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”Did you find what you were looking for?" or “are you ready for Christmas?" You have probably
 heard these questions uttered many times over these past few weeks during Christmas shopping
 foray or anywhere you have been — I had it when giving blood, I've had it when at the post office.
It's everywhere, isn't it? ”Did you find what you were looking for? Are you ready? "Most of the time
 you likely answered, "Yes, thanks,". In the context of purchasing something, you probably didn't give 
your answer much thought beyond the immediate transaction. But today, on this Christmas Day,
 let's consider the question again: "Did you find what you were looking for?" Are you ready for
 Christmas?

The 1935 comedy “A Night at the Opera,” starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx, has been given the honour of being selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. A smash hit at the box office, “A Night at the Opera” was the first film the Marx Brothers made after Zeppo left the act, and the first film they made for MGM after leaving Paramount Pictures. 

A few days before Christmas, two young brothers were spending the night at their grandparents
house. When it was time to go to bed, and anxious to do the right thing, they both knelt down to
say their prayers. Suddenly, the younger one began to do so in a very loud voice.
"Dear Lord, please ask Santa Claus to bring me a play-station, a mountain-bike and a
telescope." His older brother leaned over and nudged his brother and said, "Why are you
shouting your prayers? God isn't deaf." "I know" he replied, "But Grandma is!"


The word "Advent" comes from the Latin "Adventus," meaning "coming.“ It's a season the
Church has used to focus not only on the forthcoming Birth of Christ, but also a time, when
‘warnings’ are ushered through Scripture that give us a chance to prepare.

Hanging lights on a Christmas tree can be most stressful. Some nice person on the Internet has even made a list of Things Not to Say When Hanging Lights on the Christmas Tree. Let me read some of them:
"Up a little higher. You can reach it. Go on, try." 
"What on earth do you do to these lights when you put them away every year? Tie them in knots?" 
"You've got the whole thing on the tree upside-down. The electric plug thing should be down here at the bottom, not up at the top." 
"I don't care if you have found another two strings, I'm done! " 
"You've just wound ‘em around and around--I thought we agreed it shouldn't look like a spiral this year?" 
"Have you been drinking?". 
"Where's the cat?"