Music of the day – What Child Is This?

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Stella

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It’s Caturday!

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Stella

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General Discussion, Saturday, December 23, 2023

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Stella

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Election Thief

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stella

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Epic Last Minute Party Appetizers

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stella

Can’t wait to try the Caesar Salad Deviled Eggs! And I love that the stuffed mushrooms don’t contain meat.

The recipes:

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Story of the day – Yes, Virginia: There is a Santa Claus

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stella

On Sept. 21, 1897, The New York Sun published what was to become the most widely read letter to a newspaper. It was sent by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon, who lived with her parents in Manhattan. Below is the full text of that letter and the reply by Sun editorial writer Francis Pharcellus Church.

Dear Editor, I am 8 years old.

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.”

Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O’Hanlon

115 W. 95th St.

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge.

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Music of the day – O Come All Ye Faithful

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stella

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General Discussion, Friday, December 22, 2023

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Stella

St. Peter & Paul’s Church, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Tucker Carlson: The Actual End Of Democracy

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Stella

Excerpt, released on X (Twitter). The transcript of the full episode follows.

Transcript from the full episode, with Victor Davis Hanson:

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Story of the day – Papa Papov’s Special Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Stella

This is a wonderful Christmas story. It was translated into English by Leo Tolstoy. The original story was written in French by Ruben Saillens and demonstrates the virtues of kindness and compassion. It is based on a verse from the Bible, Matthew 25:35:


“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

O. Pirsi, The Cobbler

It was Christmas Eve and although it was still afternoon, lights had begun to appear in the shops and houses of the little Russian village, for the short winter day was nearly over. Excited children scurried indoors and now only muffled sounds of chatter and laughter escaped from closed shutters.

Old Papa Panov, the village shoemaker, stepped outside his shop to take one last look around. The sounds of happiness, the bright lights and the faint but delicious smells of Christmas cooking reminded him of past Christmas times when his wife had still been alive and his own children little. Now they had gone. His usually cheerful face, with the little laughter wrinkles behind the round steel spectacles, looked sad now. But he went back indoors with a firm step, put up the shutters and set a pot of coffee to heat on the charcoal stove. Then, with a sigh, he settled in his big armchair.

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