Thursday, December 24, 2020

Believe it or not, Santa Claus lives with me 24x7

                                                  Silent night, holy night

All is calm, all is bright

'Round yon virgin Mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight!

Glories stream from heaven afar;

Heavenly hosts sing Al-le-lu-ia!

Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born!

Silent night, holy night

Son of God, oh, love's pure light

Radiant beams from Thy holy face

With the dawn of redeeming grace

Jesus, Lord at Thy birth

Jesus, Lord at Thy birth

Jesus, Lord at Thy birth



Christ was God in human flesh. He was both God and man. He was fully God from all eternity, and he became fully man when he was born to Mary in Bethlehem.


Pontius Pilate the king of the Jews, parlez vous (2)

Pontius Pilate the king of the Jews

Went and bought a pair of shoes

Inky pinky parlez vous


When the shoes began to tear parlez vous (2)

When the shoes began to tear

Pontius Pilate bought a mare

Inky pinky parlez vous


When the mare began to kick parlez vous (2)

When the mare began to kick

Pontius Pilate bought a stick

Inky pinky parlez vous


When the stick began to break parlez vous (2)

When the stick began to break

Pontius Pilate bought a snake

Inky pinky parlez vous


When the snake began to sting parlez vous (2)

When the snake began to sting

Pontius Pilate bought a ring

Inky pinky parlez vous


Jesus Christ was a Jewish teacher;  many people believed that he performed healings and exorcisms;  he was rejected by the Jewish leaders;  he was crucified under Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius.


Both the Roman and Jewish authorities had various concerns about Christ’s remaining at large. There were six serious accusations. But these charges were not the real reason for the hatred of the Jewish leaders for Jesus or their prosecution of the case against him before Pilate. The real accusation is that he had claimed to be the unique Son of God, which they judged blasphemy.


After his betrayal and arrest, Jesus went through six distinct trial cross-examinations before facing crucifixion.


There were three Jewish trials and three Roman trials. Roman governor Pontius Pilate was in one of them.

While the Jews were concerned with the religious implications of 

Jesus’ actions, the Romans were far more concerned with politics, economics, and the authority of Rome.


The leaders of the Jewish people were thus able to present Jesus to Pilate as a mutinous trouble-maker.


Jesus was thus condemned to be crucified and had to carry his own crossbar—the horizontal beam of the cross called the patibulum—from prison to the place of his execution.



Jesus Christ traveled Via Dolorosa ----a route through the Old City of Jerusalem that is believed to be the path Jesus walked to his crucifixion Golgotha where he was crucified.


The Brutality of Crucifixion can't be imagined.

The Jews were well aware that Jesus had predicted his own resurrection.


When Christ was on the cross, it seemed that all had been lost. Death had won.


But Christ was a Messiah and his resurrection is a promise that death is not the end.

In the morning a significant event happened, changing the course of history which was so dramatic that eleven men's lives changed because of Christ's vacant tomb.


I have never seen health or happiness, just pain, and suffering but the pain, tragedy, and death that wreaked havoc upon my life were not present in God’s original creation. 


The beauty we see in nature, the joy we experience in my loving relationship with mum, the satisfaction and the feeling and the pleasure we experience in so many ways are clues that hint at what the world was like when God first made it. Few relationships were contaminated by pride, lust, greed, or jealousy.


Santa Claus, the legendary figure is supposed to be Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas bringing you gifts.


One night when I was a kid and awoke to pee, I saw my lovely parents wrapping gifts and putting them under my pillow.


My father took me to Bandel Church and prayed for my health. After my liver transplant, he took me to the Church beyond Rashtrapati Bhawan and prayed for my health.



But now he is in a glorious, pain-free, death-free land protecting me from there.


Mum is my Santa giving whatever I desire.


"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"


You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town


He's making a list

He's checking it twice;

He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice

Santa Claus is coming to town


He sees you when you're sleeping

And he knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake!


You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Cause Santa Claus is coming to town


He sees you when you're sleeping

And he knows when you're awake

And he knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake!


You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town


You better watch out

You better not cry

You better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming

I mean a big fat man with a long white beard

He's coming to town


My Santa Claus is always with me and today she is planning to give a valuable gift tonight...something… her invaluable love and affection. She plans to put it inside me ❤️.



1 comment:

  1. A good piece crafted by Payel with a beautiful photo and message at the bottom

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