Those are Christmas packages that were mailed to soldiers on the front lines in 1944. They are the ones whose recipients were either MIA or KIA. Now they sit in NYC, waiting for Return stickers, to be sent back to the grieving senders.
I don't know who's to blame for the state of our society today. Perhaps even the soldiers then played a part. I don't know. But it seems we could do better than we've been doing for the sake of those Christmases missed.
From the spectacular miniseries Band of Brothers. The point: The laundry not picked up largely belonged to men Sgt. Malarkey knows were killed in Normandy. I think Christmas works best when we ditch our 'Nothing to kill or die for' mentality and go back to a 'Greater love hath no man than this' way of thinking. It certainly makes more sense.
A powerful movie scene depicting selfless love and sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard not to look at the modern world and think a lot of tearing at heroes is done out of shame and envy.
Bonus Churchill moment.
Yes Nate. Shame and envy. Today no one is a hero because we've made everyone a hero. Used to be a hero was an ordinary person doing the extraordinary especially while risking his or her life. Today a person coming out of the closet is a hero. May God bless us this Christmas with His love and wisdom and teach us His ways. Merry Christmas all.
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