Greetings!

Happy Christmas everyone!

I'm posting this week's poem a day early for obvious reasons. It doesn't reflect the way I feel about the holiday, but I think it's meaningful if you see Christmas as a religious celebration.

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I found this picture on Google. I like it better than those in which Mary and Jesus are blonde and blue-eyed. When I was little and a good, practising Catholic, I had a huge collection of pictures, cards and bookmarks depicting the Holy family. My favourites were the ones in which Jesus was a jolly-looking baby. I didn't like the ones in which he  looked solemn and adult.

Christmastide
Love came down at Christmas
Love all lovely, Love Divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and angels gave the sign.
Worship we the Godhead,
Love incarnate, Love Divine;
Worship we our Jesus:
But wherewith for sacred sign?
Love shall be our token,
Love be yours and love be mine,
Love to God and all men,
Love for plea and gift and sign.

Christina Rossetti