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Friday, December 09, 2016
BATTLE OF THE NATIVITY
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I am tempted to call it a primeval struggle, drenched in antiquity, shrouded in religious fervor and destined to feed future conflict unt...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016
A ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS
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I find it curious that Ernst Theodore Hoffman (above) is considered a romantic. I think of him as a manic depressive, and justified at t...
Sunday, December 04, 2016
HERE WE COME A CAROLING
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I strongly suspect that the 6 th century Christian theologian Benedict of Nursia was completely tone deaf. Its the only way I can expla...
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Friday, December 02, 2016
HERE WE COME A WASSILING
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I don't know if you know this, but the Christmas carol started out as a dance, and then became a song. Whereas wassailing started ou...
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