Today is the anniversary of the Roman festival of Saturnalia, which was co-opted by the Christian church under Emperor Constantine in an attempt to merge the major religions of his time into one - his. It celebrates the anniversary of an event that occured (according to most historical sources I've found) more likely around early September.
Today is also the day when we learned that, sadly, Mr. James Brown passed away at the age of 73. Shortly before his passing he was heard to observe, "Suddenly, I don't feel so good."
(rimshot)
Sorry, sorry, had to do it. Have nothing but respect for the man and what he did for music, himself, and for Rocky Balboa.
This morning we all got together and made Christmas decent and as lovely for one another as we could, all things considered.
Another year over, a new one just begun...
Merry Christmas to everyone. I miss you... all. No, really.
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