Philosophy
A few things I've never understood about the whole Christmas thing:
How is it a silent night if you are all out in it singing "Silent Night"?
Who was Carol anyway?
If it is Jesus' birthday why do you get the presents?
If a child was an avid coal collector and wanted nothing other than more samples for Christmas, but was extremely naughty all year, what would Santa bring for him?
Since it's Christmas and anyone who could answer the questions is too busy to read blogs today, here's a quick one for Jewish readers:
Apple sauce or sour cream?
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- Christmas And A War---nearly 100 Years Ago
From the Harper's archives... The following is a true tale. This is not a thing heard of and lightly repeated and half believed, but witnessed in these late years by living eyes, and, in the second case, by my own. . . . December 18–19, 1914, was...
- Santa Confirms Pluto As A Planet
Excerpt from an interview... "Pluto... now that's the one that really interests me. It's the most distant planet by far, 39 times farther from the Sun than Earth. It takes 247 Earth years to go around the Sun just once. Think of it -- only one...
- "sock" It To Me Christmas
The customary "Christmas stocking"--never knew this: What a delightful tale and significance of an orange placed in the toe of a sock. In this political season polls and focus groups seem to be all the rage. It is a trend that isn't lost on us here...
- Good Holiday Spirit To All--2008
OXFORD LOOK-ALIKE Christmas pudding and social comment--George Orwell Which Christmas tree is "greener"--ask Lassie Christmas 2008 Things of Christmas ...
Philosophy
Christmas Questions
A few things I've never understood about the whole Christmas thing:
How is it a silent night if you are all out in it singing "Silent Night"?
Who was Carol anyway?
If it is Jesus' birthday why do you get the presents?
If a child was an avid coal collector and wanted nothing other than more samples for Christmas, but was extremely naughty all year, what would Santa bring for him?
Since it's Christmas and anyone who could answer the questions is too busy to read blogs today, here's a quick one for Jewish readers:
Apple sauce or sour cream?
- The War On Christmas Continues
Our friends Scott Aikin and Bob Talisse have a post up over at 3 Quarks daily called, "The War on Christmas, To Save Thanksgiving." Seems as good a time as any to re-run this: 'Twas the month before Christmas and all through the malls everything...
- Christmas And A War---nearly 100 Years Ago
From the Harper's archives... The following is a true tale. This is not a thing heard of and lightly repeated and half believed, but witnessed in these late years by living eyes, and, in the second case, by my own. . . . December 18–19, 1914, was...
- Santa Confirms Pluto As A Planet
Excerpt from an interview... "Pluto... now that's the one that really interests me. It's the most distant planet by far, 39 times farther from the Sun than Earth. It takes 247 Earth years to go around the Sun just once. Think of it -- only one...
- "sock" It To Me Christmas
The customary "Christmas stocking"--never knew this: What a delightful tale and significance of an orange placed in the toe of a sock. In this political season polls and focus groups seem to be all the rage. It is a trend that isn't lost on us here...
- Good Holiday Spirit To All--2008
OXFORD LOOK-ALIKE Christmas pudding and social comment--George Orwell Which Christmas tree is "greener"--ask Lassie Christmas 2008 Things of Christmas ...