mark. The plastic lights of the LED
strands held up better than the glass
incandescent bulbs, which were
more prone to breaking.
Brightness & Appeal
LED lights are not that bright. C7and C9-sized incandescent lights
were found to be much brighter than
the LED equivalents; however, the
mini LED-sized bulbs were found to
be slightly brighter than the mini
incandescent bulbs.
A Coffee Card for your referral !
All you have to do is refer
someone to our office and
we will take care of the rest.
When they call and ask for a
insurance quote we will make
sure that we ask them “who
referred them?”.......
Then we send you a
$10 STARBUCKS
coffee card ! It’s that EZ ! !
Also for each newsletter this
new year for the faithful who
referred friends & family to us
we will choose at random a
winner
who will receive ;
a $50 gift certificate to
the restaurant of their
choice…
ProtectorsIns.com
Then in December for
the grand prize our
winner will get; a $200
Visa Gift Card !
That’s us saying
THANK YOU !
Information
provided by
eHow.com
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