Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Merry

From the Fire Direction Center:This holiday isn't exactly my thing. But for those whose it is; may this night of yours be blissful and happy. May you be overwashed by the love of those you love around you. And may you wake to peace and content.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

Great vid. This article from the UK Telegraph outline how St. Nicholas of Myra became Santa, through Thomas Nast and Coca Cola:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/6870862/The-saintly-spirit-of-Father-Christmas.html

I love David Sedaris's Christmas Chronicles, and the harried mom yelling at her her distressed kid: "Get up on that man's lap or I'll give you something to cry about!"

He explains it as parent's way of dealing with a world they cannot control, and so creating the simulacrum of the life they'd envisioned.

Merry Christmas, dear friend.