{"id":329,"date":"2010-12-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/fun-friday-christmas-eve-to-2011-edition.html"},"modified":"2010-12-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-24T08:00:00","slug":"fun-friday-christmas-eve-to-2011-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/12\/fun-friday-christmas-eve-to-2011-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday &amp; Away Message: Christmas Eve to Happy New Year 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m off to India for a family wedding &#8212; perhaps we&#8217;ll wave to Santa from the window seat! &#8212; so here&#8217;s&nbsp;plenty of holiday cheer to last until I get back:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.lohudblogs.com\/2010\/12\/21\/a-flash-mob-for-christmas\/\">A flash mob for Christmas<\/a> (Blogging Religiously)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/blog\/?p=11457\">Colbert Takes the Christ Out of Christmas <\/a>(Commonweal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/22\/opinion\/22dowd.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">My Magi: Crab, Crocodile and Sea Horse <\/a>(Maureen Dowd for The New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/dispatches\/guest_bloggers\/3947\/tv%E2%80%99s_9_best_christmas_(and_1_festivus)_clips\/\">TV&#8217;s 9 Best Christmas (and 1 Festivus) Clips <\/a>(Religion Dispatches)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And in honor of how I&#8217;ll be spending Christmas:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><embed height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/owK5tHjL0aE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In case of breaking news while I&#8217;m away, here&#8217;s a Top 5 list of religion news sites that should keep you posted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/\">Beliefnet News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/\">CNN Belief Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/religion\/\">Huffington Post Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/\">JTA: Jewish &amp; Israel News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\">Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a style=\"PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif !important; COLOR: rgb(2,61,137); FONT-SIZE: 14px !important; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px\" href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span style=\"PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; 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