Seasons greetings…
Specifically, I hope that you have a (check as appropriate)…
__ Merry Christmas + Happy New Year
__ Happy Chanukah
__ Enlightening Eid-al-Adha
__ God Jul (means good yule or winter bonfire – nothing to do with ‘god’) og Gott Nyttar
__ Sunny summer solstice
__ Wondrous winter solstice
__ Other…
Just in case you are wondering, Eid-al-Adha is the Islamic feast (Dec 31 this year) celebrating the father (Ibraham) who heard voices and thought he should sacrifice his son. Notwithstanding the evidence that hearing voices and having a split personality (Ibraham = Abraham) suggests he is a little psychotic, any parent will tell you that filicidal ideation can arise from time to time. Interestingly, the Muslims believe the son on the chopping block was Ishmael, Jews and Christians believe it was Isaac. Ibraham/Abraham probably would have been happy to slaughter both of them. However Ibraham (like most parents) eventually relented from the idea of sacrificing his son(s), and went on to slaughter a ram, they all had a good feed, forgave one another, and Ibraham/Abraham became the forefather of the Arabs/Jews respectively. His great-great-great-great…etc…grand-kids, (the Jews and the Arabs) continue to fight to this day - like kids in any family. As if the family didn’t have enough problems, the Christians run around terrorizing the 'hood.
Meanwhile, here’s to a wonderful 2007…
Cheers and love,
from Stephen & Zachary
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