Charlie Brown s Inside Job

From the minute Linus starts talking, I feel like I m holding my breath. It feels as though I m being called back to something, as though finally I ve been reunited with something elemental.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people

It s ridiculous, it s television corporate America, Coca-Cola. But: Fear not. On that empty stage, in that small boy s voice, it has a spellbinding power over me.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.

This is 17th-century prose describing something that supposedly took place 1,600 years earlier. So why does it feel like news from the front?

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men.

via www.msn.com

Merry Christmas!