Grandma’s Stroufeli & DAMON’s MOM’s Pumpkin Bread
On this Sixth Day of Christmas…
New Year’s Eve
It baffles me to see people walking down the street this past week,
Moseying with a kind of laissez-faire attitude,
As if there is nothing much going on.
Awfully Silly.
It’s Christmas!
It is a Twelve-Day Celebration,
If you want it!
Don’t Miss Out!
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on December 31, 2018
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The Tree at Rockefeller Center, during one of its last days on display
Yes, I know.
Christmas is over now.
I have pushed it as far as I can — all twelve days.
There are those awesome folk in Norway who keep it going through tonight
and I LOVE That!
But here, I expect that the full twelve days through January 6th is about as far as one can expect to take it.
And I have enjoyed the Full Ride.
Our Contemporary Culture seems dismissive of those of us who Celebrate Fully.
Christmas Day is a Day, and Get on with your Life!
And to that I say, “What Life?”
The Celebration of Kindness, Peace and Joy is my Life!
Acknowledgement of the presence of Angels is My Life!
I’ve no desire to toss all of that aside quickly to get back to working and winter and Non-Festive Things!
I have enough days of Non-Festive Things!
And so I have reluctantly taken down most of the decorations and garlands… (more…)
Posted by Arnold J. Mungioli on January 13, 2017
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