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5 Responses to “Merry Christmas”

1. Alexander Says:
   December 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

   I wish you a great and recreative Christmas!

   I am thinking and thinking…………….:

   What is the connection between drums and Christmas?

   (Sorry for my ignorance )

2. Jamie Barrows Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 7:40 am

   There is a traditional Christmas carol called “The Little Drummer Boy.”
   Wikipedia: Little Drummer Boy

   Because of that, little toy drums are often associated with Christmas and are used as decorations.

3. Alexander Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 10:07 am

   Thank you, Jamie.
   I hadn’t heard before about this song and its meaning. I probably should better listen to the texts of diverse pop-songs if even Boney M used this theme…

   A long list of interpreters is given in the german Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Drummer_Boy

   But only in the english Wikipedia is mentioned that this song was even sung by your employer:
   “Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band covered this song in 1977″.
   

4. Alexander Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

   Still one personal remark:
   I was a little bit astonished that your Christmas posts considered eminently the “profane” aspects of these holy-days.
   (Compare my comments in your other blog).

   Isn’t there a special Christian meaning in these days?

   

5. Jamie Barrows Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

   Of course there is, but I wasn’t trying to post a “Christian” greeting to my readers. Just a general wish of wellbeing.

   While many of my posts on this blog are Christianity themed, this blog is not meant to be a “Christian” blog. The blog is meant to be more about me and what I’m thinking about. Since Christianity is such a big part of my life, it ends up showing up here a lot.

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