Happy Christmas to all who’ve visited and/or left a comment here in the past year. Thank-you from me and the ten penguins for your virtual friendship, your support, and for just plain stopping by.

Loving Father,

Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Oh, and a Christmas Tradition — Dave Cooks the Turkey: [ RSS Readers may need to click through ]