[cyncooper]

Miss Marple, I wanted to share something with the forum and thought you would be the best person to address this to. I know you have grandchildren and have been involved in discussions about our society and God being left out, etc.

Well, my daughter has Animal Planet on and they are showing "Animals of the Nativity". Everybody, if you get the chance, see this show! It will be repeated several times, as cable shows often are. It includes the Angel appearing to Mary and the dilemma facing Joseph until the Angel appeared to him. Right now they are showing Mary and Joseph traveling over the desert and talked about how much Joseph had on his mind--like the taxes he would have to pay!

I cannot say enough about how much I am enjoying this show and the tone it is taking.

[Miss Marple]

Oh, thank you! I will call my daughter-in-law and tell her about it! And I will see if I can catch the replay!

[kayak]

Funny you should bring up the issue of God being left out. With our moving the office and then the ice storm, I am waaaaaay behind in my Christmas preparations and hadn't even bought Christmas cards yet. So this afternoon that particular piece of shopping was on my list of to-do items.

I was shocked! Admittedly the selection has been picked over by now as it's so late to be buying cards. But it was difficult to find cards that even said Merry Christmas instead of Season's Greetings. And finding anything even remotely religious was nearly impossible. The few that I found were really ugly. I finally found one box at the grocery store that was acceptable. We send out Santa cards and such to some of the people on our list but like to have some with a religious theme also. I have never had the trouble finding some that I did this year. Next year I will shop early and go to a Christian bookstore!