December - The Season of the Festival of Lights
In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is far off in the deeps of it somewhere a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen.
You walk up the steps to the front door. The empty windows at either side of it tell you nothing, or almost nothing. For a second you catch a whiff of some fragrance that reminds you of a place you've never been and a time you have no words for. You are aware of the beating of your heart.
The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens. [The Festival of Lights] is the name of that moment.
- Adapted from Whistling in the Dark: A Doubter's Dictionary by Frederick Buechner
Dates of Import in December 2016
- December 21st - Winter Solstice - Longest Night of the Year
- Hanukkah - December 24th - January 1st
- Christmas Eve - December 24th
- Christmas Day - December 25th
- New Year's Eve - December 31st
- New Year's Day - January 1st
Chicago Hyde Park Village - First Tuesday Dinner Salon
Eat, Talk, and Be Friendly! Dinner Gathering
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
4:30 p.m.
The Snail Thai Cuisine Restaurant
1649 East 55th Street, Chicago
Bottles of Bubbly Sharing provided by Mary + one other
The Corner Round Table is reserved for you and your guest!
Table Conversation Topic: What brings light to/for you in the darkness of winter...
Our Round table meal awaits - bring a friend, yourself, and appetite, smiles, good stories from your holiday celebrations to share - and meet new friends.
Happy Holidays!
There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in!
- Leonard Cohen