Chanukkah
- Primula Baggins
- Living in hope
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We do the twelve days in an important way: no Christmas stuff has to be put away until January 6. We get to enjoy the tree longer, and the chore of putting away lights and decorations doesn't come immediately after the pleasant but significant effort of making the celebration happen. Those quiet days after New Year's are wonderful.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
- Rowanberry
- Bregalad's Lost Entwife
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I don't know if most Europeans actually do the twelve days in any other way than Prim's family - at least we just keep the tree and the decorations up until Jan 6, and at least I try and take the days between Christmas and New Year off work.
And, seems I'm still on time to wish Happy Hanukah to those who celebrate.
And, seems I'm still on time to wish Happy Hanukah to those who celebrate.
See the world as your self.
Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as your self;
then you can care for all things.
~ Lao Tzu
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- Deluded Simpleton
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