Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
I know the New York Times is a den of Godless socialists and all, but they know how to get into the Christmas Spirit.

Here's a short Christmas story by author Roddy Doyle (author of Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, for those who had Brit. Lit with me in high school) called The Box. It's a nice Christmas treat.

And here's the NYT editorial on Christmas Morning (hint: they like it.)

Christmas is imbued with a more everyday hope as well, a recognition that the transition from sleep to waking always carries with it the immeasurable gift of a new day. The very premise is hopeful.

No one expects to wake every day as joyfully as a child at Christmas, or to sleep as badly the night before. The gift of possibility is there every morning.

Merry Christmas. I hope you make it a nice one.