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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
redrock
6 posted on
12/23/2007 9:45:36 PM PST by
redrock
("Better a shack in Heaven...than a Mansion in Hell"----My Grandmother)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
redrock
7 posted on
12/23/2007 9:49:11 PM PST by
redrock
("Better a shack in Heaven...than a Mansion in Hell"----My Grandmother)
To: redrock; sauropod; forester; calcowgirl; NormsRevenge; Amerigomag; Avoiding_Sulla; Libertina; ...
Thank you redrock. Spent last evening listening to the 1951 recording of
Amahl and the Night Visitors, a performance that brings joy to the heart and tears to your eyes: power in sweetness, depth in the mundane, the nobility of the helpless, heartbreaking and uplifting.
Christ may have been born some other time of year (some say Shavuot), and yes Christmas falls on a pagan feast day, but if it isn't a good thing that a third of the world pauses to remember that we were given a Savior, then there isn't any good left. It's everything from bell-ringers, to singing children, to families remembering that they love each other. It brings out some of the best and a bit of the worst in some, but on whole it amplifies what is good in who we are as a culture. May we never forget how we are blessed with the gift of salvation.
May each of you have a wonderful Christmas,
Mark
29 posted on
12/24/2007 8:20:17 AM PST by
Carry_Okie
(Duncan Hunter for President)
To: redrock
Tahnks for the post and the ping, redrock.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
42 posted on
12/24/2007 8:33:06 PM PST by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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