It takes some doing.<\/p>\n
Another Christmas season is upon us, and peace on earth and goodwill among men, women,\u00a0seems to be in shorter supply than it has been in a long time. But that shouldn’t stop those of us who celebrate the season from taking time to find some peace and goodwill somewhere on this earth. Getting into the Christmas spirit takes effort. Considering the state of Victorian England that compelled Dickens to write the Christmas Carol<\/em>,\u00a0it probably has\u00a0always been that way.<\/p>\n We attended\u00a0a public sing-along of Handel’s Messiah <\/em>last weekend to jump start our flagging festive spirits.\u00a0 It was Friday night and we didn’t want to go after a tough week but we forced ourselves to schlep on over to he nearby school. In the interest of promoting peace on earth, I didn’t sing along myself\u00a0because I now accept that I can’t sing and I didn’t want to ruin any one’s holiday spirit with my off-key warbling.\u00a0A\u00a0men’s a capella<\/em> group sang\u00a0 Stlle Nacht. <\/em>It was beautiful.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n It was nice to get into the Christmas spirit but it did take some effort.<\/p>\n Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all!<\/p>\n copyright 2015 Magnus Incognito<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It takes some doing. Another Christmas season is upon us, and peace on earth and goodwill among men, women,\u00a0seems to be in shorter supply than it has been in a long time. But that shouldn’t stop those of us who … Continue reading