tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449697140204377101.post5509850346989809757..comments2023-04-22T10:55:19.894-04:00Comments on Liberated Dissonance: Sleigh Ride WatchJoe Barronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16638252347181688694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449697140204377101.post-354383954373085342012-12-24T18:41:07.431-05:002012-12-24T18:41:07.431-05:00>>anything that can make me happy while I...>>anything that can make me happy while I'm driving on Route 76 qualifies as a Christmas miracle. <br /><br />This made me laugh on Xmas Eve after I came in from grocery shopping in the cold rain. <br /><br />My Xmas ritual is to stay up late to watch midnight mass at the Vatican. Never mind that it already happened hours before. I always pretend that it’s happening right then. One year, though, there was an incident during the service. Somebody jumped the barrier while the Pope was processing in and the security detail had to wrestle the assailant out of the building. I had read about it ahead of time in the news and was curious what the Vatican video producers would make of it, but the incident was skillfully edited out and nobody who hadn’t read the news was the wiser. All was calm, all was bright. <br /><br />And I am no more Catholic than you are.Calnoreply@blogger.com