No Runny Eggs

Shoebox gave St. John’s account of Jesus’ birth a bit earlier, so I’ll go with St. Luke’s account once again (Luke 2:1-12, NIV):

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Have a blessed Christmas.

Once again, we celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth, with St. Luke’s account (Luke 2:1-12, NIV):

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

I have far too many people to wish a blessed Christmas, but that won’t stop me from trying like last year. First, we need some music…

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I’ll likely be updating this a couple times during the day. The initial list is good as of sometime Christmas Eve.

– Shoebox, my co-blogger
– Robert of American and Proud
– John of Argghhh!
– Patrick Dorwin of Badger Blogger (link now fixed as of 7:53 am; sorry about that)
– Paul Socha of Berry Laker
– Dan Kenitz of BipolarNation.com
– The Wolf of Blackfive
– Laughing_Wolf of Blackfive
– xbradtc of Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid
– Caledonia Unplugged
– Wisconsin State Sen. Mary Lazich of Conservatively Speaking
– Bill Quick of Daily Pundit
– Bill Whittle of Eject! Eject! Eject!
– Jo Egelhoff of Fox Politics
– HeatherRadish of Hasenpfeffer Incorporated
– The gang at Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
– Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
– Katie Harbath
– Katy of Katy’s Conservative Corner
– Mike of Mike’s America
– Nice Deb
– No Compromises
– O Pechenga of Original Pechenga’s Blog
– John McKittrick of Closing Velocity
– Sean M. of doubleplusundead
– Fred of Real Debate Wisconsin
– S.E. Cupp
– Josh Painter of RedState
– Dan of Riehl World View
– Rick Moran of Right Wing Nut House
– Rob of Say Anything
– TexasFred
– The Asian Badger
– Jim Geraghty of The Campaign Spot
– Greg Gutfield of The Daily Gut
– Stable Hand of The Jawa Report
– Todd Lohenry of The Right Side of Wisconsin
– JeffN of The Right View Wisconsin
– The Underground Conservative
– Nick Schweitzer of The World According to Nick
– Paul of Thoughts of a Regular Guy
– USCitizen of Traction Control
– Andy Aplikowski of True North
– James Wigderson of Wigderson Library & Pub
– JackBoot of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
– Janet at SCSU Scholars
– Sister Toldjah
– Chris at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
– Phelony Jones at The Confidentials
– Dan Collins at protein wisdom
– Slublog
Extensions part 1 (7:42 am 12/25/2008) –
– Brad V of Try 2 Focus
– Vinnie of Ace of Spades HQ
– Gabriel Malor of Ace of Spades HQ
– Kate of An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
– Uncle Jimbo of Blackfive
– Jim Lynch of bRight & Early
– Confederate Yankee
– alexthechick at doubleplusundead
– Fausta
– Mary of Freedom Eden
– Michael Caughill
– GayPatriotWest of Gay Patriot
– Bruce of Gay Patriot
– A second helping from HeatherRadish
– Ed Morrissey of Hot Air
– Glenn Reynolds
– Jason Pye
– Josh Schroeder
– Elizabeth Scalia of Pajamas Media/The Anchoress
– Warner Todd Huston of Publius’ Forum
– Erick Erickson of RedState
– RightwingSparkle
– silent E
– Wyatt Earp of Support Your Local Gunfighter
– Kathryn Jean Lopez of NRO’s The Corner
– Gravelle of the Daily Scoff
– Vinnie of The Jawa Report
– Jenn of The Political Jungle
– Amy Geiger-Hemmer of The Right View Wisconsin
– Kevin Fischer of This Just In…
– Hugh Hewitt
– Janet Beihoffer of True North
– Trail-Mix of Disgruntled Truck Driver
Extensions part 2 (11:14 am 12/25/2008) –
– Dave in Texas at Ace of Spades HQ
– Bill Smith at ARRA News Service
– Blackfive
– John Little of Blogs of War
– Gaius of Blue Crab Boulevard
– Fuzz Martin
– Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit
– Michelle Malkin
– The gang at NewsBusters
– Darleen Click of protein wisdom
– King Banian at SCSU Scholars
– Rick Esenberg of Shark and Shepherd
– Ed Driscoll
– still Unreal of Reality Check
– John Ray of Stop The ACLU (even though he got the name wrong)
– Joey of Wide White
– A second helping from Kevin Fischer
– A second helping from Kate
Extensions part 3 (1:48 pm 12/25/2008; last one for a while) –
– Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs
– Teresa of Terry Ann Online
– Lemur King
– Crystal Clear Conservative
– Deebow of Blackfive
– A second helping from Uncle Jimbo (literally a second helping, as he, his brother, and his niece made cinnamon rolls)
– Emperor Misha I of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
– Justin of GOP3
– Chris of On the BorderLine
– Aakash Raut of University Blog
Last extension of Christmas Day (9:03 pm 12/25/2008, with no guarantees of a further one for those that waited until the last minute) –
– Marcus Aurelius of Blogger Beer
– Owen of Boots and Sabers
– The Lady Logician of Ladies Logic
– Dad29
– Dean of Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative
– gopfolk of One Man’s Opinion
– Keith of ProductionNinja
– Serr8d of Protein Wisdom Pub
– Sean Hackbarth of The American Mind
– Jimi5150 of The Prozak Playground
– Maggie Thurber of Thurber’s Thoughts
– Drew of Weasel Zippers
– Phineas of Public Secrets
Last revision of the year to catch the last-second well-wishers (7:12 am 12/26/2008; the text below the list was added with the final Christmas Day update) –
– Anwyn of Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin
– Dana Pico of Common Sense Political Thought
– Alexander of A little off Main
– Ace of Ace of Spades HQ
– James T. Harris of The National Conversation

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Brad V and Ed Driscoll for the linkage. This year, I tried to comment on as many of the blogs listed above as I could and not leave it up to chance, WordPress’ auto-pingback feature, Townhall’s very-fluky auto-trackback feature (which resulted in some double-ping/trackbacks), the suddenly-fluky Google Blog Search or Technorati to deliver my Christmas wishes. I know there’s still people I missed, so to them, and to those of you who missed my annual posting of St. Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth, I’ll direct your attention here.

I hope you had a very good Christmas, and have a happy new year.

Once again, we celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth, with St. Luke’s account (Luke 2:1-12, NIV):

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Isaiah 9:6  (New International Version)

May  you join  my family’s  celebration this Christmas  in the knowledge of His love and  peace and His gift of personal salvation.