myletterstoemily

saved by the carol (repost) dear emily, hans and the boys have teased me a lot through the years, because i don't really understand sports.  all i have ever known is music and literature.  imagine my delight at receiving this clandestine phone call. "mom?" one of my sons was on the other line and i could barely hear him. "honey, are you ok?" "mom, i don't have much time and may have to hang up on you." " are you in trouble?" "how do you finish this line, 'angels we have heard...'?" whispered my son. " 'on high'...but" "awesome!  now how about, 'o little town of bethlehem...'?" " 'how still we see thee lie! ' what is going on?" i was beginning to get a little frustrated. "sweet!  what comes after this?   'angels from the realms of glory'?" "'wing your flight o'er all the earth'...  do you need me to call the police?" "oh no, i gotta hang up!  stay by the phone!"  now i had visions of kidnappers with my precious son wrapped up in duct tape. thankfully the phone rang again. "mom?" "oh honey, are you hurt?  where are you?" "no worries, mom.   mr. mccoy was just walking by and i didn't want him to see me on the phone." "what????" "just fill in this line:  'what child is this?...' " "'who laid to rest on mary's lap is sleeping'  will you please tell me what is going on?" "thanks, mom!  you're a life saver!  i told my buddies that no one knew more Christmas songs than you!" dial tone... turns out his physics teacher gave the class a bonus pre-Christmas test, that i helped them cheat their way through.  a better mom would have made them 'fess up, but i was just so proud... ...that my superior knowledge of Chrismas carols won the game! love, lea "in those days caesar augustus issued a decree that a census  should be taken of the entire roman world.  this was the first census that took place while quirinius was the governor of syria. and everyone went to his own town to register.  so joseph, also,  went up from the town of nazareth to bethlehem, the town of david, because he belonged to the house and the line of david. he went there with mary who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child."  luke 2: 1-5)