Christmas Happened One Summer
b'Let me tell you a story about how for me, Christmas and Summer belong together. The story involves one of my favorite little kids. Our little Cecelia. Cecelia loves airplanes. I took her for a flight in my little four seat Piper while she was here one Summer, and I explained about the ailerons, and the rudder, and the flaps...and she understood. She\'s smart. She not only understood, but evidently she gave a lecture on the subject to her day care class...complete with an "oh wow" from her assembled colleagues. \\n\\tOur daughter Kris says Cecelia is quite convinced she can fly the airliner next time they come to visit. There IS something genuinely magical about climbing into an airplane, and lifting off into the sky. A pilot-poet once said it was like... "Reaching out to touch the face of God." That pilot was a nineteen year old kid...no he was a nineteen year old hero...because he gave his life when his Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter plane was shot down in the Battle of Britan. This podcast is about the connection between our little Cecelia, Summertime, and Christmas. Give a listen please.'