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For all of those who will be away from loved ones this Christmas - especially those who are serving our country overseas - here's what I consider to be one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time, set to some wonderful visual accompaniment:

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Have a Merry Christmas! Remember why we celebrate, how much He has given us over the entirety of 2007, and that what is to come is glorious all because of Him.

It is no secret that I have been blessed with the Christmas spirit this year. I have been listening to Christmas music since July at the office, attended yet another concert of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in November, participated in the various services at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City, and have been awaiting this Christmas unlike any other. It has nothing to do with presents (all of which, as of 1:45 P.M. on Christmas Day, are still unopened under our tree) or even seeing extended family (Angela and I are home right now, preparing Christmas dinner by ourselves). Christmas this year is about the greatest gift that God can bestow - the care and love of a newborn son. While we still await his arrival (no contractions since 7:42 P.M. on Christmas Eve), there will never be another Christmas like this one in the Huddleston household.

Merry Christmas!

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Several readers have alerted me to Lowe's decision to stop selling Christmas trees this year and to instead offer "Family Trees."

See for yourself at their catalog.

Anyone have any good stories about sitting around the old family tree in their youth? Perhaps opening family presents under the family tree? Decorating the old family tree?

I can't recall any. But I suddenly do recall why I will be shopping for my ShopVac and hedge trimmers this evening at Sears and not at Lowe's.

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While I'm giddy over my return to Chicago at the end of the week, I think the VOLConWife would rather that we had spent Christmas with Professor Reynolds.

Well, on the bright side, it is supposed to be 17 degrees above normal in Chicago for New Year's Eve. That's a heck of a lot better than I've experienced there in the past.

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Have a Merry Christmas! Remember why we celebrate, how much He has given us over the entirety of 2006, and that what is to come is glorious all because of Him.

MORE: I would also like to thank the good people of Central Baptist Church of Fountain City for their hospitality during last night's wonderful Vesper Service. Between that service, hitting Dollywood for their Christmas shows on Saturday night, and all of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Smoky Mountain Strings Christmas music I have been playing lately, it is easy to see why I am in the Christmas spirit.

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We may be having trouble bringing democracy to Iraq, but, daggone it, we've brought one pagan to Jesus Christ!

Hat tips: Scrappleface, by way of Six Meat Buffet.

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The Concerned Women for America has come up with its annual list of retailers and members of the service industry who are naughty (refuse to recognize the Christmas holiday) and nice (wish you a "Merry Christmas" in multiple ways).

The moderates love to mock these lists and the practice of using personal morality as a factor in determining where to spend a person's hard earned money. Let them do so.

I must admit that I do let such things creep into my mindset. Whether its movies (where I don't pay to see movies with people I see as being against our country, such as Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Gwyneth Paltrow), television (Rosie O'Donnell), music (the Dixie Chicks, Moby, Barbara Streisand), or shopping, I do make every effort to support those companies and individuals that have made efforts to support the same causes (including this country's sovereignty as a "cause") that I believe in and to avoid those on the opposite side.

Now that does constrain entertainments options a bit, but I believe that it's worth the effort.

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