Merry Christmas to the best Substack author & incredible subscriber’s/ community You have been an enormous blessing to me & my twin sister..Laura Kasner. We are better humans because of all of you & Jeff most especially for being the originator of Coffee & Covid.
Merry Christmas to all! Be thankful for all we have. Jeff has been a tremendous support and light in this battle. And, Leslie, you really captured it. Thank you.
Blessings to you Leslie! And to Laura and all the citizen's work she's done. It's people like her, Jeff, and others who are fighting back that "they" didn't expect when covid was unleashed upon us.
Thankful for you CHop and the support you showed to my sis by attending the speaking engagement when the so called “lifelong girlfriends” choose not to. In these past 4 years it has revealed to us who really has our back & who doesn’t.
Merry Christmas, Jeff! I still wonder how you get so much done in the same 24 hour day that we all have. Your ability to find relevant information, read the related material and then reveal it to us in a beautifully written, yet hilarious way, is an amazing gift.
And Merry Christmas to all who have found this daily newsletter. For those who haven't yet, but can afford to, please subscribe to help the Childers family financially since way more of Jeff's day must be spent on this newsletter than his actual "JOB."
And thanks, also, Jeff for finding an organization that is helping those who are vax injured. I have a very close friend who spent 10 months in the hospital with fibrous clots in her leg. She's trying to find an attorney who will take her case but so far no one wants to correlate the shot with her condition.
Well said. My sentiments precisely. C&C is my first read every morning. God bless you and your family, Jeff. And a very Merry Christmas to the C&C Army!!
On a side note I tried to find a malpractice attorney for a hip surgery….everyone turned me down, but one secretary did say that not because of my case, they were inundated with cases…’shocker’!!!
Was it a hip replacement by any chance? I had one and now have one leg about 5/8" longer than before. Attorneys tell me it has to be more than an inch for anyone to take my case because that seems to be the established standard. I have just been in PT for sacroiliitis, but I will never be even, and will always be coping with this.
One of my two knee replacements caused a similar issue ... I wear a 3/8" lift in one shoe to compensate. Longterm, leg length variances can cause lower back issues. Oh, boy ....
I have had both hips replaced and both knees. I actually asked them to do as much lengthening as they could before causing any nerve damage. I already had one leg shorter than the other and have a plethora of back issues as a result. Just in case you don't know hip and knee replacements can change leg length somewhat if the ball and socket haven't been sitting correctly. Also, most people are not perfectly symmetrical.
My surgeon offered no explanation for my leg length discrepancy. He showed me the x-ray and drew a crooked line to illustrate that they were even, which they weren't. Close enough is good enough in horse shoes, hand grenades and hip replacements!
There is a way to measure leg length accurately and drawing a line is not one of them. Leg length discrepancy is not uncommon though. Some people never have any issues and some people do. Alot of people have no idea that their back problems can be a result of them not knowing there's an issue with uneven leg length. Should be the first thing checked and then it can be helped with inserts and lifts.
Given Jeff's community invite to help in any way, will chime in fwiw...I've one 1 1/2' shorter (was after a break), found a chiropractor who kept me out of any back surgery, and by simply doing an xray of my lower back with various shoe buildups we found the best buidup dimension to use. My experience has been building up the whole sole of the shoe has been the best but if can't find a cobbler or the shoe sole does not lend itself to bonding a buildup then I do an insert.
The trouble with inserts is that often your foot will just pop out of the shoe. I like a lift that is under the heel, but not under the front third of the foot. There is a cobbler in Morristown, NJ called Rago Brothers. You can mail them the shoe and they will call you immediately with a quote. If you approve, they do the work very fast. They once built up the entire sole, but then the shoe wouldn't flex, so they had to do it over.
Thank you, will keep that reference. As you note, anything is a compromise, trying to find the best one. I'm an oldster, limp, walk with a cane but am so lucky not to have had back issues for decades now.
Just lifting the heel is going to shorten/tighten the calf muscles. It could also lead to higher impact (harder heel steike). It might be the lesser evil in your situation but there are risks.
Most of the cobblers in NY/NJ were Italian, and they are a dying breed! Most people toss worn shoes in the trash, but if you need modifcations made to your shoes, you really need one.
Mine was an inch and a half. Bastard…Doctor told me I would get used to it. So as i was leaving I said ‘Dr you want to walk in my shoes, take one off and walk that way all day’…
Cheryl, I think you so articulately described how all of us in the C&C family feel about Jeff. Thank you for your comment to say what we all think! And Merry Christmas to you, as well!
Donating in the memory of two friends, Bruce and Helge (both died alone in hospitals after being given remdesvir and being put on ventilators). Merry Christmas to this wonderful C&C family. Thank you Jeff for bringing us together.
For some reason, I couldn't change the donation amount to end in a "2", but hopefully there will be a big enough uptick in donations today that it will be obvious the C&C Army is at work🙂
I’ve never understood whether when I add in the amount to cover costs, whether the “2” of the donation gets lost. When including the added amount to cover expenses, my donation didn’t end in 2. 🤔
I finally took the amount to cover costs and added it to the donation until the first number was 2 and also the last number was 2! I thought that would be pretty obvious to anyone looking at it that it was from the C&C army. :)
Same. My husband lost his best friend (who was “up to date” on all his shots) in September to lung cancer. My ex husband (divorced in 1990) died in November 2022. Also “up to date.” Massive heart attack at his law office. I know several WA social workers who died of it after it was required by the state. Donated for Tony Gorini, like a second brother to my husband. Praying that RFK, Jr can do something about the death protocol of Big Pharma. Especially since I lost high school classmates to AIDS in the 1980’s & 1990’s. My cousin lost her baby son to vax injury (“SIDS”) in 1976. It needs to stop!
Thank you, Jeff, for the best Substack of all! I look for your post everyday! Merry Christmas and FABULOUS 2025 to you, and Fellow Readers! WWG1WGA!
How lovely Kathleen. I just lost my Dad to MAID. He had 4 shots and they gave him all the gifts that the gene therapy gives. Prior to them, he was healthy and mobile. I give thanks that he accepted Jesus, and he was reciting the Lord's Prayer with us. How hard it was for us siblings though. May the love of God transcend us all.
I had a good friend over for Christmas dinner today. he took 2 shots to keep his job. He's had mini-strokes and connected the dots. I feel so bad for him.
Can you image the guilt/stress he's going through, I can't.
He's a walking time bomb of death/disability and he knows it.
I didn’t question Timmy, age nine, or his seven year old brother Billy about the brown wrapping paper they passed back and forth between them as we visited each store.
Every year at Christmas time, our Service Club takes the children from poor families in our town on a personally conducted shopping tour. I was assigned Timmy and Billy, whose father was out of work. After giving them the allotted four dollars each, be began our trip. At different stores I made suggestions, but always their answer was a solemn shake of the head, no. Finally I asked, “Where would you suggest we look?”
“Could we go to a shoe store, sir?’ answered Timmy. “We’d like a pair of shoes for our Daddy so he can go to work.” In the shoe store the clerk asked what the boys wanted. Out came the brown paper. “We want a pair of work shoes to fit this foot,” they said.
Billy explained that is was a pattern of their Daddy’s foot. They had drawn it while he was asleep in a chair. The clerk held the paper against a measuring stick, then walked away. Soon he came with an open box. “Will these do?’ he asked. Timmy and Billy handled the shoes with great eagerness. “How much do they cost?” asked Billy.
Then Timmy saw the price on the box. “They’re $16.95,” he said in dismay. “We only have eight dollars.” I looked at the clerk and he cleared his throat. “That’s the regular price,” he said, “but they’re on sale for $3.98, today only.” Then with shoes happily in hand the boys bought gifts for their mother and two little sisters. Not once did they think of themselves.
The day after Christmas the boys’ father stopped me on the street. The new shoes were on his feet, gratitude was in his eyes. “I just thank Jesus for people who care,” he said.
“And I thank Jesus for your two sons,” I replied. “They taught me more about Christmas in one evening than I had learned in a lifetime.”
Merry and blessed Christmas to you and yours, Jeff. May the Lord continue to multiply you as He leads you to the work He has ordained for you and as He gives you the words of life, truth, and freedom to share. God bless you mightily!
“I, Jesus, sent My angel to bear witness to you of these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the water of life without cost.
The Lord has been repeating “Come and hear” to me from Psalm 66:16 for the past several days, and today He gave me these words. I will post it on my substack later, and it may or may not be in final form here. May it bless you.
Janice, that is beautiful. I especially love the line. "Come and hear the Savior call from manger and cross and throne." He is now the reigning King over all this mess below! What peace that brings to know that!
I can almost hear the melody. I’ll sit down at the piano after the chaos of today and see what comes. May the Lord be glorified. Thank you for your kind words.
Merry Christmas, Jeff! Never doubt your voice has been an instigator of this miraculous change movement. God uses lots of people to do heroic things. We are blessed he has chosen you to be a trailblazer and a voice for goodness and truth. As we celebrate the miracles of Jesus birth we don’t have to look far to see the tiny little miracles all around us demonstrating His goodness.
Also spending Christmas with my hospitalized father - prayers for you and your dad. Thankful for the hospital staff who show uo to care for our loved ones (I hope you have found as lovely of folks as I have). Merry Christmas.
Praying for your precious dad, too! May he find abundant healing and grace sufficiency beyond any earthly measure! Blessing this wonderful day! He is all we need!
Praying for your precious father. May the good, good Lord answer your prayers for healing. May His love and generous grace overwhelm you and your father with tidings of great joy!
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.
Merry Christmas to All. We're waiting for my father in law to go and be with God this day. He was diagnosed with cancer in October. Well he made it to Christmas. The nurse said yesterday it would happen within 24 hours. Yes he and the mother in law took the shots and now they wished they hadn't. The last 4 weeks he has gone down the fastest I have ever seen. Pray that others in my family don't suffer the same or worse. There is worse things than dieing. These shots should never been approved.
"There are worse things than dying". A good friend told me that in reference to the way her father died, clinging to life though all dignity and joy had already been stripped from him. Stories like this help keep all of us motivated to never give up the fight for justice and taking planet earth back from these ghouls. My heart breaks for you and your mother in law.
Richard, may God bless you and your family with peace and comfort on this difficult day. You are loved! May you find joy in your dad’s true homecoming. Peace brother. 🎄✝️❤️
Our loss is heaven's gain! May your father find peace and overwhelming comfort as he changes his permanent residence from earth to heaven's glory! May you and yours find peace and abundant grace today and always. For unto us a Child is born!
Jeff, Merry Christmas to you and your family! Your posts have been my real news source and source of hope (apart from Christ) since I found you on Substack. Thank you for your deep (and snarky!) insights, clear proclamation of faith in Christ, and your commitment to America! When Rush Limbaugh passed, I never thought someone could fill the void. But you have and I am SO very grateful! 🎄🎄
Thank you for remembering El Rushbo - thoughts of him are always close during this season, which he loved, especially when I hear Mannheim Steamrolled music. Fellow Dittoheads, if you haven’t already, (maybe tonight after the chaos subsides) put on Steamroller’s version of Silent Night and enjoy the memories. We’ll see him again when we see Jesus face to face..
I wish I had been able to reach him and tell him how to save himself with real cancer protocols. I tried to reach Rick Steves when he revealed he had prostate cancer last week, but he has already taken most of his treatments, is obviously jabbed., and all letters to him are collated by others and sent en masse. She did say he reads them all , though.
I will donate in honor of my big sister killed by the covid shots and not found for ONE MONTH after quietly dying alone in her home...I will never forget
So very very sorry. Those who succumbed to the propaganda have no clue for the most part that the dying has not stopped, not even slowed down. My wife will go to her family Christmas dinner surrounded by all but one who still drink the Kool Aid, and think we are the crazy ones. May well be the last time she sees her remaining brother in law, because he and her sister are in a Fortran "do loop" doing the same things with the same doctors over and over again to diagnose his serious problems, with obviously the same (non existent) cures.
I'm so sorry. I have never heard so many instances of people passing alone, only to be found days, weeks later after a well-check was called for. It started in the summer of 2021 with a high school friend who was found by her mother on the bathroom floor, to a college friend, post-Floyd retired cop, found in his chair to my neighbor's 42 year old brother found in his bed. I pray for all those who died alone and still cannot fathom how many still do not see the harm that has been unleased upon us.
A lovely surprise to see C&C on my phone today. Jeff, you continue to amaze me with your energy, creativity, and faithfulness to your calling (to be light in a dark world). Merry Christmas to all in the C&C family. My donation to React19 is currently glitching but I’ll keep trying. My heart breaks for those harmed by this travesty.
Thank you Jeff for being light and salt and for helping stir those of us believers in Jesus and who so appreciate your insight and integrity that stirs us all up to love and good deeds, to be not afraid to sow His Message and to trust Him always ❤️🙏
There was a great quote I kept on my first bulletin board in college: "The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel". I believe the basic definition of comedy is that it all comes right in the end, as opposed to a tragedy, where everyone just dies. I am thankful for the comedy that you bring, Jeff. Not just a laugh, although yours are epic, but for the long-game--good WILL triumph over evil in the end. You made people smile and keep hoping through dark times. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to the best Substack author & incredible subscriber’s/ community You have been an enormous blessing to me & my twin sister..Laura Kasner. We are better humans because of all of you & Jeff most especially for being the originator of Coffee & Covid.
Jesus is the reason for the season 🎁
Amen dear sissy!
Merry Christmas everyone.
You said it so well…for all of us! Thanks and a wonderful Merry Christmas to you and yours, Leslie!
⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️. Merry Christmas Leslie and Laura 🥰🥰
Merry Christmas to all! Be thankful for all we have. Jeff has been a tremendous support and light in this battle. And, Leslie, you really captured it. Thank you.
Amen! Merry Christmas! I look forward to this Substack more than any other email.
SAME!!
Like!
me, too
Amen to that!! Love Jeff’s C&C and the community here so much!!! Merry Christmas everyone!! ✝️✝️✝️
Could not have said it better!
Merry Christmas to all of you.
Heartfelt thanks for Jeff, all the commenters
Amen to that!
Yes! Merry Christmas all.
Well said!
Well said Leslie! Bless you and all the
C & C folks.
Blessings to you Leslie! And to Laura and all the citizen's work she's done. It's people like her, Jeff, and others who are fighting back that "they" didn't expect when covid was unleashed upon us.
Thankful for you CHop and the support you showed to my sis by attending the speaking engagement when the so called “lifelong girlfriends” choose not to. In these past 4 years it has revealed to us who really has our back & who doesn’t.
This one says it all, doesn’t it Sissy:
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Seems to me I have heard this somewhere before 😊
I could not love this quote anymore ♥️ Thanks for the reminder.
Jeff, just for the annals of history, you might want to correct the date on this post.
Merry Christmas, Jeff! I still wonder how you get so much done in the same 24 hour day that we all have. Your ability to find relevant information, read the related material and then reveal it to us in a beautifully written, yet hilarious way, is an amazing gift.
And Merry Christmas to all who have found this daily newsletter. For those who haven't yet, but can afford to, please subscribe to help the Childers family financially since way more of Jeff's day must be spent on this newsletter than his actual "JOB."
And thanks, also, Jeff for finding an organization that is helping those who are vax injured. I have a very close friend who spent 10 months in the hospital with fibrous clots in her leg. She's trying to find an attorney who will take her case but so far no one wants to correlate the shot with her condition.
God bless us all.
Well said. My sentiments precisely. C&C is my first read every morning. God bless you and your family, Jeff. And a very Merry Christmas to the C&C Army!!
Mine too, after the Bible. I look forward to it every day!
Mine too! It’s a great way to start the day!
Such a gift is Jeff's knowledge and resources!
There’s alway a first…keep searching…
On a side note I tried to find a malpractice attorney for a hip surgery….everyone turned me down, but one secretary did say that not because of my case, they were inundated with cases…’shocker’!!!
Was it a hip replacement by any chance? I had one and now have one leg about 5/8" longer than before. Attorneys tell me it has to be more than an inch for anyone to take my case because that seems to be the established standard. I have just been in PT for sacroiliitis, but I will never be even, and will always be coping with this.
One of my two knee replacements caused a similar issue ... I wear a 3/8" lift in one shoe to compensate. Longterm, leg length variances can cause lower back issues. Oh, boy ....
I have had both hips replaced and both knees. I actually asked them to do as much lengthening as they could before causing any nerve damage. I already had one leg shorter than the other and have a plethora of back issues as a result. Just in case you don't know hip and knee replacements can change leg length somewhat if the ball and socket haven't been sitting correctly. Also, most people are not perfectly symmetrical.
My surgeon offered no explanation for my leg length discrepancy. He showed me the x-ray and drew a crooked line to illustrate that they were even, which they weren't. Close enough is good enough in horse shoes, hand grenades and hip replacements!
There is a way to measure leg length accurately and drawing a line is not one of them. Leg length discrepancy is not uncommon though. Some people never have any issues and some people do. Alot of people have no idea that their back problems can be a result of them not knowing there's an issue with uneven leg length. Should be the first thing checked and then it can be helped with inserts and lifts.
Given Jeff's community invite to help in any way, will chime in fwiw...I've one 1 1/2' shorter (was after a break), found a chiropractor who kept me out of any back surgery, and by simply doing an xray of my lower back with various shoe buildups we found the best buidup dimension to use. My experience has been building up the whole sole of the shoe has been the best but if can't find a cobbler or the shoe sole does not lend itself to bonding a buildup then I do an insert.
The trouble with inserts is that often your foot will just pop out of the shoe. I like a lift that is under the heel, but not under the front third of the foot. There is a cobbler in Morristown, NJ called Rago Brothers. You can mail them the shoe and they will call you immediately with a quote. If you approve, they do the work very fast. They once built up the entire sole, but then the shoe wouldn't flex, so they had to do it over.
Thank you, will keep that reference. As you note, anything is a compromise, trying to find the best one. I'm an oldster, limp, walk with a cane but am so lucky not to have had back issues for decades now.
That is fortunate. I am happy for you.
Just lifting the heel is going to shorten/tighten the calf muscles. It could also lead to higher impact (harder heel steike). It might be the lesser evil in your situation but there are risks.
It also pushes foot forward into the toe of the shoe which causes problems with the foot.
I looked up ‘cobbler’ couldn’t find one!!!!
Try shoe repair shop instead. Some no longer use the word “cobbler.”
I was being cheeky….but it did remind me years ago a friend took 3 brand new shoes to be shortened, ‘cobbler’ did wrong shoes…it debated her!!!!
Most of the cobblers in NY/NJ were Italian, and they are a dying breed! Most people toss worn shoes in the trash, but if you need modifcations made to your shoes, you really need one.
Mine was an inch and a half. Bastard…Doctor told me I would get used to it. So as i was leaving I said ‘Dr you want to walk in my shoes, take one off and walk that way all day’…
Bastard indeed! You would never get used to that. That is enough to sue.
Do you use a shoe with added height to compensate for the shorter leg?
Yes Fran, I have a lift added to the shoe on my shorter leg. Without it I walk like a pirate with a peg leg that is too short.
He mentioned that he uses a 3/8” lift in one shoe.
Oh dear.
Thanks for summarizing so well what we all are feeling
Cheryl, I think you so articulately described how all of us in the C&C family feel about Jeff. Thank you for your comment to say what we all think! And Merry Christmas to you, as well!
Yes, well put. Jeff is my news source and I know more than most of my friends. Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄
Unfortunately they will never get help because of the EUA blanket immunity given to Pharma and the government.
They will if FRAUD can be brought to light and proven hopefully.
Dr. David Martin is working on this.
💯
Has she tried Aaron Siri's law office? If they can't take the case, perhaps they could give some recommendations to other law offices.
Great idea!
Thank you Jeff for writing this daily newsletter! Great work, God Bless You and your family
I second your comment especially that first paragraph!! 🎯🎯🎯
Cheryl - my Substack might help them correlate her condition:
https://laurakasner.substack.com/p/the-clots-are-still-being-found-a
Just donated to React19 in memory of my good friend who died after receiving his covid booster.
I miss him terribly.
Donating in the memory of two friends, Bruce and Helge (both died alone in hospitals after being given remdesvir and being put on ventilators). Merry Christmas to this wonderful C&C family. Thank you Jeff for bringing us together.
For some reason, I couldn't change the donation amount to end in a "2", but hopefully there will be a big enough uptick in donations today that it will be obvious the C&C Army is at work🙂
I went to “other” and outside of the first number, I put in all 2’s.
I’ve never understood whether when I add in the amount to cover costs, whether the “2” of the donation gets lost. When including the added amount to cover expenses, my donation didn’t end in 2. 🤔
I finally took the amount to cover costs and added it to the donation until the first number was 2 and also the last number was 2! I thought that would be pretty obvious to anyone looking at it that it was from the C&C army. :)
That's exactly what I do as well, Swedecelt!
I do some 'fingaling' with the donation until the donation PLUS the merchant account fees end in a "2" - it works every time, Amuzed!
I'm so sorry that you lost your friends in this awful way. I hope there is accountability.
I lost my 36 year old daughter in law the same way. Today is her birthday. Love you Hailey.
Remdesivir murders.
Same. My husband lost his best friend (who was “up to date” on all his shots) in September to lung cancer. My ex husband (divorced in 1990) died in November 2022. Also “up to date.” Massive heart attack at his law office. I know several WA social workers who died of it after it was required by the state. Donated for Tony Gorini, like a second brother to my husband. Praying that RFK, Jr can do something about the death protocol of Big Pharma. Especially since I lost high school classmates to AIDS in the 1980’s & 1990’s. My cousin lost her baby son to vax injury (“SIDS”) in 1976. It needs to stop!
Thank you, Jeff, for the best Substack of all! I look for your post everyday! Merry Christmas and FABULOUS 2025 to you, and Fellow Readers! WWG1WGA!
Merry Christmas to cheating Pennsylvania
and cheating Arizona!
And cheating California
lol
Merry Christmas!
NICE Kenneth!!!!!! You’re obviously a regular 😉
And cheating Oregon
OMW...that REALLY makes me sad about being a native of the Keystone State--but I TOTALLY feel the same way, Kenneth!
Merry Christmas. You are in my thoughts.
Thank you.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Non-Cheating Pennsylvania🎄
Merry Christmas, Doc!
How lovely Kathleen. I just lost my Dad to MAID. He had 4 shots and they gave him all the gifts that the gene therapy gives. Prior to them, he was healthy and mobile. I give thanks that he accepted Jesus, and he was reciting the Lord's Prayer with us. How hard it was for us siblings though. May the love of God transcend us all.
Merry Christmas KJ 🙌🏼❤️
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Kathleen!
Merry Christmas!
Kathleen so sad for your loss. So unbelievably wrong. May you find consolation.
Thank you. I tried to warn him, but he did not listen.
Merry Christmas Kathleen and fellow C&C readers! Donated in memory of all who were killed by the vaccine.
Kathleen - I'm so very sorry about your friend. I too, donated in memory of my dear friend's mother who died after her third shot.
Laura, it has been really tough. He called me in August and told he got the covid booster and quipped, "and no side effects."
He died at the beginning of September. I tried to warn him about the covid shots but he listened to his doctor.
Besides the incredible sadness I feel, I also feel rage about the democide.
I had a good friend over for Christmas dinner today. he took 2 shots to keep his job. He's had mini-strokes and connected the dots. I feel so bad for him.
Can you image the guilt/stress he's going through, I can't.
He's a walking time bomb of death/disability and he knows it.
I’m acknowledging your comment Kathleen. I feel the sadness and rage too.
But we can use those feelings to keep speaking out. I will until I take my last breath.
Let us trust in God and be hopeful for the future. 🙏🙏🙏
Blessings to you Kathleen 😘❤️
Thank you.
Merry Christmas, ma’am!
🙏❤️
I'm so sorry, Kathleen, for your loss. It should have never happened and I pray there is some accountability.
I was reading through the comments and so many people know of someone who was either injured or died from the shots.
A Pattern of Love
by Jack Smith
I didn’t question Timmy, age nine, or his seven year old brother Billy about the brown wrapping paper they passed back and forth between them as we visited each store.
Every year at Christmas time, our Service Club takes the children from poor families in our town on a personally conducted shopping tour. I was assigned Timmy and Billy, whose father was out of work. After giving them the allotted four dollars each, be began our trip. At different stores I made suggestions, but always their answer was a solemn shake of the head, no. Finally I asked, “Where would you suggest we look?”
“Could we go to a shoe store, sir?’ answered Timmy. “We’d like a pair of shoes for our Daddy so he can go to work.” In the shoe store the clerk asked what the boys wanted. Out came the brown paper. “We want a pair of work shoes to fit this foot,” they said.
Billy explained that is was a pattern of their Daddy’s foot. They had drawn it while he was asleep in a chair. The clerk held the paper against a measuring stick, then walked away. Soon he came with an open box. “Will these do?’ he asked. Timmy and Billy handled the shoes with great eagerness. “How much do they cost?” asked Billy.
Then Timmy saw the price on the box. “They’re $16.95,” he said in dismay. “We only have eight dollars.” I looked at the clerk and he cleared his throat. “That’s the regular price,” he said, “but they’re on sale for $3.98, today only.” Then with shoes happily in hand the boys bought gifts for their mother and two little sisters. Not once did they think of themselves.
The day after Christmas the boys’ father stopped me on the street. The new shoes were on his feet, gratitude was in his eyes. “I just thank Jesus for people who care,” he said.
“And I thank Jesus for your two sons,” I replied. “They taught me more about Christmas in one evening than I had learned in a lifetime.”
Excerpt from https://tritorch.substack.com/p/the-gathering-of-the-light
Merry Christmas everyone!
Crying, Tritorch…thanks, and a very merry Christmas to you for so many wonderful gifts.
Me too, Marsha :'
TriTorch..🙏 tears then smiles. Blessed Christmas to you
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I pray that this new year brings blessings, comfort, and peace to you and your family.
Beautiful and touching! Thank you for the share and Merry Christmas!🎄
Me too, crying! Very poignant!
Merry Christmas, TriTorch!
Dagnabbit, I can barely see through the tears or catch my breath through swollen heart. That’s my way of saying, thank you.
Merry Christmas. 🎁
Merry Christmas, T. Best Christmas story I've heard this year.
Those two boys didn't get this way out of nowhere. His parents inculcated that generosity to them. So I say, thank Jesus for those boys' father.
At my advanced age, 😉, giving a gift that is given and so appreciated is the best gift giving and getting in the world!
❤️❤️❤️
Thank you TT. Crying too much to read any more.
Am I supposed to be crying on Christmas day? Thanks for the tender stories, TT!
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Merry Christmas TriTorch!!
Merry and blessed Christmas to you and yours, Jeff. May the Lord continue to multiply you as He leads you to the work He has ordained for you and as He gives you the words of life, truth, and freedom to share. God bless you mightily!
“I, Jesus, sent My angel to bear witness to you of these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the water of life without cost.
— Revelation 22:16-17 LSB
The Lord has been repeating “Come and hear” to me from Psalm 66:16 for the past several days, and today He gave me these words. I will post it on my substack later, and it may or may not be in final form here. May it bless you.
Come and Hear
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Come and hear the voice of God
Creator, redeemer, friend
Come and hear Him make a way
For new life to begin.
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Come and hear the angels sing
The announcement from on high
Come and hear the joyful news
Redemption has drawn nigh.
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Come and hear the newborn babe
Heaven’s hope He brings
Come and hear salvation’s song
In the voice of the infant king.
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Come and hear His words of life
That fill and heal and save
Come and hear them echo from
The gloriously empty grave.
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Come and hear the Savior call
From manger and cross and throne
Come and hear Him calling out
To draw the lost ones home.
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Come and hear Him from on high
The One who reaches down
Come and hear Him speaking life
And be not lost, but found.
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Come and hear your soul’s desire
That yearning to be new
O come and hear, every heart
The good news is for you.
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Janice Powell
Christmas Day 2024
Beautiful! God is working such goodness in and through you, Janice! ✝️🙏🏼💟
Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Merry Christmas.
Thankfully the words "were not beyond you"!
Words *from* beyond maybe in this case! 🙏❤️
Definitely those that are worth reading!
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Janice, that is beautiful. I especially love the line. "Come and hear the Savior call from manger and cross and throne." He is now the reigning King over all this mess below! What peace that brings to know that!
Beautiful Janice! Thank you for sharing
Beautiful, Janice. These precious words cry out to be sung.
I can almost hear the melody. I’ll sit down at the piano after the chaos of today and see what comes. May the Lord be glorified. Thank you for your kind words.
https://youtu.be/dPZSrPAju0s
Here it is, in an inimitable plainsong-style British arrangement:
https://youtu.be/dPZSrPAju0s
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Merry Christmas, dear sir.
And to you as well!
Janice, the phrase that pierced my heart is, "[Come and hear them echo from]
THE GLORIOUSLY EMPTY GRAVE"!!!
She's right, they cry out to be sung...
Like is not enough Janice. Thank you and Joyous Christmas.
And to you as well.
Shared in its entirety on my Facebook page along with your comment Janice.
Hey, look me up over there! @WordsBeyondMe or @BlessedIsTheNation. Thanks for sharing!
That is beautiful Janice!! Thank you for sharing this with us! 🙏❤️
Thank you for allowing God to speak through you. May you be blessed with His presence always. Merry Messiahmas!!
Thank you, Janice! For a different sensing of his presence, Steve Green with "Come and See"! https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steve+green+live+come+and+see&atb=v462-1__&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D65-7QjtnJjM
May you be blessed with joy this Christmas and always, Janice! You are a blessing to our C&C community. 🎄
Thank you, Susie. Same to you and more of it. 😀💜
Amen Janice !
Merry Christmas, Janice!
Merry Christmas, Jeff! Never doubt your voice has been an instigator of this miraculous change movement. God uses lots of people to do heroic things. We are blessed he has chosen you to be a trailblazer and a voice for goodness and truth. As we celebrate the miracles of Jesus birth we don’t have to look far to see the tiny little miracles all around us demonstrating His goodness.
Perfectly stated! Merry Christmas Tami! 🎄✝️
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Spending Christmas with my dad who's hospitalized with heart failure. Peace to all this holiday season. Immanuel-God With Us.
Also spending Christmas with my hospitalized father - prayers for you and your dad. Thankful for the hospital staff who show uo to care for our loved ones (I hope you have found as lovely of folks as I have). Merry Christmas.
Praying for your precious dad, too! May he find abundant healing and grace sufficiency beyond any earthly measure! Blessing this wonderful day! He is all we need!
Merry Christmas Maggie Think of Me🎄
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Prayers for your dad and for you this morning. May you feel God's hand of care upon you as you give care to your dad.
Amen 🙏
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Praying for your precious father. May the good, good Lord answer your prayers for healing. May His love and generous grace overwhelm you and your father with tidings of great joy!
Prayers for you and your dad.
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Praying for your dad 🙏
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.
How great His love for us, even to death upon the cross. Thank you Lord 🙏
John S, my favorite messianic prophecy. “The government” where! Upon His shoulder!
Or wrapped around our necks.
Merry Christmas to All. We're waiting for my father in law to go and be with God this day. He was diagnosed with cancer in October. Well he made it to Christmas. The nurse said yesterday it would happen within 24 hours. Yes he and the mother in law took the shots and now they wished they hadn't. The last 4 weeks he has gone down the fastest I have ever seen. Pray that others in my family don't suffer the same or worse. There is worse things than dieing. These shots should never been approved.
Sending Love , Peace and Joy in this time of stress. I lost my beloved Mom to cancer of the brain a couple of weeks ago.
She had the shots and boosters ( never connecting her unusual symptoms after each injection) and definitely experienced turbo cancer.
It is definitely hard , but I found God was there with us the whole time , His presence was a source of strength.
May the strength of our Heavenly Father be with you and your family and friends at this trying time.
God Bless you and Yours. ❤️🙏
"There are worse things than dying". A good friend told me that in reference to the way her father died, clinging to life though all dignity and joy had already been stripped from him. Stories like this help keep all of us motivated to never give up the fight for justice and taking planet earth back from these ghouls. My heart breaks for you and your mother in law.
Richard, may God bless you and your family with peace and comfort on this difficult day. You are loved! May you find joy in your dad’s true homecoming. Peace brother. 🎄✝️❤️
Our loss is heaven's gain! May your father find peace and overwhelming comfort as he changes his permanent residence from earth to heaven's glory! May you and yours find peace and abundant grace today and always. For unto us a Child is born!
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“ FLCCC Cancer Care”. - please check it out - I hope it’s not too late.
I’m so sorry. Praying for God to give you peace and comfort 🙏
Jeff, this Christmas Day post is a minor miracle in itself. It is much appreciated, thank you.
Jeff, Merry Christmas to you and your family! Your posts have been my real news source and source of hope (apart from Christ) since I found you on Substack. Thank you for your deep (and snarky!) insights, clear proclamation of faith in Christ, and your commitment to America! When Rush Limbaugh passed, I never thought someone could fill the void. But you have and I am SO very grateful! 🎄🎄
Cyndy in NC
I call Jeff the Rush Limbaugh of Substack!
Astute commentary, overlooked news of the day, big news of the day, unique insight, wit, play on words, etc. What a gift he is to us!
Me too! Just wish I could enjoy C&C for 3 hours a day while working on my truck and cleaning my guns 😁
Thank you for remembering El Rushbo - thoughts of him are always close during this season, which he loved, especially when I hear Mannheim Steamrolled music. Fellow Dittoheads, if you haven’t already, (maybe tonight after the chaos subsides) put on Steamroller’s version of Silent Night and enjoy the memories. We’ll see him again when we see Jesus face to face..
Good point Cyndi! I’d forgotten Rush! Merry Christmas, sister. 🎄✝️💕
Charlie Kirk's tribute to Rush this week.. https://rumble.com/v627vc2-charlie-kirks-christmas-message-and-annual-tribute-to-the-late-great-rush-l.html
I wish I had been able to reach him and tell him how to save himself with real cancer protocols. I tried to reach Rick Steves when he revealed he had prostate cancer last week, but he has already taken most of his treatments, is obviously jabbed., and all letters to him are collated by others and sent en masse. She did say he reads them all , though.
May still help him when the poisons fail.
So beautifully said!
Viva le snark!
Jeff's is top shelf!
I will donate in honor of my big sister killed by the covid shots and not found for ONE MONTH after quietly dying alone in her home...I will never forget
So very very sorry. Those who succumbed to the propaganda have no clue for the most part that the dying has not stopped, not even slowed down. My wife will go to her family Christmas dinner surrounded by all but one who still drink the Kool Aid, and think we are the crazy ones. May well be the last time she sees her remaining brother in law, because he and her sister are in a Fortran "do loop" doing the same things with the same doctors over and over again to diagnose his serious problems, with obviously the same (non existent) cures.
Bless you Lulu. May God continue to comfort you in your loss. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄❤️✝️🙏
Lulu, may God's arms of love and His shalom peace wrap around you today.
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I'm so sorry. I have never heard so many instances of people passing alone, only to be found days, weeks later after a well-check was called for. It started in the summer of 2021 with a high school friend who was found by her mother on the bathroom floor, to a college friend, post-Floyd retired cop, found in his chair to my neighbor's 42 year old brother found in his bed. I pray for all those who died alone and still cannot fathom how many still do not see the harm that has been unleased upon us.
I’m so sorry 😞 That is heartbreaking 😢
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Very grateful for your work, your humor and your eyes always on the sunny side in spite of the dark shadows.
Blessings for the new year!
A lovely surprise to see C&C on my phone today. Jeff, you continue to amaze me with your energy, creativity, and faithfulness to your calling (to be light in a dark world). Merry Christmas to all in the C&C family. My donation to React19 is currently glitching but I’ll keep trying. My heart breaks for those harmed by this travesty.
Thank you Jeff for being light and salt and for helping stir those of us believers in Jesus and who so appreciate your insight and integrity that stirs us all up to love and good deeds, to be not afraid to sow His Message and to trust Him always ❤️🙏
Well said! Merry Christmas, William!
There was a great quote I kept on my first bulletin board in college: "The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel". I believe the basic definition of comedy is that it all comes right in the end, as opposed to a tragedy, where everyone just dies. I am thankful for the comedy that you bring, Jeff. Not just a laugh, although yours are epic, but for the long-game--good WILL triumph over evil in the end. You made people smile and keep hoping through dark times. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Well said. I'm sorry I can only give one upvote to your post. It deserves a zillion.