“This spirit of love, as simple as a spoken greeting and as profound as a changed heart, seems so full that it ceaselessly looks for ways to express its power.  We respond to it best when we share it with family, friend or strangers — when we recognize that, under the sheltering evergreen branches of God’s love, all are family and no one is a stranger.  When we do these things, when we visit the lonely or help those in need, when a family is reconciled, Christmas is real and present, and that is truly what makes it ‘the most wonderful time of the year.’”  ~Ronald Reagan

After just concluding the Chanukah season we witnessed the infrequent conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter — that some believe was similar to the “Christmas Star” that guided the Wise Men to Bethlehem.  Click here for a discussion of that possibility among others.  In any case, we wish you one and all a Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy and prosperous New year.  To quote Tiny Tim, “God Bless Us, Every One.”

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