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Upon returning, I was reminded of the beauty in the built landscape of my home. Think about daily life here. Notice the hollyberry bushes in the Winthrop courtyard or the chokecherry tree in the Dunster one. Next time, while walking to dinner at Lowell Dining Hall, glimpse the beautiful Christmas tree in one the rooms just to the left of the dining hall door. While it is sometimes inconvenient to take pause, how much more spontaneous and rewarding are our days in light of the dapples of humanity we can witness...
...best be translated, "Whatta?") Scripture describes manna as "a fine and flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground," which falls with the dew but melts when the sun grows hot. In June in the Sinai peninsula, a plant louse that feeds on the fruit of the tamarisk tree secretes a yellow honey-like substance that congeals in the cool of the evening but melts in the day. The similarity is not lost on the locals: for at least 500 years they have peddled it to religious pilgrims, most recently under the brand name Mannite...
Perhaps it is because they are a majority. The majority gets a decisive say in what common areas look like: they want those areas to look like the festive interior of a suburban shopping mall, and so up goes the tree. Of course, this can't be the rationale. Harvard claims a commitment to diversity and pluralism. They claim a commitment to the protection of minorities. They even have an official policy regarding incidents of racial "insensitivity." It seems reasonable that a concern for insensitivity should extend into the religious realm as well. A majority inclination is surely not enough...
...matter how vigorously anyone argues that the Christmas tree has become a secular artifact, it is still a Christmas tree, and carries all the associated symbolism when it is placed in House foyers. Sofen remarks, "I find it funny that in a school so committed to diversity, this doesn't occur to anyone--at least no one in the administration...
...cynicism and mocking attitude with an underlying sense of hope and faith in the holiday. Tad is aware of the fake forms Christmas can take on; upon walking into his brother and sister-in-law's showcase of a home, he observes that "the impersonally tasteful X'mas tree Bonny had set up was an X'mas tree, not a Christmas tree...