| "Twinkling colored lights are nice and so are plastic Santas and reindeers and nativity scenes, but let me tell you something. There's nothing like the sight of a beautiful, black-as-pitch raven to get you in the Christmas spirit." |
| "I've always liked Christmas. It's a great holiday for a Jewish kid. Two weeks off from school and nothing expected of you." - Joel to Ed & Dave, on Christmas |
| "I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith." - Joel to Ruth Anne |
| "A long time ago, the raven looked down from the sky and saw that the people of the world were living in darkness. The ball of light was kept hidden by a selfish old chief. So the raven turned itself into a spruce needle and floated on the river where the chief's daughter came for water. She drank the spruce needle. She became pregnant and gave birth to a boy which was the raven in disguise. The baby cried and cried until the chief gave him the ball of light to play with. As soon as he had the light, the raven turned back into himself and carried the light into the sky. From then on, we no longer lived in darkness." - Marilyn tells the raven tale to Joel |
| "There are people who like to endow you with religious significance, but even at that you're more of a cultural symbol like the Easter Bunny, Uncle Sam, Tony the Tiger." - Joel talks to his tree |
| "It's an old legend that on Christmas eve at midnight, all the animals fall to their knees and speak, praising the newborn Jesus. Back in the winter of '68...I was home alone Christmas Eve and I stayed up late to see if my dog, Buster, would talk. He did. At least, I think he did. I don't remember Buster's exact words, but that's not important. What matters is that a seven-year-old boy experienced his own personal epiphany. My point? It's that Christmas reveals itself to each of us in a personal way, be it secular or sacred. Whatever Christmas is, and it's many things to many people, we all own a piece of it, kinda like Santa's Bag. Inside, there's a gift for everyone. My Christmas wish for you tonight - may your dog talk." - Chris on the air after reading "The Friendly Beasts," a traditional carol |
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