THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY DECEMBER 23, 2021
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
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Christmas Over Two Millennia, Until Now
ver since the First Christmas, there are hu nd re d s , m ay b e thousands of Christmas stories that are told and retold every year. Some of them, particularly the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, go back 2021 years (as nearly as we can calculate). They tell of an evening in a sma ll Judea n town na med Bethlehem – the “House of Bread”. The traditional time and date: Around midnight, as winter began and the calendar day turned into December 25. To state the obvious, all of us associate Christmas with gift-giving. Even two millennia later, we know that the gifting tradition began with the Wise Men from the East (or Kings, or the Magi, or even astrologers – whatever you choose to call them). But whatever the Wise Men are named, their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh
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Special Kids & Young Adults Supper at the Ollie It was a social get-together for South Boston’s Special Kids & Young Adults (the SBSK) at the Christmas Supper held at the South Boston Neighborhood House (the Ollie), and it was a really joyful event. The sound of laughter accompanied greetings and conversations in the Ollie’s dining room and kitchen. This event follows a Christmas Party held at the South Boston Yacht Club on Sunday. Photos on Page 8 & 9
initiated more than 2,000 years of giving at Christmas – to family, friends, colleagues, and those in need. Oddly enough, we
really don’t know if there were actually three men who came from the East. All we truly know is that they brought three gifts
with them – gifts of great value then, and still of great value today. Twenty (20) centuries
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