[Magdalen] Fwd: Our kind

[Jay Weigel]

Learning to be Orthodox is kind of weird. As Matushka Dena says, "Well,
there's Christmas, and then there's Nativity. A lot of people celebrate
both, especially if they have relatives who aren't Orthodox...like me. We
just separate them. One's secular and one's religious." The fact that
they're on different days kind of helps.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:35 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just sweep all that Jolly Saint Nick stuff into a bin marked "Solstice
> celebrations."
> Same with drunken office parties, gift anxiety, family arguments. Letters
> to Santa.
> Reindeer on the roof. Plastic manger scenes in the front yard.
> Not my monkeys.
>
> It's all about just getting through the Solstice.
> And I can respect people's need to get through the darkest days of the
> year.
>
> Just happens to be close to the same time I'm observing the season of
> Advent,
> preparing to celebrate the Feast of the Incarnation.
>
> Works for me.
> -M
>