Happy Holidays to all my friends around the world!

OUR HOLIDAY GREETING FOR YOU

For all of the world we offer hope for world peace and wish you happy holidays for (Christian) Christmas, (African) Kwanzaa, (Hispanic) Las Posadad-Noche Buena-Navidad, (Jewish) Hanukkah-Rosh Hashanah, (Persian) Yalda, (Islamic) Eid al-Adha-Muharram, (Buddhist) Rohatsu, (Hindu) Sankranti, (Celtic) Winter Solstice and (Chinese) New Year.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Feliz Navidad y Felices Fiestas

Joyeux Noël et joyeuses fêtes

Buon Natale e Buone Feste

Frohe Weihnachten und frohe Feiertage

Vrolijke Kerstmis en Gelukkige Vakantie

Καλα Χριστουγεννα και καλες διακοπες

Feliz Natal e Boas Festas

И Рождеством Христовым праздники

メリークリスマス休暇で幸せ

聖誕快樂，節日快樂

This is Rockefeller Center in NYC which could be seen from my office above it on 5th Avenue.

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From the Coltons Point Times -- have a great, safe and loving holidays....

Classic Christmas videos - American style

    

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Thank you to the readers of the Coltons Point Times around the world

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As always we like to acknowledge the faithful and new readers to the Coltons Point Times and thank you for sharing our world.  Next year will be the tenth anniversary of the CPT on the Internet.

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This has been a wild decade as we continued to remain faithful to our promise to you to never allow advertising, to never collect names and emails, and basically to never violate all your rights to privacy like most other web sites.

The top ten countries for readers of the Coltons Point Times shifted slightly the past week.

Only two English-speaking countries made the top ten.  United States readers were about 60% of the total while Russia came in second with over 28% of the readers.

Here is the new ranking based on total readers per country for the week:

1.       United States

2.      Russia

3.      France

4.      Germany

5.      United Kingdom

6.      China

7.      Ukraine

8.     Portugal

9.      India

10.  Philippines

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Over half of Coltons Point Times (CPT) readers from outside USA

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Although we do not allow advertising nor keep records of our individual readers we do compile statistics on where our readers come from and over half are from outside the United States.

We have readers from 75 to 110 countries each month and I want to thank you all for taking the time to share your day with us.

I would encourage you to comment if you like and I would like any suggestions you may have for articles.

The following are the top ten countries for readers this month.  Seven of the top ten are not English speaking countries.

Feel free to tell your friends if you like what you read.

CPT Top Ten Countries for Readers

1. United States

Welcome my loyal friends from the United States where 98% of the people are not Native American ancestry - in other words, whatever we do is your fault not ours.

2. Ukraine

Welcome my friends from the Ukraine the geographic center of Europe.

Laskavo prosymo druzi z Ukrayiny heohrafichnyy tsentr Yevropy.

3. Ireland

Welcome my friends from the magical Emerald Isle of Ireland.

Fáilte mo chairde ón draíochta Emerald Isle na hÉireann.

4. United Kingdom

Welcome my friends from the United Kingdom where they drink more tea than any other country in the world.

5. China

Welcome my friends from China where philosophy and ice cream began.

Huānyíng péngyǒumen láizì zhōngguó, zhéxué hé bīngqílín kāishǐ.

6. Germany

Welcome my friends from Germany where there are over 1,500 different brands and types of beer.

Willkommen meine Freunde aus Deutschland , wo es mehr als 1.500 verschiedene Marken und Biersorten.

7. France

Welcome my friends from France where there is only one stop sign in the entire French city of Paris.

Bienvenue mes amis de la France, où il ya un seul panneau d'arrêt dans toute la ville française de Paris.

8. Italy

Welcome my friends from Italy home to sixty percent of the world's art treasurers.

Benvenuti amici provenienti da Italia patria di sessanta per cento dei tesori d'arte del mondo. 

 9. Turkey

Welcome my friends from the cradle of civilization in Turkey.

Arkadaşlarım , Türkiye'de medeniyetin beşiği itibaren hoşgeldiniz.

10. Bulgaria

Welcome my friends from Bulgaria where Sofia is the second oldest city in Europe.

Dobre doshli moite priyateli ot Bŭlgariya, kŭdeto Sofiya e vtorata naĭ-stariyat grad v Evropa.

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Who reads the Coltons Point Times?

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Every few months I take time to review the readership stats of the CPT to try and learn who is interested in our reporting.  Of course the most glaring stat may be who is not reading it.

No residents of Coltons Point read the Coltons Point Times.  What does that tell me about having found a home?  This village has been settled for 380 years, the oldest chartered community to be continuously occupied in the original thirteen colonies.

There are actually families here today that date back to the boat people.  If you want some fascinating history check out the articles highlighted at the end of this story.

Basically no one from Southern Maryland reads the Coltons Point Times even though there is some degree of evidence that people reside in this area with the ability to read and even a casual interest in what happens outside this area.

Be that as it may, even the State of Maryland has always been far down the list of readers by state usually showing up in the bottom 25 states.  New York, California, Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, Ohio and Virginia have always dominated the USA readers.

But the real story to me is that citizens of the United States only represent 48% of my readers, meaning the rest of the world is more interested in what is happening in America, at least from my perspective, than Americans.

Over the past couple of months Germany at 26% has remained a strong second.  Canada continues at #3 with 6% but the most surprising new member of the top ten is China at #4, with the combined China and Hong Kong readers over 5%.  Rounding out the top ten are Poland and France at 4% each, Sweden 3%, Ukraine 2%, United Kingdom and Iraq at 2%.

Depending on the hot topics of the week other counties like Russia, Brazil, Romania, Ireland, Australia, India and the Netherlands have popped in and out of the top ten.  I urge all of you to encourage people to check out the Coltons Point Times and especially those people in China as I will be doing a series of articles on the Chinese history, culture and future in the near future.

Of course what happens in America continues to be the main draw of readers and the international dominance of readers indicates how the events in America can influence the rest of the world.  I thank you for wanting to be informed and ask you to please tell others about us.

As we celebrate our 8th anniversary publishing the Coltons Point Times we are proud to remain the only news service on the Internet with no advertising allowed.

       

St. Clements Island Maryland Colonial History - The Rest of the Story

Maryland and the nation owe a great deal to the brave colonists who ventured across the Atlantic in 1633 and landed on St. Clements Island in early 1634. St. Clements Manor, established within a couple of years, remains the oldest continually settled chartered community in colonial America.

The following series of articles gives the latest research and solves the enduring mysteries about the colonial days in England and Southern Maryland giving a fascinating glimpse into the lives and politics of the colonial era.

Thursday, October 26, 2006
Where in the world is Coltons Point?
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2006/10/where-in-world-is-coltons-point.html

Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Miracle of St. Clements Island
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2008/04/miracle-of-st-clements-island.html

Saturday, March 21, 2009
Scenes from Coltons Point
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/scenes-from-coltons-point.html

Friday, July 10, 2009
St. Clements Island and Manor - Four Centuries of Uninterrupted History
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/07/st-clements-island-and-manor-four.html

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
St. Clement's Island Prehistory - Part 1.
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-1.html

Monday, August 24, 2009
St. Clement's Island Prehistory - Part 2
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/08/st-clements-island-prehistory-part-2.html

Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Histories Mysteries - The Journey of the Ark and the Dove
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2009/09/histories-mysteries-journey-of-ark-and.html

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Histories Mysteries - Next King of England (Prince William) Shares St. Clements Manor, Maryland bloodline
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/histories-mysteries-next-king-of.html

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Histories Mysteries - The Landing at St. Clement's Island in 1634
http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2010/04/histories-mysteries-landing-at-st.html

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