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Christmas Eve
Today is the 2nd day of the 52nd week, the 24th day of the 12th month, the 358th day of 2018
There is a lot of news in the world. The Federal Government is disabled over a debate about building a wall. I am nonplussed that so many supporters feel that DJT is being unfairly attacked and vilified when he is doing the right things for the right reasons. The death toll from that unexpected tsunami in Indonesia keeps climbing – the video of the rock concert that was wiped out is downright horrifying. Wall Street seems intent on eviscerating everyone’s 401Ks at the very moment the social safety net is being shredded.
Somehow it all seems so wrong
Today is Christmas Eve and I guess in my narrow-minded, privileged Anglo-Saxon, Roman Catholic perception, somehow the holiest night of the year for Christians [who after all, make up almost a third of the world’s population] should be a little more peaceful? And joyous too – and certainly kids all over the world are eagerly awaiting Santa to arrive and anticipating goodies. I checked with NORAD and at 6AM, Santa was in the air, circling the Arctic before heading off to his first port of call -- Novoye Chaplino, Russia.
The story of how NORAD got into tracking back in 1955 is legend nowadays – it all began with a typo in a Sears ad. I often think about the other folks – the person who made the mistake in the ad copy, for example. Did they lose their job over sending calls to the red phone during the height of the Cold War? How about the operators that Sears had standing by to take all those phone calls? They must’ve wondered why the phones weren’t ringing, don’t you think? Had they been instructed to convince kids to ask for things out of the then ubiquitous Sears catalog? Was the ad corrected in subsequent printings or pulled?
I am old enough to remember getting excited when the news [or the weatherman] would break in with an announcement from The Continental Air Defense Command had reported with great seriousness an unidentified flying object had been sighted and fighter planes were being scrambled, complete with scary footage of airmen running to their plans and jets swooshing for takeoff. And then the thrill when a live radio report from a pilot exclaimed “why it’s a sleigh, pulled by reindeer with a red light shining out in the front”. And the order to stand down could be heard, and the sound of jingle bells….. And I remember the first year that my son swore stoutly that he didn’t believe in Santa Claus anymore and how white he turned when Bob Turk went through the same routine because he was afraid he wouldn’t get any presents. Since 1997, we all can track the jolly old elf’s progress around the world online
So today I am going to concentrate on happier thoughts and prayers for “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men” and hope that everyone is enjoying the holidays
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