The Ghost of Christmas Present transforms Scrooge's apartment into a Christmas wonderland of green and berries and wild game and steaming bowls of punch and chicken Alfredo pizza and garlic bread and Belgian waffles. OK, I added those last few items, but you get the idea. Scrooge barely recognizes his place of residence because it is festooned for the holidays.
Yesterday, I did a little decorating of my own. I put up some witches and skeletons and jack-o'-lanterns and spiders. I was getting in the spirit of Halloween, obviously. When it gets near my birthday, I get the itch to change things around. Yes, I did just use the "c" word in a positive context. Don't think that I've suddenly found my inner child or anything. I enjoy the holiday seasons, from All Hallow's Eve to Thanksgiving to Christmas. I enjoy the colors and ornaments and garlands. And I enjoy the gradual shift from the darkness of October 31 to the bright joy of December 25.
That is why I changed the look of my blog yesterday, in keeping with the season. I chose Boris Karloff's Frankenstein because it is one of my favorite films. Perhaps some people may not find the new look appropriate for the subject matter of my blog, but I believe that having a sense of humor is important when talking about every subject, whether it's spirituality or poetry or chicken Alfredo pizza. For those of you who think using Frankenstein's monster is a little irreligious, I wish to point out that the story of Frankenstein is about man reaching for the heavens, striving to be a god. The morality of the tale comes with the failure of Victor Frankenstein and his ultimate destruction by his own creation. See, there's God in everything.
So, for those of you who get upset about Frankenstein or Halloween, my advice is to lighten up and enjoy the season. Or at least enjoy the candy that goes along with the season.
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| Monster say, "Milky Way gooooood..." |
Saint Marty is ready for a little trick-or-treating.
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