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Why Do Christmas Pageants Make Us Laugh?

12/21/2016

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Maybe it’s the earnest Mary played by a girl who is twice the height of Joseph her erstwhile husband. Maybe it’s the wandering toddler shepherd who keeps walking off the stage in search of his mother in the pews. Maybe it's the minister in the horse head, because yes, that is me, and I gave the benediction with it on.
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Darcey Sharp
12/7/2016 01:28:04 pm

I laugh as I watch too, in hopes of dissolving that aggravating lump in my throat that continually threatens to spill out the corners of my eyes. The realization that this tender, bittersweet Story is being re-enacted all over the globe touches me deeply. Familiar and yet so in need of being retold. Reheard. Re-rememered. Re-lived in the hearts and minds of the privileged re-spectators who are then left to re-speculate.

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Jean link
6/11/2022 05:00:22 pm

Nice blogg post

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