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Merry Christmas To All

Best wishes to everyone celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah.

Last night, I made our traditional Cioppino soup and then went to Midnight mass at St. Mary’s of the Lake to hear my 83 year old mother sing in the choir. Today, I am cooking the beef as well as the Yorkshire pudding, horseradish. and gravy. We will have the entire family clan over to the house.

Many of us are devastated by the news of Eric Fatla and he is in our thoughts and prayers as is his family today.

Jonathan Turley

Despite such sadness, I hope that everyone celebrating today will hold their loved ones particularly close and enjoy a wonderful day. It is a white Christmas in Chicago and beautiful outside.

38 thoughts on “Merry Christmas To All”

  1. oh that’s right, disrespect kwanza. it’s cause i’m black isn’t it.

    wait a minute, i’m not black

    never mind

  2. Northern Exposure … one of the best series ever!

    Peace to all and may the new year bring joy to the world.

  5. Merry Christmas to all the Turley blawgers.

    If you like a bit of sparkly lighting for Christmas there’s a collection of vids at GISMODO that are pretty darn sparkly and offer a wide range of music with the synchronized lighting. Almost all of the vids can be full-screened.

    WARNING: do not watch the ‘Slayer’ vid if you have any kind of seizure disorder, srsly. LOL, srsly.

    http://gizmodo.com/5715485/the-10-best-musical-christmas-light-houses-ever

  7. Merry Christmas to Professor Turley and family. And to all the regulars who hang out here, may you have a joyous holiday season, whatever your belief or non-belief over this winter solstice season. In keeping with the season, one of my favorite winter solstice clips from the great TV show, Northern Exposure:

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TPMoP01Sc&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0]

  10. Merry Christmas to all the Turley Blawgers.

    And Merry Christmas to all those who can’t be home for Christmas because they’re standing watch.

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnecl-FLSoQ&fs=1&hl=en_US]

  11. Even though I’m not a Christian, I’ll have to say I do like the idea of Christmas.

    And this is why . . .

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LALbdGv8mBc&fs=1&hl=en_US]

    Want the feeling. Every day. The world is what we make it.

    Merry Christmas everyone.

  14. Professor Turley and family,

    Merry Christmas, Love and Peace.

    My prayers are with Eric Fatla and family.

    —————————————————————-
    Swarthmore mom,

    Nobody can quite sing ling Nat King Cole…anywhere.
    Thanks.

  16. Swarthmore mom:

    You must be reading my wifes mind,She was asking about this tune last night.

  19. Merry Christmas to the Turley family,and may god give you the strength Professor when you will be comforting the Fatla family as you say later today.

  20. I was so sorry to hear about Eric Fatla. I will keep him and his family in my thoughts.

    *****

    Merry Christmas to you and your family, Professor Turley!

    I’m happy…most of my cooking and baking is already done.

    Have a happy high-cal holiday!

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