"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
--G.K. Chesterton
"The man's body is sacred and the woman's body is sacred.../Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you."
--Walt Whitman
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This entry was posted on 12/22/2012 12:03 PM and is filed under Music, Faith and Doubt.
This Christian puppet-show takeoff on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" wins the 2012 Reiter's Block award for best holiday video. Hat tip to John Shore.
What's that you say? You didn't know there was a Reiter's Block award for holiday videos? Well, send in your suggestions and maybe you will win fabulous prizes. Or eternal damnation. Depends on the video.
In case you're more in the mood for a Blue Christmas, I'm re-posting this video by The Pogues. There's a certain kind of sadness that one can enjoy in New York City, and "Fairytale of New York" expresses it perfectly.