[Magdalen] Happy Christmas

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Happy Christmas from Walt Disney World. I offer this from E. J. Dionne:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/christmas-turned-the-world-upside-down/2017/12/24/5cb62cea-e69c-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.879ae034d455&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

Jim Handsfield 
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> On Dec 25, 2017, at 8:28 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A blessed Christmas to you all, dear friends.  More snow fell overnight in Port Hope and lies prettily and thickly on trees and bushes and all flat surfaces.  Lots of shovelling.  Another service this morning, and later today I'll head in to my daughter's where there will be a serious gathering of family, my children, grown grandkids, my ex-ex, his ex- (that should be interesting) and their son and his partner, and so on.  Most of us are staying overnight which should be pretty jolly.  I'm hoping jolly enough to help me move on from the melancholy I'm feeling these days.
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
> 
> 
>> On 12/25/2017 7:44 AM, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>> And a very happy Christmas to you, and to us all.
>> 
>> My family is scattered across the country, but I'm having close friends
>> over for Christmas dinner (duck).
>> 
>> Eleanor
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> A happy Christmas to all. This is a strange Christmas for me this year -
>>> it is the first one at which I have not been an officiant at services for
>>> many years.Retirement takes some getting used to. The only role I have
>>> apart from joining the congregation is playing a part as a bellringer.  On
>>> the other hand, I will be having Christmas dinner with my  brother and
>>> sister for thne first time in m any years
>>> 
>>> --
>>> God bless
>>> 
>>> .....
>>> .....
>>> Michael Bishop
>>> rev at michaelbishop.name
>>> 
>>> 
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