The Faith of a Child

Town Hall ^ | 12/23/2005 | Tony Snow

[saveliberty]

A Christmas message from Tony Snow

[buck61]

Thank you Mr. Snow.

[Pusterfuss]

Very nice. I like that ceremony with the candles.

[kassie]

Nice article. Thanks for taking the time to post it for us.

[Bahbah]

Good morning, save. I just finished wrestling with a 35 foot long pine rope. (No tree for the cats to attack this year.) My house and my hands smell wonderful. I love Christmas.

[tiredoflaundry]

Beautiful!

[TheForceOfOne]

My cats plan out the attack on my Christmas tree in advance, I just know it! I see the looks on their little faces.

Last year I put angels ornaments with feathers on the tree and put them at the top hoping they wouldn't see them, wrong, they climbed to the top and took every one of them down. I found pieces under the couch! lol

[TheForceOfOne]

The message of Christmas is this: Have faith.

Thank you SL and thank you Tony for this message.

Merry Christmas to both of you and your families! :)

And everyone of our FRiends here at Free Republic, and Jim Robinson for making it possible for us to have a place to meet and speak our minds, and hopefully make a difference in the world.

[nina0113]

I like that ceremony with the candles.

Go to Easter Vigil at any Catholic Church & you'll see it. People pick up an unlit candle as they enter the darkened church, then the priest processes in with the big candle, lit in the doorway, and passes the flame along each pew. He chants "Christ our Light" (or "Lumen Christi" if you're lucky enough to be in a church that still uses some Latin) and the people respond "Thanks be to God" (or "Deo gratias").

[Bahbah]

LOL. My 4 year old granddaughter was very concerned about my not having a tree this year because of the cats. She said that we should put it up and then, if they attacked it, we could just take the tree back.

[nina0113]

Our cats just drink the water - they've never done anything with/to the tree itself. I don't tempt them by leaving wires dangling or putting ornaments too low. They grew up in a Jewish household and had never seen one before we got them at age 5, but that can't really have anything to do with it, can it?

[nina0113]

Oh yes, by the way - great article, thanks for posting it.

[Tax-chick]

Elsewhere on FR, I read that if you spray your tree with powder-scent underarm deodorant, the cats will leave it alone. The poster said that it worked, really!

[leda]

A child experiences Christmas as magic -- as a shimmering moment when the impossible becomes possible through means youngsters don't dare try to understand, and cannot afford to doubt.

absolutely beautiful!

thank you for sharing such a wonderful story.

[rwa265]

Thanks for the beautiful story, Tony, and thanks for posting it, SL.

The most amazing thing happened on the train I rode to work this morning. The operator announced that the trains would run on a holiday schedule on Monday. Then he said, "At this time, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas." No happy holiday, no seasons greetings, just a simple Merry Christmas. I just had to go to the front of the train and wish him a Merry Christmas in return.

Merry Christmas to all of you and have a Blessed New Year.

[saveliberty]

:-) I am sure he would say that you are welcome.

[saveliberty]

I thought that was very nice too

[saveliberty]

:-) You're welcome, kassie!

[saveliberty]

Oh my gosh! 35 feet? What a wonderful Christmas decoration! (And cat friendly :-)

I love Christmas too. I am taking my folks to a party where we will sing Christmas carols and take the vast quantities of cinnamon rolls and apple pies (strudels were changed to pies as pies are easier to transport).

If I don't speak with you sooner, Merry Christmas to you and your girls and all of your family!