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Sunday greetings everyone.

Three weeks from today is Boxing Day, which is known in many parts of the world as "the day after Christmas." Wow - time is flying!

In the coming weeks, many of you will attend Christmas concerts with school band performances. I hope they go better than the one in today's video share.

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Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Planning a Christmas weekend of entertaining guests, I made a list of things I needed to do, including taking food out of the freezer and grocery shopping.

As it happened, a friend whom I had been promising to take to lunch asked if we could make it that Friday.

So, hopping into the car, I taped my "to do" list to the dashboard and went and picked her up.

As she settled into the car, her face dropped.

"Thanks a lot!" she sulked.

Then I glanced at my list and saw the first item: "Take out the Turkey."

I ate salad for dinner ... mostly croutons and tomatoes... really just one big round crouton covered with tomato sauce, and cheese ... FINE, it was a pizza.... OK, I ate a pizza!  Are you happy now?

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"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."

- Paul Theroux

In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground.

Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine:

"We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas."

Katherine hurried to the editor of the local newspaper and showed him the message. He glanced at it and said, "How nice. The boys will be home for Christmas."

He totally missed the big news ... man had flown!

- Daily Bread, December 23, 1991

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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

Christmas is the one time of the year when it is OK to be traditional. That may be the reason why so many people look forward to the Christmas holidays.

The rest of the year most people are under the pressure to be "non-traditional," whatever that may mean. Today it is not politically correct to be traditional, and if you are you run the risk of being out of favor with the rest of society.

Christmas, however, is a different time altogether for everyone. July may be a good month to be non-traditional, but not December. There is a time to be non-traditional and then there is a time to regain your senses and enjoy the amenities of good, old-fashion, traditionalism.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.