Christmas Charity Appeal: Kate McCann: 'I still buy a Christmas present for Madeleine 11 years after she went missing'

Still scouring for the elusive Woman in Purple, TK a bit behind the times isn't she? 

Perfectly timed to tug at the festive family heartstrings.....I must be a heartless b*st*rd coz mine weren’t tugged.

Yes it's Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!

The same comments are made every Christmas by K, word for word: the same ones.

I think it unlikely we shall ever know exactly exactly what happened to Madeleine. Someone must know! However, that someone may just possibly not be K or G, and it is still a terrible mess and a great sadness. I know what I think is most likely, but that is neither here nor there. Moreover, 'the search' (sic) is a disgraceful charade and a waste of UK money.We all speculate WHY?

Any policeman I have discussed this with, and I Know a few... says when Scotland Yard got involved they should have insisted on going right back to the beginning again and done what they would have done had the disappearance happened in the UK. Colin Sutton has said as much. Much of the rest is nonsense on stilts.

As I am rather unwell at the mpoment I had fallen asleep in bed and I woke ... on the morning of Christmas Day... to a long documentary by the Sky News people about Madeleine's vanishing. Did anyone else watch it from the beginning today? It was obviously a repeat of something put together earlier. Hey ho...
 
Good wishes to all
comperedna

It's all on repeat since 2007. I don't believe KM has a hotline to MSM I think they simply rehash and pull anything from any source to string sentences for "kerching!" Carter Ruck is probably on the McCanns speed dial ready and waiting and whilst MSM tow the "authorative " line its got their and "others" approval?  A sickening game played out in the name of Madeleine Beth McCann. 

Shamefully disgusting! 
IMO

All that waffle and yet no direct message to her allegedly and findable Maddie?
No message to Maddie telling her they love her?

No message to Maddie to reassure her they are still looking for her?
No message to Maddie suggesting ways to make herself known to outsiders?
No message to Maddie on how to get away from her abductor?
No message to the abductor to let Maddie go?
No message to the abductor about not hurting Maddie?
No message to the abductor to give Maddie a happy Christmas?
No message to the abductor about a ransom or reward?

Instead we get a message all about kate and by inclusion gerry and the twins and how they enjoy Christmas etc.

Once again kate opens her mouth and inserts both feet revealing how selfish and self obsessed she is.

It is, was and always will be, all about kate me, me mccann.
gerry and the twins are mere adornments to make kate look motherly and even then it fails miserably.

Kate's message to the world regarding Maddie is just like her book about Maddie.
Capitalized kate mccann, lowercase Madeleine and a book all about kate with the odd brief mention of the star and reason for the book, Maddie.
Guest starring gerry and the twins with a tiny supporting cast of police who are vilified, journalists, sundry family members and tapas 7.

Kate's only concern is kate and should an arrest be on the horizon, kate has told us she is willing to press a button so they can ALL be together

Singing along to Rudolf the Red-nose reindeer by Dean Martin, you're having a laugh Kate with another false memory. Ranks alongside the Pussycat Dolls sing-a-long memory IMO, you know, the group renowned for the highly inappropriate Don't Cha & the abuse claims. 

Dean Martin's version is rarely played on popular radio and isn't one of the versions that appears on any of the well-known Christmas compilation CDs. The Crystals, Jackson 5 or possibly the Temptations would be the ones most people will have heard and recognise.

Well spotted.
In our house we had a wind up gramophone and we'd lob on the 78, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Spike Jones and his City Slickers. 
That, or "Yes We Have No Bananas" lol! 

Indeed yes. All the above comments are likely to be spot on.,. but I mean... on the very morning of Christmas day, to wake up to it. I'd rather have Dean Martin and Rudolph any day.

Sky is trotting out all the 'special reports' it is most proud of over the news free Christmas period 'A Plastic Whale', 'Hotspots' with correspondents in war zones under fire. 'The Africa you don't know' with Alex Crawford, 'The plight of the' Rohingya' ditto... and then THIS! They must be similarly proud of it, but unlike all the others it told us nothing new and nothing important.

On second thoughts... it may be they were scraping the bottom of the barrel...

https://tania-cadogan.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/spot-what-is-missing-from-kates-annual.html

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Spot what is missing from kate's annual Christmas waffle

Kate McCann: 'I still buy a Christmas present for Madeleine 11 years after she went missing'

 
                                        Kate McCann  Credit: Andrew Crowley    

•  Kate McCann
  
   
  

22 December 2017 • 5:17pm    


The last Christmas I ever spent with my daughter, Madeleine, is a very vivid memory for me. She was three-years-old then and at nursery had just started to learn some Christmas carols. She also loved doing the accompaniment to Dean Martin’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I can still hear her singing it now. For her present that year we had bought Madeleine (and her younger brother and sister) a kitchen station which we wrapped with a bow and left for her to find when she came downstairs.
I remember seeing her face when she walked in. She was beside herself. She was so excited and got straight to work preparing us all a meal. That was a lovely moment. I have bought a Christmas present for Madeleine every year since then but that toy cooker was the last one I ever saw her open.
In May 2007 she went missing from our rented family holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal and has never been seen since. This Christmas will be the 11th my husband and I have spent without our daughter. For families like ours who have to live with the agony of a missing child – or indeed any relative – Christmas can be a hugely painful time.



                                  A family photograph of Madeleine McCann  Credit:   


The festive period is a time to be together as a family and for most people is such a happy occasion. That almost expected joy makes it even more difficult for those that are suffering. You learn over time that you simply have to make the best of it and lean upon the support that is out there – wherever it comes from.

The first Christmas we had after Madeleine went missing I couldn’t do anything. I felt so numb that I couldn’t buy presents or cards or even put up the Christmas tree. It all felt so wrong. In the end somebody else had to do all that and we went and stayed with family elsewhere. Each year I’ve made a bit more effort and we’ve dealt with it as best we can. After all, our other two children who are now 12-years-old deserve a Christmas as well. That doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. Everything is tinged with pain.


That absence is tangible for all our family, the emotion still palpable. It’s impossible to shake off that heaviness ever-present on your chest. But you just have to try. Before Madeleine’s disappearance I had never heard of the charity, Missing People, which The Daily Telegraph is backing in its Christmas Appeal.  My husband Gerry and I stayed in Portugal for months after she had gone, continuing to search in vain.
It was only when we got back that we were properly put in touch by a relative. The work the charity does for families like ours is vital and I am proud to be an ambassador championing their work. Hundreds of thousands of people go missing every year. This is something that affects so many families and it can destroy them.

 

                                     Kate and Gerry McCann  Credit: Reuters  


The charity is there every hour of every day. Without them people would be totally lost. The Missing People charity team are simply very normal, genuine, caring people that you could come and have a cup of tea with. I’m sure that’s part of the secret to the charity’s success. We often talk about our missing persons ‘community’, or ‘family’ and every Christmas get together for our annual carol service at St Martin-in-the-fields united in our emotion and hope.


We are all cushioned and supported by the presence of each other. Unless you have experienced what families like ours have it is impossible to describe the anguish of missing a loved one. I know without the support of so many we would not have made it this far. We have found that support in many places. A candle still burns for our daughter in the village and Madeleine and all missing children still get mentioned in prayers at our local church – and in many others I’m sure.
With so many things in the world to pray for just now, we are very grateful for this. At times the pain of losing our daughter has been almost too much to comprehend. You don’t know how strong you are until you have no option. Gerry and I are united in our aim of finding Madeleine and our love of our children and making life as good as possible for them.


It doesn’t mean there aren’t times when things are emotional, testing or strained. But we’ve got through it so far. In spite of how hard the festive season has been for our family over the years our younger children are still really excited about Christmas and that’s lovely to see. I have to remind myself to be cheerful and get into the Christmas spirit with them. I suppose I have learnt over the years that it’s important to have enjoyment yourself too and, more than that, it is OK to try.
You don’t have to feel guilty.  And if there’s one thing I love, it’s real quality time spent with my children; cuddling up on the couch under a throw and watching a DVD together. We do a Christmas stocking for them and also one for Madeleine. The presents I buy for her usually have to jump out at me. She would be a teenager now so I always try and pick something that would be suitable and enjoyable for her no matter what age she is when she gets to open them.

In my head I guess I just want everything for be right for her when she comes back home. The loft is filled with the presents I have bought for Madeleine and her wardrobe, too. Like many families of missing children we have kept her bedroom exactly the same as it was when she disappeared. The irony is I’m sure she wouldn’t want it like that anymore because it’s bright pink.
And in any case if Madeleine was to walk through that door the most important thing is she is with us, not what her bedroom is like or anything else for that matter. But for whatever reason I just can’t bring myself to change it. The police investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance is still active, thankfully, and while it can be incredibly slow and frustrating we continue in hope. That is all we can do. While people gather with their families this weekend and enjoy meals and swap presents together – I would urge them to remember the missing. We must never forget them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/kate-mccann-still-buy-christmas-present-madeleine-11-years-went/

Then we have their annual Christmas post on their FB page

Official Find Madeleine Campaign
December 25, 2017 ·
To all our supporters,
We just wanted to pass on our love and thanks to everyone who has continued to support us throughout another year. Christmas is a tricky time ....as it is for many people. Friendship, solidarity and warm wishes go a long way in giving us the strength to get through and make the very best of it. So, from all our family...a very big thank you.
We will never give up on Madeleine.
With very good wishes for a happy and peaceful 2018.
~Kate and Gerry

Can you see What or rather WHO is missing?
All that waffle and yet no direct message to her allegedly findable Maddie?

No message to Maddie telling her they love her?

No message to Maddie to reassure her they are still looking for her?

No message to Maddie suggesting ways to make herself known to outsiders?

No message to Maddie on how to get away from her abductor?

No message to the abductor to let Maddie go?

No message to the abductor about not hurting Maddie?

No message to the abductor to give Maddie a happy Christmas?

No message to the abductor about a ransom or reward?

Instead we get a message all about kate and by inclusion gerry and the twins and how they enjoy Christmas etc.

Once again kate opens her mouth and inserts both feet revealing how selfish and self obsessed she is.

It is, was and always will be, all about kate me, me mccann.
Gerry and the twins are mere adornments to make kate look motherly and even then it fails miserably.

Kate's message to the world regarding Maddie is just like her book about Maddie.
Capitalized kate mccann, lowercase Madeleine and a book all about kate with the odd brief mention of the star and reason for the book, Maddie.
Guest starring gerry and the twins with a tiny supporting cast of police who are vilified, journalists, sundry family members and tapas 7.
There is no support for Maddie, nothing emotional nothing physical.
They never searched for her.
They never call out to her.
Heck they don't even call out to her alleged abductor.
It is as if they have given up even the charade of showing any love or interest in Maddie as their daughter.
Even at the start it was almost impossible for them to keep up the facade of care or worry about Maddie and what she could have been enduring, needing to be prompted to use her name and needing scripts to make appeals etc.
Almost 11 years down the line they don't even bother trying to pretend interest.
Their true colors revealed to the world, their contempt for Maddie, such that they don't even try to pretend to show love and concern for their missing daughter at Christmas.


I wonder what 2018 will bring?

Friendships have collapsed, no holidays with their tapas friends.
I wonder if they even speak to each other these days?
Will they decide to start talking since all the mccann's high flying chums appear to have distanced themselves.

Clarrie, who gets dragged out every so often when something sensitive  gets their attention and they use a 3rd party to make their comments, distancing themselves, so should something be revealed as a lie or go bosoms up they can claim plausible deniability and throw him to the dogs.
Could clarrie decide to use what he knows for financial benefit, talking to the Police for a possible reward or selling his story to the media, especially if he stops getting paid?

Will they try and pretend to show some interest in Maddie and call out to her?
Could the twins call out to their sister?

Will anyone call out to the alleged abductor and appeal to him?

Kate's only concern is kate and should an arrest be on the horizon, kate has told us she is willing to press a button so they can ALL be together

Kate said: "It really isn't easy," coping.
"Some days are better than others. ...
There's days when you think, 'I can't do this anymore,' and you just want to press a button, and we're all gone, and it's all finished, and we're all together and gone.
Wherever.
But you can't, you know. Just occasionally you'll have a -- if you're having a really bad day, which we do.
And you can't help but think that."

Hobs wrote:All that waffle and yet no direct message to her allegedly and findable Maddie?
No message to Maddie telling her they love her?

No message to Maddie to reassure her they are still looking for her?
No message to Maddie suggesting ways to make herself known to outsiders?
No message to Maddie on how to get away from her abductor?
No message to the abductor to let Maddie go?
No message to the abductor about not hurting Maddie?
No message to the abductor to give Maddie a happy Christmas?
No message to the abductor about a ransom or reward?

Instead we get a message all about kate and by inclusion gerry and the twins and how they enjoy Christmas etc.

Once again kate opens her mouth and inserts both feet revealing how selfish and self obsessed she is.

It is, was and always will be, all about kate me, me mccann.
gerry and the twins are mere adornments to make kate look motherly and even then it fails miserably.

Kate's message to the world regarding Maddie is just like her book about Maddie.
Capitalized kate mccann, lowercase Madeleine and a book all about kate with the odd brief mention of the star and reason for the book, Maddie.
Guest starring gerry and the twins with a tiny supporting cast of police who are vilified, journalists, sundry family members and tapas 7.

Kate's only concern is kate and should an arrest be on the horizon, kate has told us she is willing to press a button so they can ALL be together

Easter will be here soon.   Maybe Mrs will send a direct message to her daughter/abductor in her next "address" to the Nation?

Eleven years late is better than nothing I suppose.

In the meanwhile, Margaret, mummy wants you to keep giving that paedophile your tuppenceworth in that secret lair in the lawless hills.

Oh, and soz that we didn't buy a stamp to go on the letter to the Portuguese prosecutor to keep the investigation open.

Oh, and soz again that we've spent all the public donations that was given to us to search for you, but we needed to shut that nasty GA bloke up, even though it didn't work out too well and now Sean and Amelie and us of course are liable for the court costs but we can't pay because we've bought property and building equipment with it.

Such is life. But when you turn 18 in a few years time and get yourself a job then you'll be able to afford to make your own way home. Or put yourself in an envelope marked Kate and Gerry, Rothley, you'll get here.

There's lots of presents waiting for you in your bedroom by the way.

P.S. The strawberries from Waitrose are much nicer than Tesco!

10 years worth of Easter eggs going mouldy in the attic , next to 10 years worth of Christmas selection boxes ! 

New clothes put aside for Madeleine , still Monsoon I wonder , or is it Primark now ? 

Amelie saying " Maddie's new jumper/coat / jeans Where's Maddie ?" 

I hope Kate has 10 years worth of Dr Who on dvd cos it was Maddie's favourite programme wasn't it ? 
New hairbrush and toothbrush so she can have one of her own , or has the hairbrush they got back from Krugel been stowed away ?

Maybe a tennis racquet and running gear so she can keep up with mummy and daddy , they do a lot of running ( away ) after all !

Poor Madeleine , it was never about you was it ?

Ten years on Daniel Krugal gave the McCanns Madeleine's hairbrush back publically on Sky for us all to witness. He apparently had held it in his possession since being given it a few weeks after their daughter went missing. 

Wonder if it is as precious as the hairbrush given to the FSS for testing, did they give that one back? 

So not only did Madeleine not have her own hairbrush, it seems she actually had two? 

What a lucky girl eh?

This whole case stinks of rotten sea bass!