Tag Archives: Christmas

Links for 2007-12-11

The Philippine Comedian Spoof of UP’s newspaper Philippine Collegian is now online!
For Bay Area Filipinos, Christmas is about welcoming – SFGate

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That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!

I’ve been listening to Christmas songs by Sufjan Stevens alongside ones by Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Guaraldi, and whatever iTunes has given away free so far. The following song fits my last post, I think.
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
by Sufjan Stevens
Going outside
Shoveling snow in the driveway, driveway
Taking our shoes
Riding a sled down the hill [...]

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Who? Who? Who? Who?

For those who did not enjoy watching ABC’s new version of The Ten Commandments the past two nights, here is something to make up for it: Who Let the Jews Out.
Is this from the same folks who gave us My Humps last Christmas?
Just had a thought: will we ever see something similar done for [...]

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Last-Minute Blogging

Whew, four posts in a row. While my wife was out doing some last-minute Christmas shopping, I was home doing some last-minute blogging. I have a few more things to write about but it’ll have to wait until the weekend’s festivities are over.
We’ll be zig-zagging across the Bay Area the next couple of days. Tomorrow [...]

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Muslims Guard Jakarta’s Christians

In what is called “Operation Candle,” Muslim authorities in Indonesia are providing security to Christian churches in Jakarta during this Christmas season. It is part of the authorities’ goal “to move beyond physical security to include an ideological campaign against violent strains of Islam.”
During Christmas Eve 2000, “29 churches were bombed in an attack blamed [...]

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