And so this is Christmas...

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I had a relaxing day, exactly as I wanted it, though with less things getting done than I wished. One silly individual picked Christmas day to criticize me for calling Philip Pullman a hater of Christianity - which is not unlike criticizing someone for saying that basketball players are tall. Well, never mind. Other than that, I had the quiet, relaxing day I wanted.

Now there is something I want to say. I already said in an e-mail, but I don't have the e-mail addresses of every one of you. I just want to say that the best of many good things the Internet has done for me is to allow me to know so many good, and interesting, and precious people. Even the ones I had fights with. Thank God for making each and every one of you, and thank you all for what you add to my life. It may be an obvious thing to say, but it does not stop being true for all that.

Comments

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

Infidelious season's greetings to you, too. :P

[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I always enjoy reading your entries, especially relative to us silly Yanks and our political discourse. :-) Merry Christmas!

[fpb.livejournal.com]

My dear, if I were to call Yanks silly because of your politics, what kind of language should I reserve for my own people? Thanks and the same to you.

[fellmama.livejournal.com]

How boring the world would be if it contained only people with whom we agreed all the time, eh?

Merry Christmas!

[un-crayon-rouge.livejournal.com]

Agreeing wholeheartedly with this sentiment, I add my own: merry Christmas!

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Well, I disagree with both of you. 8-) But Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to both anyway!!

[deansteinlage.livejournal.com]

A belated Merry Christmas.
Out of curiosity, what would a traditional Italian Christmas be like?
At least for you.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Midnight Mass. After some rest, large dinner with extended family (either they at our home, or we at one of theirs), panettone, gifts, dinner with another group of family members or close friends. Favoured dishes are cappelletti in chicken broth, capon chicken, and lentils.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the odd bottle of wine and/or champagne. Champagne is a must on New Year's eve, of course, as are lentils (they are meant to resemble money, and so to be of good omen for the coming year). In our family we always had zampone (stuffed, spiced pig's trotter) or cotechino (a large and particularly rich cooking and slicing sausage) on New Year's Day, but customs change in different parts of Italy. My family traditions are largely from Romagna in northern Italy, and from Rome.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had a good Christmas. I did too really, it was actually less stressful for me than it had been for years.