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Christmas’s Message.
Houston, Texas, December 21st, 2013. Merry Christmas --Eduardogilesm (talk) 23:23, 20 December 2013 (UTC) By Eduardo Giles. Winter´s holiday season is always propitious to deep thought, nostalgic and holistic self-assertion of pleased and somber moments that happened us in year that almost dying, but It is also the occasion in which we are pondering about our hopes, desires, challenges, dreams and huge projects for New Year. At Christmas we feel countless ranging emotions of love, indulgence, compassion, tenderness and laughter. We delight in gathering´s intimacy moment with family and friends, exchanging hugs, kisses, gifts and make multiply toast to health, goodwill & prosperity for everybody during the imminent 2014 year. We send and receive wonderful congratulation’s card to/from our dear relatives and close acquaintances living in others towns. We make accurate last-minute arrangements for Christmas Eve and New Year's feasts. Houses are decorated with traditional spheres and multicolored lights ornamenting Christmas pine tree, impregnating our homes with enchanting smell of cedar, frankincense and fragrances of Nochebuena´s flowers. But what we celebrate? The birth of niño Jesus in Bethlehem crèche in Judea, the Jewish Meleḵ ha-Mašīaḥ ישו the holy child, Regal-lineage descendant of Abraham, King David, Solomon and Jacob, Christos anointed by G-d, the Kyrios of the Order of Melchizedeck –the insignia sceptre of royalty-, advocated by the prophets Balaam and Isaiah, the humble bearer of the divine Logos & pathos of wisdom, justice, peace, misericord, happiness, aggadah and love, Vicar Jesus Isa, the indulgent Redeemer of the disinherited, sick and weak. In many parts of the world the festivities begin with the celebration of Hanukkah in remembrance of the Maccabees and the fêtes just finished until January 6 with the epiphany of Kings-Magi´s journey, where -according the Mateo´s Evangelio-, Magalath, Serakin and Galgalath alias Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar guided by the Shekinah star (Venus) offered gold, frankincense-levonah and myrrh to Jesus, son and humble charpentier Joseph and Virgin Maria, pregnant by the Holy Spirit. The traditional Posadas initiate December the 16th during 9 days, in allusion to the nine gestation months of הבתולה Virgin Maria. At some stage in Posadas we break the piñata of seven peaks that represent the seven capital sins. As I said above, on Christmas Eve is customary to share an epicurean dinner at home with the family & close friends, and some of us inevitably breaks down the diet. Every country has a culinary dish gourmet for this special occasione, but among others stand out: the roast goose, lobster bisque, konigshar klopse, Belgian cougnou, chicken piccata, ruska salata, moussaka creamed spinach, prime rib roast with rosemary salad, panettone, Petrossian caviar, shawarma, pita or kebab with hummus and tabbouleh, falafel, stuffed zucchini, glazed ham, steak Carpaccio, burgundy mushrooms, shrimp pasta with lemon, turkey in the oven, filet mignon au poivre vert, shrimp sauce of garlic, pork leg to the oven, roast beef, and the traditional Mexican plates as guajolote with mole, bacalao, romeritos, pozole, camarones a la diabla, birria, cabrito, carnitas, chicharrón, cecina, chorizo, cochinita pibil and tamales. To dessert we eat ginger, linzer and buttery cookies, cream cheese biscuits, muffins babka, chailah and rugelach, ice-cream, collation, mazapanes y turrones. For drinks we have fruit poached, apple cider, rompope and for adults champagne Moet Chandon Imperial, red wine Bordeaux, Saint Emilion sparkling rosé, vinho verde of Minho, Swarovski Crystal Vodka, Château Mouton Rothschild, a bunch of very freezing Samuel Adams beers, whisky, rum, brandy, tequila and mezcal. That night fireworks and flares are burned and the quasi-pagan and mythical icon Santa Claus aka Saint Nicholas, Noel, Saint Basil or Caesarea brings toys and gifts to children. Now we can even tracking -by internet- the route of Santa from North Pole to our home. We listen amount other traditional music; “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby,” It´s the most wonderful time of the year” by Andy Williams, “Jingle Bells” by Perry and the Fontane Sister, “We wish you a Merry Christmas” by Weabers band, “José Feliciano's Happy Christmas”, “The children of the drum” by Spanish singer Raphael, etcetera. On this time, It is also current that we reach local theater to look at the well-known performance “Nutcracker Ballet Classic Music” by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky and for children we have the archetypal movie of “The Grinch” the fictional ghost that always try to stole the Christmas spirit, based on bestseller book of Dr. Seuss. To salute New Year, if we decide to stay at home, our banquet has more or less the same exquisite cutleries of Christmas but, at 12 o'clock sharp we eat 12 grapes, one for each perfect wish and countless success for everyone of each month of 2014. We normally go to Church to pray at “Gallo” mass and we are expecting the Homily New Year blessing Urbi et Orbi of Pope Francisco, from Vatican St. Peter´s Basilica. Among other popular traditions of the New Year´s merrymaking are: watching the New Year ball at Times Square, go out on street with a suitcase in order to travel through the year, give money to loved ones so they have wealth during the all year, use red underwear for a prime sex life, use yellow boxes to have Fortune, throw a bucket of water into the street to dislodge the misfortune and undesirable karmas. First of January we watch the traditional Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena. Sometimes, New Year gala is also delighted in a first-class restaurant or nightclub of our city. Some privileged among us already have a reservation in dazzling places like Restaurant Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée au Paris, extravaganza brasserie Only per Due, in Umbria, Italy, The Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, Four Seasons Hotel in New York, President Wilson Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, The Bridge Suites at The Atlantis in the Bahamas, Hotel Cala di Volpe in Italian Costa Esmeralda, The Ritz Carlton in Moscow, The Beefsteak Club in London, The Club Avenue in New York, The Grange in Courchevel in the French Alps, Sky Bar in  Los Angeles  and the new-fashion Soho Rooms in Moscow. People with a little greater economic resources take some days of vacation in Cóte d´Ázur in France, Mikonos island in Greece, Venice and Tuscany in Italy or others terrific places like Ibiza, Grand Mallorca, Algarve, Burgundy, Mónaco, Monte Carlo, Amsterdam, Prague, St. Petersburg, Jerusalem, Las Vegas, or the paradisiac beaches of Cancun, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Bahía de Banderas, Ixtapa and Puerto Escondido in Mexico. Our hedonist and sybarites ancestors always said that we mandatory must enjoy every minute of our life, because the past is history and never return and the future is a fantasy illusion only. Each of us remains a great chance to rearrange our personal goals. We are facing a new paradigm shift of our civilization; it is some kind of intellectual autopoiesis of the world, the human search for eternal truth. These holidays also is the invaluable opportunity to help and pray for the less fortunate persons of the world, among others the orphans, the homeless, the terminal patients at hospitals, and in general all suffering people. In this joyous, bright, sparkle and delightful season, please may love be in your life, may hope be in your mind, hope Santa brings you everything you want –even a McLaren, Porsche  or Ferrari-, may the true spirit of the season find you & fill your heart with joy and a huge good cheer. And please do not forget to buy a lucky Lotto ticket, maybe you will be the next wealthy millionaire on the list of the Fortune 500 magazine. With the mention of small extract of 11:1 Isaiah Prophecy “A new branch will grow from a stump of a tree, so a new king will come from the family of Jesse King David father. The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon that king. The Spirit will give him wisdom and understanding, guidance and power…He will be fair in his decisions for the good people of the land... ” my wife Patricia, my beloved son Victor Eduardo and myself, we simple wish You and your cherished family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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