So many serious things to consider.
Let's not today.
It feels self-indulgent to post something short and funny when there are so many serious things happening. But it isn't self-indulgent. It is staying sane. Enjoying our families. Enjoying a holiday. Laughing, because that is what humans do, even in serious times. Maybe especially then.
In the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, Winston Churchill said,
"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies."
So, on the advice from Winston Churchill not to neglect simple acts that sustain our humanity, here are three minutes of Christmas wishes from Steve Martin on YouTube from an old Saturday Night Live sketch.
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https://youtu.be/_uVUSBi3u0E?si=CC0NO9x2y4rEJTDb |
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I like Steve Martin but this tongue in cheek humor is of another era. The tragic reality today is that our ‘dear leader’ openly and shamelessly embraces all of these: endless personal power, sex, money and revenge; but worse he has systematic contempt for all the brown-skinned people (including children) around the world. Holding hands? Not even a pretense of that. And a good number of Americans think that is quite okay.
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