Merry Christmas
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
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Alessandro Botticelli. Mystic Nativity. 1500.
Tempera on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
A Child of the Snows
There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim,
And never before or again,
When the nights are strong with a darkness long,
And the dark is alive with rain.
Never we know but in sleet and in snow,
The place where the great fires are,
That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth
And the heart of the earth a star.
And at night we win to the ancient inn
Where the child in the frost is furled,
We follow the feet where all souls meet
At the inn at the end of the world.
The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red,
For the flame of the sun is flown,
The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold,
And a Child comes forth alone.
— G. K. Chesterton
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We give thanks to God for being so gracious to us all and as we celebrate the birth of Christ, may we have peace on earth.
Merry Christmas everyone!
The HinzSight Report
Managing Editor
Merry Christmas to everyone at Redstate....
Thanks for making this possible.
" Got to love the Lord for making things like that."
Morally Compromised
Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion
A great piece of work for your Christmas listining pleasure
To all the publishers, editors, supporters and contributors of RedState. Especially for taking on the good fight to preserve, protect, and defend the rich religious and cultural traditions of this great nation. The Greetings pic and the poem from Chesterton is super!
So a very merry Christmas and happiest of new years to everyone.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
These are the times we halt the political fights to remember what we are fighting for. God Bless our troops as well.
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Molon Labe!
A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world
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Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words...-Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes
May God's blessing be upon you and your families. I hope all your prayers are heard and his love lives forever in your hearts.
By the way, this artwork makes me miss the RS salad days when AE would post these paintings and history regularly.
"Nec Aspera Terrent"
bene ambula et redambula
Contributor to The Minority Report
...and be careful what you wish for!
BTW, I would look forward to it. I mean, who else could tell us why "The Infant Bacchus" might be an appropriate painting for the New Year?
"Nec Aspera Terrent"
bene ambula et redambula
Contributor to The Minority Report
to all the Contributors and their family, and everyone else at RedState.
Merry Christmas and a heartfelt thanks to all the troops in harm's way.
May God give His Wisdom to all our leaders.
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and a happy New Year to all.
Merry Christmas to Redstaters one and all.
Merry Christmas to ALL. Remember JESUS CHRIST is the reason for the season!
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-christmas-to-all-for-unto-u...
With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see right.
May God continue to bless and prosper the RedState galaxy of stars.
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