Hello to all of you who are listening

This is a special short episode, different from the others,

for this Christmas Day.

I hope everyone is having a lovely time, whether with family

and friends, or if you’re self-isolating, or wherever you are.

For those of you who, like me, were unable to get back to have

Christmas with the family, I hope it is still a special time for you.

It’s Christmas Day afternoon now, and I’m sitting here all cozy

next to the Christmas tree, and the fire is glowing.

I’m raising a glass to you all and want to share with you this

poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at this special time.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday, and Happy Christmas!

The Three Kings

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Three Kings came riding from far away,

Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;

Three Wise Men out of the East were they,

And they travelled by night and they slept by day,

For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.

The star was so beautiful, large and clear,

That all the other stars of the sky

Became a white mist in the atmosphere,

And by this they knew that the coming was near

Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.

Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,

Three caskets of gold with golden keys;

Their robes were of crimson silk with rows

Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,

Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.

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