It seems we have been getting ready for Christmas since before Thanksgiving. The piped in Christmas music, the gaudy decorations, the endless advertising, all have crescendoed to this week.

The Advent countdown is almost finished. I’ve hung the Jesse Tree ornaments and the Chrismons, the tree is decorated, and the eighty-plus nativity sets in my collection have been out long enough to collect dust. I’ve dutifully stood in line to mail long-distance presence. I long ago did away with Christmas…..

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