Avoiding the frenzied buying for Christmas Gifts. Off to where the sun still shines.
Christmas Gifts
“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them.
“He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused.
“And to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself."
— Sigrid Undset, Nobel Laureate (1928)
Christmas Gifts
“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them.
“He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused.
“And to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself."
— Sigrid Undset, Nobel Laureate (1928)
Philippine veteran journalist Juan L. Mercado sent me an early wish for a Happy Christmas and clipped this Undset quote together with his much appreciated greetings for the Christian holiday.
I could not have expressed my best wishes for this Christmas to all friends and loved ones better. If this does not crystallize for us the meaning of love, hope, and charity, I regret that I do not know how else I would say it.
Have a blessed Christmas one and all!
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