A mother and son duet from tonight’s Christmas Eve service:

I couldn’t find an online version of a card I received that I wanted to share (it has Darth Vader insisting that he gets to put the Death Star on top of the Christmas tree) so hopefully this will do as a substitute:

Mystical Seeker shared a link to a post a Pastor Susan’s Blog, the title of which is “Taking the Christmas Story Seriously – But Not Literally.” Do you view the Christmas story in this way? If so, what does that mean to you? Many progressive and liberal Christians are better at articulating what Christmas doesn’t [...]

IO9 shared a Christmassy Martian sunset captured by the Mars rover Opportunity, with an explanation of why Martian sunsets are blue.

By Elliott Quince HT Scott Bailey

There’s a hauntingly beautiful arrangement of the carol Gabriel’s Message by Dan Goeller that I really like. Here’s a link to my favorite version, for soloist with orchestral accompaniment. You can also find a choral arrangement here, which has the added benefit of displaying the sheet music, scrolling through it automatically as you listen. Enjoy!

A haunting Romanian Christmas carol performed by the Bucharest Madrigal Choir: