If you really love Christmas ...

Leslie and I have a holiday tradition of watching Love Actually.

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Arlington: Christmas Day, 2013: Captain America’s holiday message, "Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. And to those who observe some other tradition, I wish you peace and joy and light.” makes him a traitor in the war against Christmas (at least according to some). I like it because it both honors diversity and mentions the new Wiccan grave markers at Arlington cemetery.

When I posted “The Christians and the Pagans”, Mary Jane commented that it’s her favorite holiday tune. This is mine.

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My favorite Christmas carol for these lines “Fall on your knees. Oh hear the angel voices.” So overwhelmed that your legs can’t hold you up; what a glorious image.

Watch on YouTube

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If you really love Christmas ...

Leslie and I have a holiday tradition of watching Love Actually.

"Billy Mack - Christmas is all Around" (Watch on YouTube)

Arlington, Christmas Day, 2013: Captain America’s holiday message, "Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. And to those who observe some other tradition, I wish you peace and joy and light.” makes him a traitor in the war against Christmas (at least according to some). I like it because it both honors diversity and mentions the new Wiccan grave markers at Arlington cemetery.

When I posted “The Christians and the Pagans”, Mary Jane commented that it’s her favorite holiday tune. This is mine.

"Dickens Dublin - Loreena McKennitt" (Watch on YouTube)

My favorite Christmas carol for these lines “Fall on your knees. Oh hear the angel voices.” So overwhelmed that your legs can’t hold you up; what a glorious image.

"Nat King Cole - O Holy Night" (Watch on YouTube)

"The Atheist Christmas Carol - Vienna Teng (w/lyrics)" (Watch on YouTube)

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On Christmas Eve, I wrestled with hurt and anger, and I won! Wrestled, however, is too active a term. I’d lit candles. I’d set George Winston’ s December playing. And as I was siting in the relative darkness, my hurt and anger, poof!, just up and went.

Wayne Muller’s book on the Sabbath describes it not as a specific day of the week but as “a time consecrated with our attention, our mindfulness, honoring those quiet forces of grace or spirit that sustain and heal us.” While I have long admired this book, this is the first time I have felt the healing power of Sabbath-time.

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James Marsters tweets Christmas vid