From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2018112711062788234-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > I did that job yesterday. Been 4 days already ?   Yeah, probably. We're   
   > busy, and time flies.   
      
   Those special events usually get me upset wondering what everyone wants to   
   hear and such.   
      
   > Opend with Jingle Bells. thru the course of the show I did did Rudolf, and   
   > Mama kissing Santa Clause, then at the end of the show did Winter   
   > Wonderland.  That last one went over great.  It really did.   
      
   It's hard to tell which Christmas tunes will go over best, and the amount of   
   alcohol consumption is a factor there too ;)   
      
   Perhaps (You're A Mean One) Mr. Grinch might do the trick ;)   
      
   > Agreed.  I'm very much a believer.  I have some hard core religious   
   > friends who think celebrating Christmas is a sin.   
      
   I've encountered such myself - I think they're nuts!   
      
   Celebrating the Word becoming flesh aka the birth of Christ, is neither   
   commanded nor prohibited in the Bible...leaving it a Choice for the   
   believer.   
      
   > Never agreed with that, still don't.  At it's heart it's a " time of year   
   > " celestial event.  I know that. I even know what is actually happening   
   > those few days.  I watch the sun move across the sky as the years pass.   
   > Fine by me.   
      
   Actually it's about four days after the  winter solstice.   
      
   But naysayers, I like to call them Grinches ;) are always bashing anything   
   pleasant since they're KillJoys anyway...particularly when they want to pit   
   Jesus and Santa Claus against each other, something that'll boil me over and   
   get me involved every time.   
      
   > Oh, and for what it's worth, I'll go a few days before to some relatives   
   > in Akron and drink and eat and talk with my family.  We do it nearly every   
   > year.   
      
   Kind of a pre-Christmas tradition.   
      
   > Yep. That's why the ancients marked this date.  Allow a little for the   
   > year to not be an even number of days, 365.25 or something, and a move of   
   > a few days over several thousand years seems totally a not issue.   
      
   I'm very glad that special, joyful day comes amidst the misery that is   
   winter in the northern hemisphere ;)   
   I wonder how they who live in the southern hemisphere cope during their   
   winter.   
      
   > I see these changes, and know full well what they mean.  Changes in the   
   > moon's rising point on the horizon is more complex and interesting.   
      
   May be more interesting but the reality of BAD seasons coming is always   
   depressing.   
      
   > I have pictures taken with my humble telescope.  It's beautiful to see   
   > thru the actual glass tho.   
      
   I know, I've seen them before - not recently though. I should probably get a   
   look...when these ugly, miserable clouds get out of the way.   
      
   > Snow on the ground here. Oh well.   
      
   JimD   
      
   And we had it here too, then it warmed up to the  high 30s and briefly high   
   40s, which  got rid of it.   
      
   Now if only it'll stay like that ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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