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  2. Happy Festivus, all!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM
    I’m feeling so benign that I’ll skip the Airing of Grievances. (I do kind of fancy the Feats of Strength, though.)
    Also, because it’s what I do, here is your Tom Waits. It’s not really eactly a traditional Christmas carol, but he does mention that “Santa Clause is drunk! In the ski room!” and “it’s Chistmas Eve, in a sad cafe.” And you can’t say fairer than that.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMvmZC8rJys
    And God bless us, every one!

  3. My father has been in the hospital since last Wednesday and will be there until into the new year. Yes, it’s sad that he’s not at home for Christmas, but we’re all very happy that he’s still with us. The Doctor said that we were very close to losing him. He’s recovering slowly, but recovering. Needless to say, having my father alive is the best Christmas present ever.
    However you mark the day, please tell your family how much they mean to you.

  4. Brent in Winnipeg, I hope your father’s recovery is uncomplicated and that you soon have him with you.
    Black Mamba, my grievances were always more powerful than my feats of strength, but this evening I will not indulge in either. Instead, I’m relaxing with a glass of Pinot Noir, which I raise to you.
    EBD, I always enjoy your selections for Readers Tips, as I do your insights.
    Kate, thanks for this blog. I appreciate it very much.
    Merry Christmas to everyone.

  7. EBD, 10:01p.m. — :
    Speaking of communion, as it happens, I had the chance to sing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” this evening at St. James in Stratford (our family chuch, from my Mother’s side), where my sister and I went for 7:00 p.m. non-sung Eucharist (?).
    I warned my sister in advance to bring reading material to get her through the Sermon, if there was one (I brought my copy of the BCP, which I thankfully found this week, and a work of humour about the foibles of the English language; fortunately there weren’t any — Sermons, that is).
    What I did find unusually curious about this particular now-normally Non-Anglican Anglican service was the previously-unknown version of the Eucharistic (Holy Communion) Prayer, which was printed in the bulletin. I checked it against the six forms of Eucharistic Prayer in the Book of Alternative Services (which we call the BAS, as opposed to the BCP, which has it’s own unique, time-tested form of Eucharistic Prayer), and could not match it.
    Apparently, there’s a BAS, Volume Two, which is unknown to us congregants — kind of like Stephen Harper’s “Hidden Agenda” — so well hidden, that not even he knows what it is.
    Nevertheless, my favourite Anglican Church story involves Churchill (an Anglican, obviously), who was greeted by the priest, at the end of one of the rare services he attended, with, “Nice to see you, Prime Minister. Not quite a pillar of the Church.” To which Churchill replied, “More a buttress, actually: I support it from the outside.” Which, in light of the foregoing, is entirely comprehensible.
    But the church was packed (we went at 7:00p.m. to avoid the rush at 10:30p.m.), and everybody took communion, and wished each other a very Merry Christmas!

  8. Thanks EBD.
    Tonight it is quiet after four days after eight rug rats of various ages and their three sets of parents keeping the house lively with noise. Tomorrow, some come back for a left over turkey supper. This evening though, we quietly watched A Dog Named Christmas. Our eyes released some humidity.
    Merry Christmas Kate, Lance and all of the SDA family.
    And yes, God bless us, everyone.

  9. I received this today so I thought that I would share it. Hark the Herald Angels here is sung by Harry Secombe
    50 Christmas Songs on a Jukebox…..
    Remember a jukebox? Well here’s one you do not need a coin for – just a click of the mouse. And there’s lots more when you finish the Christmas carols just hit the ‘home’ button for the full repertoire.
    http://www.saigonocean.com/nghenhacNoel/Noel.htm

  10. Last Christmas Eve Barak O signed NDAA authorizing the President of USA to imprison and/or murder American citizens; according to his whim. This Christmas Eve he may have voted for the UN Agenda 21 bill to authorize the UN to seize the guns and renounce the 2nd Amendment:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/25/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE8BO00B20121225
    Will this pass without a whimper, like the dictates of the WHO re: smoking tobacco, or will there be a “bang” and citizens will stand up on their hind legs and just say “no”?

  12. “After watching a documentary about the tragic story of Jonestown, I was struck by the utterly unthinking way that so many people put themselves completely at the mercy of a glib and warped man, who led them to degradation and destruction. And I could not help thinking of the parallel with the way we put a glib and warped man in the White House.”
    http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/12/25/random-thoughts-n1473508/page/full/
    Christmas post from Thomas Sowell

  13. David.
    Since the church abandoned the BCP, I find it increasingly difficult to relate to the service. Call me an old fart but it just ain’t the same. Traditions are still important in that they provide continuity and contact with the past. Same with the King James version of the Bible. Can’t relate to the new versions.
    Some things just shouldn’t be screwed with.

  15. Brent – here’s hoping your father gets well. Hug him extra hard this Christmas, you’ll want to remember every detail because you never know. I lost my Dad last Feb, and I still wish there was more I could have done/said last December. I hope you share more Yuletides together.
    Merry Christmas to Kate and all the SDA Regulars, from both ends of the political spectrum; enjoy the time with your families as they are truly more important than any issue, politician or political dogma. Believe it.
    mhb23re

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