There’s an old, but cute, “meditation” from Chris, of Northern Exposure fame. You find it on the “Homage to Northern Exposure” web site under “Meditations by Chris Stevens.” It’s the “Christmas Eve” link.

Here’s the text:

“It’s an old legend that on Christmas Eve at midnight, all the animals fall to their knees and speak, praising the newborn Jesus.

Back in the winter of sixty-nine, my Dad was serrving a short time for a DUI and I don’t know where my mom was. Anyway, I was home alone Christmas Eve and I stayed up extra kinda late to see if my dog, Buddy, would talk. And he did. I don’t remember his exact words, but that’s not important. What matters is that a seven-year-old boy experienced his own personal epiphany.

What’s my point? Well, it’s that Christmas reveals itself to us each in a personal way, be it secular or sacred. Whatever Christmas is–and it’s many things to many people–we all own a piece of it. It’s like, well, it’s kinda like Santa’s Bag: inside, there’s a gift for everyone. My Christmas wish for you tonight? May your dog talk.”

I really like the sentiment of this. As you know, I think our dogs send us more messages than most of us realize. Trust me, this Christmas, I’ll be checking in with Callie to see what she has to say.

Speaking of Christmas, we’re trying to work up the courage to let Callie loose (out of her training crate) in the living room, with the Christmas tree. We’re nervous that she will eat the angels on the tree, or wipe out the electric train. But Callie, now eleven months old, is calming down a little. We’ll give it a try, with lots of supervision.

So maybe after Callie gets to spend some time with the tree and the train, she’ll have some special, Christmassy, things to say. Perhaps the point is that for centuries people have been suspicious that animals are very tuned into the ways of the universe.

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