Sunday Overnight Open Thread (12/1/24) - Doof

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to December! Thanks for stopping the Sunday ONT. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the whole month of November are now in the rear view mirror. Shall we cruise on into the last month of the year and get into the holiday spirit?

Christmas Light Displays

Which of you Hordelings did this?

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Be careful out there! Hanging Christmas lights can be dangerous.
California worker dies while hanging Christmas lights on home in freak accident

Antonio Pascual Mateo was hanging lights on the property and around a tree outside a client’s home in Escondido, Calif. when he threw the string of lights over a powerline.
The lights touched the live wire and created a circuit that caused electricity to flow, electrocuting the 24-year-old worker, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner.
First responders found Mateo hanging upside down from the tree, where he remained stuck for an hour while they were forced to wait for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to cut off the power so they could rescue the man.

What The Season Is All About

In the classic TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, Linus recites words from the Gospel of Luke, beginning with: “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy…” Biblical scholars tell us that Luke was a physician, and his Gospel tells the story of the life of Jesus with focus on His care for people. A good way to wake up on Christmas day with a better understanding of who Christians celebrate that day is through the 24 Day Gospel of Luke Challenge.
Reading through the Gospel of Luke in December

For Christians, the season of Advent is all about looking back and looking forward at the same time. We look back to remember what Christ accomplished for us through His miraculous incarnation, and we also join with all the saints from the early Church until now in anticipation of His promised Second Coming.
If you’re looking for a focused way to prepare your heart this Advent season, try reading through the book of Luke, 1 chapter per day. If you start with chapter 1 on December 1st, you will finish the final chapter on December 24th, Christmas Eve, at which point you will have recounted through the entire life of Jesus—His birth, death and resurrection, and will hopefully be reminded of exactly why we celebrate this special time.

December is also time for Jews to celebrate The Miracle of Chanukah

Chanukah was a miraculous military victory, but a tiny cruse of oil proved more miraculous and enduring in the memory of the Jewish people.
The Talmud does not say much about Chanukah. There are perhaps forty lines spread out in different volumes, whereas almost all the other holidays have an entire Talmudic volume about them. In addition, the few words the Talmud has to say about Chanukah are cryptic. Perhaps that is why Chanukah has been subject to reinterpretation, as it has been in our time. People make whatever they want to make out of it. However, that is a mistake, a tragedy.

Ideas for Christmas or Chanukah shopping

DJ Doof – Sounds of the Season (Part 1)

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Classic “Twisted Tune” from Bob Rivers. The 12 Pains of Christmas.
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Rob Halford of Judas Priest rocks out! We Three Kings.

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