It’s not fair, you get eight days. I only get one and the accuracy of it is even questionable.
Glad you are having a great “holiday season” (look I can be PC too)
Now can someone explain that stupid twelve days of Christmas song to me please!
can’t explain the song, jeff, but in orthodox traditions the christmas season continues until 7 january (when the eastern orthodox church celebrates christmas), which is 12 days after 25 december. epiphany (the feast on which the magi, the “three kings of orient,” first arrived in bethlehem and saw the baby jesus) is 6 january and also known in some parts of the church as “twelfth night.”
and dan, happy chanukah. i loved this post and the emphasis on daily miracles. they are precious and important indeed.
To follow-up on romy’s comment, mainline Protestant churches also celebrate the *Season of Christmas* as starting on December 25 and continuing up to January 6 (Epiphany), hence the “12 Days of Christmas”. Other Seasons in Christianity include Advent, Lent, and Easter (from Easter Sunday to Pentacost).
dan, thanks for reminding us to keep an eye out for the miracles that happen all around us!
Following up on Romy’s and Lori’s comments, on that 4th miracle you described, I find it very hard, yes, very hard, to believe that you remain that soft and pliable, even at your advanced age.
I would thank my lucky stars that you took your Cox-2 inhibitors before you went to yoga class.
I think it’s safe to say YOU are one of our daily miracles! Nice recap. Does Hanukah always start and end on the same dates? I should know this but I don’t. Because if it does I share a special date with the end of this lovely Festival of Lights.
dude. around here, one does not speak of the Kirk Gibson 9th inning home run. i, and most everyone i know, wore black for a month after that. it almost kept me from celebrating the Eck’s recent induction into Cooperstown, it being the one big mark on an otherwise outstanding career.
You have inspired me to discover some miracles of my own. Cheers.