聖誕
聖誕節，想起很多很多朋友的面孔。
那或許是從小不自覺地培養起來的習慣──聖誕前，買至少一盒聖誕咭，把朋友的面孔在腦海裏掃視一遍，然後逐張寫下獨特的心底話，最後寫上Merry Christmas！署名，收筆。
然後，心不甘情不願地，帶點無奈地皺著眉，隨著世界的大洪流漸漸進化到科網通訊的年代，像放下鋤頭走向城市的農夫，看著大部人的大部分時間，都已經放下筆桿敲打鍵盤，我曾經明知落後仍頑固死守，好一個不識轉彎的駝背老太婆！所以，過去的聖誕節，有人打開信箱還會收到一個彷彿來自遠古時代的聖誕咭，上面還有老太婆頑強的筆跡。會不會，很驚嚇~~
不過，這個老太婆還有知情識趣的時候……
今年聖誕，自從打開電郵信箱收到第一張聖誕e-card開始 (雖然，沒有上款，沒有署名，但你又知道，你是傳咭人其中一位記起的人，算不算，後現代？) 我就開始每年重複一遍的「儀式」──把新新舊舊好久沒見昨天才見甚或是幾乎已經忘記的面孔好好地想念一遍又一遍。然後偶然掙扎一會：好不好，寫張咭呢？不過，老太婆一年比一年成功，掙扎的時間愈來愈短，癮起時，就傳張e-card。
今年很特別，因為老太婆竟然收到另一個老頑固的親筆手寫硬咭非虛擬聖誕咭，很驚嚇！
很感動！
一晚，和小朋友一起佈置了一顆聖誕樹，每次亮起燈，他就會跳。好幾晚，和小朋友在床上說了幾遍聖誕的故事，其實，小朋友對故事已經熟悉得可以自己說下去了，他還是愛聽。
雖然，世代以不同的面貌展現出來，正如每個老太婆都可能曾經是在時代尖端的如花少女，但總有些事物，會以它最恒久不變的本質傳承下去。
例如愛。
朋友，聖誕快樂！
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老太婆聖誕快快樂...
The birth of Christ.
This is Christmas,
This is love.
Merry Christmas!
::Pakkin::
2006有個好新年!!!!
If I could speak in any
language in heaven or
on earth but didn't love
others, I would only be
making meaningless noise
like a loud gong or a
clanging cymbal. If I
had the gift of prophecy,
and if I knew all the
mysteries of the future
and knew everything
about everything, but
didn't love others, what
good would I be? And
if I had the gift of faith
so that I could speak
to a mountain and make
it move, without love
I would be no good to
anybody. If I gave
everything I have to
the poor and even
sacrificed my body,
I could boast about it;
but if I didn't love others,
I would be of no value
whatsoever. Love is
patient and kind. Love
is not jealous or boastful
or proud or rude. Love
does not demand its
own way. Love is not
irritable, and it keeps
no record of when it
has been wronged.
It is never glad about
injustice but rejoices
whenever the truth
wins out. Love never
gives up, never loses
faith, is always hopeful,
and endures through
every circumstance.
May You Always
Experience This
Kind Of Love,
Dr. Howdy