Remember, this Christmas

As the Story goes:...an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him." (Matthew 2:13)

      The Egypt-Palestine borderlands 

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'Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing, but of reflection' [Winston Churchill].

Without Freedom of Movement within the early Roman Empire, there would be no Gospels and the foundations of the 'Western European' culture which some timid, deluded folk are so desperately trying to cling on to by restricting it today would simply not have come into existence. 

Happy Christmas and Thank You to all of my Readers, especially those who find themselves on this day far away from home. May you all have joy, laughter, and the makings of wonderful memories... and, as this one ends, real hope for the coming years.