Friday, December 26, 2003

A holiday miracle

And so it came to pass that one of the guests at the party complimented us on the ecumenical decorations, fawning over the pine boughs and holly and the glittering tree and the "lovely midori" on the mantle.

"Because the real miracle," Mark later reminded me, "was that after eight days, even though all the green liqueur was gone, the Jews continued to drink. Until Juda Macabee could get to a package store or something."

Me? I prefer the festival of light beers.