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25th & 26th December, 2006		Photo by Edward Habib McKuen. Š2006 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives A Thought for Today Don't forget whose birthday we celebrate today. All of us at "A Safe Place to Land" wish all of you everywhere a Healthy and Happy Holiday Click on the Stanyan House logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the heart logo to subscribe to the Rod McKuen mailing list Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the links below for details of concerts and appearances. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS ROD McKUEN APPEARANCES



		Monday 25 December Christmas Day Clara Barton o Humphrey Bogart o Jimmy Buffett o Cab Calloway o Carlos Castaneda o Quentin Crisp o Ron Foos o Sir Lew Grade o Rickey Henderson o Conrad Hilton o Annie Lennox o Celia Lipton o Little Richard o Barbara Mandrell o Sir Isaac Newton o Robert Ripley o Anwar Sadat o Gary Sandy o Hanna Schygulla o Rod Serling o Sissy Spacek o Phil Spector o Gladys Swarthout o Helen Twelvetrees o Rebecca West Tuesday 26 December Boxing Day Steve Allen o Charles Babbage o Helen Brann o George Dewey o Carlton Fisk The o Thomas Gray o Joyce Jillson o Alan King o Jared Leto o Doris Lilly o Henry Miller o Donald Moffat o Ozzie Smith o Phil Spector o Mao Tse-tung o Lars Ulrich o Maurice Utrillo o Tahnee Welch o Richard Widmark o Rosemary Woods

		Let's get real. Don't expect too much from holiday celebrations and you'll never be disappointed. By the same token if your mood is somewhat grim don't let it ruin someone else's holiday. Love is a season and holidays like signposts mark the time. Faith dignifies humanity with the promise of immortality.

THE VIRGIN		Too much was asked of one small virgin that she should be an architect and labor as a workman does yet do so in an angel’s guise. Those of us who think ourselves experienced are given scriptures as The Daily News and told beyond all doubt that they are fact. Present fiction has a truer ring than some old writings of another time. Men have sailed beyond the ocean’s edge and even walked out on the moon; why not a virgin birth? Well. There was no television then and Norman Mailer had no notes he’d scribbled at the scene. Still, if man today can build with vision and tear down with lack of conscience, yesterday’s young virgin’s giving birth is hardly miracle enough to turn our heads. The marvel is that some of us are still around to celebrate this august birthday once again. - From The Carols of Christmas," 1971

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