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I’d like to put some Christmas graphics on my website to proclaim Christ’s birthday, but I don’t know when to start. The shops are full of toys and decorations for sale in Nov. but some folk find the commercial aspect annoying.

Some folk dress their pets up in Christmas costumes like Santa Claus. I feel it trivialises Christmas and the memory of Christ’s birth. It’s HIS birthday, not the dog’s!

The following is taken from an e-mail. You are welcome to copy & circulate this as the world needs to know!

“Shirley Dobson, wife of Dr James Dobson of Focus on the Family and The National Day of Prayer Task Force, along with President George W. Bush and two governors, are being sued for praying publicly on the National Day of Prayer. The litigants represent the Freedom From Religion Foundation, made up of atheists, agnostics and free thinkers. It is apparent that Christians who dare to express their faith in the public square will increasingly pay a price for doing so. How different was the world when President Harry Truman addressed the American people from the lawn of the White House on the occasion of the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree:
“‘Through Jesus Christ the world will yet be a better and a fairer place. This faith sustains us today as it has sustained mankind for centuries past. This is why the Christmas story, with the bright stars shining and the angels singing, moves us to wonder and stirs our hearts to praise.’ “

Have you resolved to do anything special this year? I like to set goals. Most of them are goals I procrastinated about last year, so it’s good to have a new year to renew the vows, so to speak!

Sunday today! Went to church. I enjoyed the calypso carol & “Go tell it on the mountain.” Catchy tunes & friendly words. I heard Mahalia Jackson singing “Go tell it on de mountain” on the radio - what a powerful, expressive voice! I was transfixed.

I can’t believe that Christmas is just a few days away. I’ve added a few Christmas bits to my website www.dogsww.com

I must remember to take them off after Christmas.

Best wishes to you at this most significant season

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