Philosophy of Christmas Melody Beattie She cannot be seen or

She cannot be seen or heard by the living people who surround her

―Esmé Weijun Wang

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Philosophy of Christmas Melody Beattie She cannot be seen orTake the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the gift giving Norse god Odin and the Pagan habit of bringing evergreen plants into the house at Midwinter. Add a benevolent fourth century bishop, some drunken medieval singing and a nineteenth century American poem. Sprinkle with the Christian tradition of Jesus being born on 25 December and stir well. Allow the mixture to absorb other influences over hundreds of years and serve with a plum pudding that may or