Sunday, December 31, 2006

Crusty's Bar Mitzvah

Help! It is the last day of 2006 and I don't have a subject!
Switched on the TV and the first thing that popped on was the episode of the Simpsons where Crusty the clown declared that he didn't have a Bar Mitzvah. I am not familiar with this at all, having been instructed in the Christian way from an early age.
I have since learned that Bar Mitzvah is a ceremony whereby a young Jewish boy becomes a man. (Did Jesus have one?)

In a more familiar world to me, was the fact that I attended Midnight Mass at the local St Patricks Catholic Church. I only went there on Christmas Eve to sing along with the carols, pre the Mass. I ended up staying for the Mass. My reasons being:

1. I was seated in the middle of an obviously very Catholic bunch of people.
2. I seemed to remember all the responses, especially the ones in Latin.
3. Couldn't remember where the car was parked.

It's what it's all about, this Christmas thing. It doesn't really matter whether you believe in it; what matters is that you believe in something, anything! It's what gets us all through. I hope that the new year of 2007 (according to the Gregorian calendar) will bring us all new understanding and acceptance of our human compatriots.

May the force bless us all! And a Happy New Year!