tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610533659177201868.post1250952986671462182..comments2023-04-11T08:58:06.899-04:00Comments on Under the Steeple: Looking for a PartridgeJon Cyrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627959399406521737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610533659177201868.post-21873530244393783962006-12-18T12:25:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping by. Visit often, comment regu...Thanks for stopping by. Visit often, comment regularly and tell your friends!Jon Cyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627959399406521737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610533659177201868.post-69595140697076532472006-12-18T12:14:00.000-05:002006-12-18T12:14:00.000-05:00Hey chief -
This blog stuff is cool. I have it m...Hey chief -<br /><br />This blog stuff is cool. I have it my list of things to investigate next year . . . one of the things in my Rule of Life is to journal regularly, and this might help me do it . . . anyway . . .<br /><br />The twelve days of Christmas are traditionally the days between Christmas and Epiphany - that is, Dec 25th to Jan 6th (I think I have that right). Mom used to tell me that, when she was a kid, the holiday "Christmas" started on Christmas day rather than starting in early December, (or perhaps now we should say early June). You can see this also in some Christmas movies that portray older times (did you ever notice that in the Christmas Story, they don't put up the tree until the night of Christmas Eve)? <br /><br />I personally like the way we do it now better because it makes more sense to me to align Christmas preparations with Advent. My two cents.<br /><br />C.S. Lewis has a good essay about Christmas that you could probably find on the internet if you google long enough. He puts forth his thought that Christmas is really three separate things and this has helped me to get the season in perspective, and to not get upset at people for saying or not saying "Merry Christmas" for the right or wrong reasons - such a waste of time to concentrate on that when there is so much more to do to prepare for the arrival of Jesus.<br /><br />God bless, <br /><br />Jim CormackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com