No Spirits, Fairies, or Witches; Just Angels

I have published a number essays for Christmas on this blog in the past. All are invited to search the key word if interested.

Here are two observations from writers from around four centuries apart that are worth repeating this December 25th.

Some say that ever against that season comes
Wherein our Savior’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning sings all night long;
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch has power to charm,
So hallowed and so gracious is that time.

    — Hamlet: Act 1,Scene 1

There is an angel close to you this day. Merry Christmas, and I wish you well.

    — Paul Crume, “Angels Are among Us.” Dallas Morning News 12/25/1967
        (reprinted every year)

My sentiments exactly. Merry Christmas to all.