Countdown to Christmas, eh? Those slow-pokes at the Hallmark
Channel finally got around to it mid-October.
Hallmark movie moral: Everything works out. Grandma is
content.
Hallmark movie moral, holiday version: Everything will
work out by Christmas. Grandma is content.
Every reader of the church calendar knows
- Dec 25 Nativity of our Lord
- Mar 25 Annunciation
- Jun 24 Nativity of John the Baptist
But alert readers have done the math and know it all begins
fifteen months before Christmas:
- Sep 25 Shut-up Sunday
Angel: Your wife is pregnant.
Zech: Shut up!
Gabe: No, you shut up!
...
It's in the book, look it up.
