Noted by Morris Dean
With novelist Peggy Payne’s kind permission, we recommend her article, “The Sexy Spirituality of New Year’s Traditions,” published yesterday on her blog, Novels of Sex & Spirituality. Excerpt:
This is the night of the year when it’s traditionally important (in this country and Canada, at least) to kiss your love interest as the LCD light flips to 12:00. It supposedly sets the romantic tone for the rest of the year: love or loneliness, etc....
...The traditional midnight kiss is thought to go back to Roman celebration of Saturnalia, the mid-winter death of sun and hope for rebirth of spring. This was a time when the world turned upside down, with many roles reversed, cross-dressing allowed, and sexual no-nos less in force....
...These days here, the kiss, the champagne, the fireworks and parties are the expected features. However, husband Bob and I plan to open our Christmas presents to each other that night; neither one of us much likes to be told when or how to celebrate. I don’t want to go to a party, but I do want to do something festive. [read more]
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So...did you?
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I think it's only fair that I answer my own question. No, unless something happened in my sleep at that time, but I believe I was sleeping soundly.
DeleteHa! I was sound asleep too, buddy. Shirley and I were able to stay awake until 9 pm to watch the Sydney fireworks because they are three hours ahead of us here in the West, but that was it. Out like a light we were!
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