For Love of Us

When we celebrate Christmas
we are celebrating that amazing time
when that Word 
that shouted all the galaxies into being
limited all power and,
for love of us,
came to us
in the powerless body
of a human being.

- Madeleine L'Engle

And if you'd like to hear Christmas as a fado, a happy one, watch this. So Portuguese, so different from Brazil, so restrained, so sensual.

Gratefuls:
- Livestream from our church in Sutton
- a walk in the windy sunshine to C&E's, to eat a very small percentage of the leftovers from last night (this Nativity set is Ermelinda's)
- a peek into family celebrations in the UK, including a photo of Julia's plate with the perfect English Christmas dinner, cooked by Sam - which we showed the Portuguese we were with - interesting to compare