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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Mira:
--- Quote from: peregrine on December 29, 2018, 08:22:32 PM ---Midnight Mass, like a Catholic often does on Christmas Eve?
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Not the same weeping at all.. If you've ever gone though a first Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthday, or any other significant day for the first time without someone really close, immediate family, child, husband, wife, parent, brother, sister, extremely close friend.. You'd understand what the weeping is all about. To me, that is the kind of pain Harry is feeling.. Molly is trying to ease the pain in one material way she can, paying the bills, note she also told Harry that he brought a lot of healing himself in the aftermath.. I also think the meaning of Kringle's gift is profound... I also doubt that he needs Michael on any direct line to tell him about his coffee conversation with Harry. To me
this short story is about context, with all the loss and pain, Harry is trying to carry on, because the world carries on.. His mom gave her life when he was born, that had to have brought great pain to Malcolm, but he put it aside to show love for his son and vice versa though a coffee mug lovingly decorated by a young son barely able to print and to that son with the coffee milk his dad made for him.. The mirror of that is Harry struggling to put together a red bike for his daughter, he could have bought it ready made, but his struggle screams his love to her though his pain.
peregrine:
That's what I get for not fully cropping the quote. Murphy being at Midnight Mass only answers the question of where she is, if it turns out you didn't get your Christmas wish after all.
magnuskn:
Oh, he's totally teasing Murphy's death. He knows that his fans are so dedicated that they know about his "jest".
I guess we'll see if he's just torturing us for fun or keeps. Peace Talks cannot come out soon enough.
Anyway, it's good to get an unexpected new story like this. Very appreciated.
So, merry christmas and a happy new year to you, Jim! And the rest of you as well!
magnuskn:
Oh, and I am quite surprised to see that nobody thought to mention that Maggie apparently got introduced to Warhammer 40k.
The red ones go faster.
Mira:
--- Quote from: peregrine on December 29, 2018, 10:10:42 PM ---That's what I get for not fully cropping the quote. Murphy being at Midnight Mass only answers the question of where she is, if it turns out you didn't get your Christmas wish after all.
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Which begs for another question, why wasn't Michael at Midnight Mass? As devote as he is, and a retired Holy Knight as well... My guess he was, it is after Mass, home, snacks and the kids get to wait up for Santa camping out in the den watching movies until they fall asleep... So while yes, possible Murphy is at Midnight Mass, it doesn't make sense that she'd attend and Michael and his family be at home..
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