Tag: Christmas
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Noel
It’s hard not to get into the Christmas spirit, isn’t it? I mean, just look around! Every other yard, it seems, has huge blow-up reindeer, and snowmen, and elves, and skeletons left over from Halloween now dressed in Santa suits. (Why?) All the stores are playing cheery Christmas music at top volume reminding us it’s…
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Lavish Gifts
There’s a frequently shared meme about the Nativity that three wise women would have been more practical visitors to the Holy Family than the three wise men. They would have brought useful gifts like prepared meals and diapers, performed midwife services, and cleaned the stable. I wrote last year about the difference between the portrayed…
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Ornaments
When we bought our river house ten years ago, it was our weekend getaway place. It was so relaxing to be able to escape suburbia and our jobs for a few days, sit on the porch swing or the dock, listen to the owls call to each other in the evening, and watch the river…
A Light for My Path 