A few parting Christmas notes as the attention turns to the rolling year and whatever 2015 has in store for us.

The Christmas music festival on Newport, RI’s classical 95.9 WCRB was a joy to listen to; really filled the household with lovely and peaceful Christmas music. We just take for granted nowadays that you can just click on an internet link and hear music from anywhere in the world, but none of this would have been possible a dozen years ago. With live-streaming and downloads CDs seem as quaint as cassettes and LPs. Makes you wonder what’s in store technology-wise in the next decade.

A very unique perspective on Christmas – talk about your “Jingle Belles”! And a politically-inoffensive “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Hat Tip: Instapundit.

A Christmas tree recycling program fit for man and beast.

While well-ensconced in our individual cozy and safe Christmas situations it’s important to keep in mind what Christians in the Middle East are having to deal with.

With the above in mind, it is hard to believe there are people like this out there. Hopefully he was just having a bad day and ended up finding something about Christmas that brought him joy.

I know I’ve never watched “A Christmas Story” without considering its “white privilege” and underlying racism.