Thursday, December 22, 2022

A medical reminder this Christmas

 

Friends have been sending me these images for a few days now.  They're obviously circulating on social media.  So, for your Christmas pleasure:





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I didn't grow up with the Grinch:  it's a very American Christmas story, not widely known in much of the rest of the world.  I'm still not sure I like it, because it's yet another secularization of a very meaningful religious celebration.  Oh, well...  I mustn't be grinchy about it!

Peter


5 comments:

  1. We were supposed to have Christmas at my brother's house, but he tested positive a few days ago. I'm pretty much the only pureblood in the family.

    Are movie theaters open on Christmas?

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  2. It's true that it's a secular story, but the ending does hint at a spiritual meaning of the holiday: even when the Grinch takes all their presents, the Whos of Whoville still celebrate, and that's when the Grinch has a change of heart: "Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store! Christmas, he thought, is a little bit more."

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  3. The moral being that Christmas is a celebration of love. Christmas is in our hearts, and can't be taken away. Not even by the government.

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  4. At least it's a secularization with a message about giving, community, and personal growth rather than commercialization. The Whos in Whoville were perfectly happy without presents.

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