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    One Solitary Life

    By Jeremy | December 3, 2007

    Because the 75th Anniversary edition of Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular inexplicably removed a reading of this poem from its climactic scene:
    He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in a carpenter shop Until he was thirty He never wrote a book He never held an office He never went to college He never visited a big city He never traveled more than two hundred miles From the place where he was born He did none of the things Usually associated with greatness He had no credentials but himself He was only thirty three His friends ran away One of them denied him He was turned over to his enemies And went through the mockery of a trial He was nailed to a cross between two thieves While dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing The only property he had on earth When he was dead He was laid in a borrowed grave Through the pity of a friend Nineteen centuries have come and gone And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race And the leader of mankind's progress All the armies that have ever marched All the navies that have ever sailed All the parliaments that have ever sat All the kings that ever reigned put together Have not affected the life of mankind on earth As powerfully as that one solitary life. Dr James Allan © 1926.
    Speaking of the show, the anniversary was marked more by the pathetic reality of James Dolan's solitary life than the majestic legacy of the Christ child Christmas celebrates. While the new version does include some spectacular features, including a 3D film sequence, flying children, and the usual splendor of the Rockettes, it was also co-opted by corporate interests and self-absorption at the expense of the Nativity finale. Specifically, what do holograms of the Knicks, Rangers, Liberty, and MSG logos have to do with Christmas, other than the fact that MSG Entertainment owns all four properties along with Radio City? Yet they were prominently featured in the opening 3D animation. What does a propaganda laced 75-year retrospective of the show have to do with Christmas, other than a forum for MSG properties to boast of itself? And why did this year's nativity scene spend more time on the legend of the Maggi (Melchior, et al) than the real impact Christ's birth has had on 2,000 years of world history?ebony boobshuge buttsteens flashingfuck dildogigantic nipplesnude russianyoung asiansthai gangbang Map

    Topics: Christmas, new york | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “One Solitary Life”

    1. p Says:
      December 3rd, 2007 at 3:32 pm

      Typical in this campaign by liberals (democrats) and left-wingers against Christmas (Christians), Gid forbid people get offended by the nativity story when they are attending the Radio City Christmas Spectacular