Your Christmas cards just arrived - and the only way they could have made me happier would have been if you'd included a sermon for me to preach tomorrow.

As it is, they've provided me with joy in the midst of Christmas-preparation craziness, so thank you both so much!

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To all those celebrating Christmas, may the angels sing in your heart as they sang at Christ's birth; and to everyone, I wish you hope, peace, joy and love, now and always.

I hope you like your present, which comes from the church in which I am a minister, and will go to one of the churches with which we are in partnership, the Church of South India ( Read more... )

At this time of year I always ponder the nature of "Christmas" - the social holiday rather than the religious holy day. I have two equal and opposite reactions and, being me, I have pop culture references for both:

The Good:
"I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it comes round - apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and ( Read more... )

Thank you so very much, sabethea and just_ruth. Your cards arrived today; perfect timing because I needed cheering up. They're both great. just_ruth, I love my present. Great minds did think alike.

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I just purchased and installed (all by myself) a colour laser printer-scanner-thing. My pseudo-home-office is seriously turning into an office. The plan is that I will now not bankrupt myself on ink cartridges - my ink-jet printer was costing me a fortune.

I have now bought and had delivered all the Christmas presents I am giving to adults. They ( Read more... )

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