There are two facts I am about to share with you about the Christmas story you might not have known or thought about much. Both of these facts have to do with those mystical beings who do all of the announcing for the incarnation story. Ready? 1) Angels are scary. 2) Angels are tone deaf.…
Leading up to Christmas, the most common decorations you would see in Brazil would be nativity scenes. These “presépio” are everywhere. They have pageants just as we have in the States but these aren’t confined to kids in a church. They are community affairs much more similar to what you would see at Christmas time…
The other day, I noticed that the mall had put up some Christmas decorations by the main entrance. I was shocked. Well, not really. After all, the Christmas lights I saw were crescent moons and stars. Around here, you don’t hear Christmas music when you go into stores to shop. You don’t get Christmas music…
For the past couple songs, we have talked about gifts. We talked about the gifts we do and should give. We talked about the gifts we desire. Well, it wouldn’t be Christmas without talking about the greatest gift of all. Like I said at the end of yesterday, that gift came wrapped in swaddling cloth…
All I want for Christmas is… How would you answer this question? I know, I know, if we are asked this we all tend to give some noble answer. I want peace on earth goodwill to men. I want our troops to come home. I want to be able to end hunger. Or extreme poverty.…
Have you bought all your presents yet? You’ve made the list. You’ve checked it twice. How do you determine what presents to give the naughty and the nice? For that matter, how do you determine what present to give grouchy old Aunt Matilda? No matter what you buy her, she’s gonna complain. Do you do…
Not every Christmas is this beautiful fairy tale of candy canes and mistletoe.
Frosty the Snowman. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa. The Grinch. George Bailey. Good King Wenceslas. There was a time when I hated all of them. The Christmas Tree, mistletoe, lights, tinsel, the yuletide log. They were all a distraction and I couldn’t stand them. Well, lets be honest, I still hate tinsel. I am…
Family recollections
Sometimes the worst songs are the hardest ones to get out of our heads.
THE RIVER WALK 