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Kings Day

     I've wondered when our government, in its wisdom, will decide to consolidate the three holidays associated with kings in to one holiday. There's Three Kings Day on January 6, Martin Luther King Day on January 15 and, of course, Elvis' birthday on January 8. (Elvis? King of Rock and Roll? Eh?) 
     We already have President's Day in February. Creating a consolidated Kings Day in January seems like the logical next step, even though, of course, absolutely nobody would like it. I loved celebrating Lincoln and Washington, each in turn, when I was a child, so I don't like President's Day at all. Admittedly all we did was make hatchets out of construction paper for Washington's Birthday and a silhouette out of black construction paper for Lincoln's birthday, but it filled the gap between Christmas and Easter quite nicely. I suspect that making, or even mentioning hatchets in a public school today would be considered too violent. Having two holidays in February was a good idea, since it's a rather grey and rather tedious time of year. 

Saint Brigid

January 9

The stars called me to the window this morning
and bade me to begin anew.

The stars bade me to the window this morning
so I could hear the song
they sing the night long
as mortals dream.

Changing with the seasons
Changing with the light.
They sing the night long
and they sing it short again..

They sing to the mother who wakens for her child
The child still remembers and wakes to hear their song.

Januarius is the month of stars.
heralded in by the great star the three kings followed.
Of Yuletide slipping away
and Brigid's whisper
that she is on her way.