Holidays

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And
on earth
peace
among men.
[Luke 2:14]
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"Oy vey 'z mir*."

[SILENCE.]

"Should I throw-UP....
NOW, or...
LATER,
Lord?"

[PATIENT FROWN.]

"Oy VEY."

[LISTENING TO
GRUMPY CHILD.]

"I think he just does it....
to BRAG."

[PATIENTLY LISTENING.]

"Yeah; every year, he's gotta
mention how he lives
near these big LAKES."

[PATIENT SIGH.]

(Squirm.)
"Down the road...
from his big..fancy,
HOUSE."

[GAZE TO THE THRONE,
TO HIS RIGHT.]
[GENTLY FROWN.]

(Snarl.)
"And.....how,
he's doing so WELL,
in his BIG CAREER."

[NODDING.]
[LISTEN TO A SWEET
CHILD, ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WORLD,
PRAYING THANKS
GIVING, FOR SENDING
HIS SON TO DIE
FOR HER SINS.]

(Put hand to stomach,
making a squeamish face.)
"ECH."
(Spit over crook
of left elbow.**)
I notice.....he never
MENTIONS the wife,
or the kid."

[QUIET VOICE.]
"Hush, child."

"Lord,
You just don't GET IT,
DO You: being HUMAN?"

[SORROWFUL VOICE.]
"I know more
than you think,
Mein kin'der."

"Uh, uh;
no WAY.
Not THIS stuff!"
(Make a face.)
"THIS STUFF.....
is a real piece a'
WORK! It's OUT
in a whole other...
BALL FIELD!"

[TENDER VOICE.]
"I understand
everything,
My child."

"No...... YOU
DON'T!
YOU'VE never
been....MARRIED!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"Y'ur just up There,
in those CLOUDS....
all DAY."

[PATIENT GAZE.]

"Floatin' around.....
nodding, and smiling
at all those PRETTY ANGELS.....
playin' on their HARPS,
for YOU!"

[CHUCKLE.]
[ANOTHER, GENTLER
CHUCKLE FROM THE
THRONE TO THE RIGHT.]

(Frown up at the ceiling.)
"SORRY, Lord;
I know, this is Y'ur
DAY...and, all."

[PATIENT SIGH;
LOOKING DOWN UPON
HIS SINFUL EARTH.]

(Look up, at the
still ceiling fan.)
"But....just because
it's CHRISTMAS...
the evil world..
doesn't STOP:
not even for a HEART..beat."

[NOD.]
"Yes,
child.
I know."

"You BET,
Lord."

[NODDING.]
"But
someday,
when I say so,
My beloved;
it
will."
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Surely,
I am
coming
soon...
Come,
Lord Jesus!
[Revelation 22:20]

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*Yiddish: 'Woe
is me!' (usually
meant with a touch
of sarcasm.)
**Yiddish: something
to do, before saying:
'May [he] rot in DREA'RD
[hell]!'

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