Christmas w/Fr. Michael

Not being a fan of large crowds, I showed up extremely late at Michael's parents' home for Christmas Eve. Mostly everyone had gone and it was so much nicer. On the porch during our smoke break, Michael told me the following, "For this having been a Christmas party we only had one Christian family. The Lee's up the street are Buddhist, we had two Jewish families, the five Muslims from 7-11 that my father befriended, the Africans across the way there - he's a professor of African Religions so who knows what they're doing behind closed doors; cuttin' up chickens or something, and then we had a couple of Wiccans. All here to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Is my family crazy or what? But honestly, I wouldn't change a thing - everyone had a wonderful time and I'm so glad you came." So was I - but next year, I am definitely showin' up on time!