h/t to Eglentyne for reminding me
I like to think I make hope.
finally, some Christmas music
I am finally ready to embrace Christmas. I wish I could be all exemplary and everything and give y’all a profound lesson in patience and the proper way to observe Advent and all that, but no. I am generally shallow and Scrooge-y, or perhaps, Grinch-y because for teachers, December is the cruelest month.
Everything comes due in December if you’re in education. Grades, of course, are an overwhelming part of it — but when that gets bunched together with all the other stuff — well, it puts me in a foul mood so I ignore the holiday stuff going on around me. I don’t do Christmas shopping. I grudgingly attend the office party for the sake of politics. And I finish my work.
YES! I am done. Finished! Finis!
Nice that it usually coincides with the third week of Advent, isn’t it? That little pink candle that I light at dinner tonight is going to make me very very happy. Because now I can get ready.
And while it’s a bit of a jump, I’ve been playing Christmas music in the office. Here’s my top 10 favorite Christmas songs:
1 What Child IS This?
2 O Holy Night
3 Do You Hear What I Hear?
4 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
5 Silent Night
6 Angels We Have Heard on High
7 O Come All Ye Faithful
Hmmm. Did I say 10? I meant 7. That’s all I got at the moment. 🙂
wanna know how I sleep at night after I’ve turned in grades?
Not exactly the context the Holy Father was thinking about, but well, it works for me.
Interestingly, this is less about F’s, and more about C’s. Go figure.
“Charity will never be true charity unless it takes justice into account … Let no one attempt with small gifts of charity to exempt themselves from the great duties imposed by justice.”
Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris , #49