Christmas Old and New
By Sen. John Thune
The Christmas season is here, and with it come the familiar sights, sounds, and smells of yuletide. To this day, the smell of lutefisk and lefse still brings me back to Christmas Eve at my grandmother’s house. While the Thune family has since replaced my grandmother’s Norwegian fare with clam chowder on Christmas Eve, the warm feeling of gathering with family to celebrate the birth of our Savior is still the same as it was all those years ago.
When I was growing up in Murdo, Christmas was always a special time of year. We were a caroling family in a caroling church, and we would go to our neighbors’ houses to sing and spread Christmas cheer. And on Christmas Eve, we would all pile into the car to go to Grandma’s before we continued on to the Christmas Eve service in Okaton.
This time of year, we could usually count on there being snow on the ground, and we were ever eager to sled down Jackson Avenue. Hopefully, a new and faster sled would appear under the tree, too. These days, I’m not-so-eager for snow since it means multiple rounds of snow-shoveling. I’d rather be sledding. Or doing anything else, for that matter.
Our grandchildren bring us plenty of joy on Christmas. This year, Kimberley and I welcomed our sixth grandchild to the family, and we’re looking forward to celebrating his first Christmas. For us, Christmas Eve is still the main event, with the Christmas Eve service and gathering with family. We read the Christmas story to the kids, and we gather around the tree for presents.
In the entire year, there may be nothing I cherish more than opening the Bible and having the grandkids piling on to hear the story of God’s greatest gift to humanity: His Son. “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people,” the angel tells the shepherds. This story, however familiar, never grows tired. This good news is never old news. It touches the heart, and it reminds us of what truly matters.
From my family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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God Bless America. And Merry Christmas
As, enableing lickspittle John Thune regales us with fond memories of sugar plums, Santa Claus and Christmases past, I am reminded of the words of Jesus Christ ( Matthew 25:36) to remember those imprisoned and separated from their families for being illegal humans in I.C.E. detention camps. To directly quote another foreign immigrant of questionable legal residency status, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump. “who gives a f__k about Christmas”
TDS
I was going to make a comment, but I can’t top Harry Rodent.
Awww, why so negative H.R.? Did Santa leave a turd in your sock last Christmas for being such a very, very bad little liberal?
Yes. Yes he did leave a tangerine turd in my sock called a Donald Trump action figure. Sort of like a real human, only hollow, soulless and made of plastic. This year if that fat bastard in a G.O.P. red suit breaks and enters my house I’m going to call I.C.E., have him arrested and deported back to the North Pole where he belongs. We’ll see who’s Ho Ho Hoing then.
I believe he is here on a work Visa and will leave and go back home in accordance with the law. Unlike the illegals that you and your type ove to coddle.
If you would like, I’m sure we can find a good psychiatrist to get your TDS treated. You may have to spend Christmas in a hospital but I’m sure your family would be all for that just to get a break.
Mr P wont print my reply because he’s chichen.
What is a chichen?
“We’ll see who’s Ho Ho Hoing then.”
I’m betting it will be your wife.
Is she a gardener?
Is that what it’s called now?
We hoe our land vigorously.
Do not be afraid (unless you’re not white) I bring you good news of great joy that will be for ALL
the people.
Well, not ALL the people evidently.
Trump bootlickers have traded your faith for
Bigotry.
Thune quoting the Bible.
That’s Rich.
The COVID19 Pandemic was nothing but a Scheme led by Politicians led by Congress, State Legislatures, County Commissions, and City Councils to financially scheme money from federal taxes, by entrapping, oops, enslaving Americans to a lifetime of national debt, public taxes, and worse, human trafficking. The best example is how the S.D Legislature voted on what became SDCL 34-22-18.1 which allowed the Governor’s Office to trap citizens to a contact list, giving the State Government the right to prosecute any such name on that list, taking from Americans their “property rights”. It allowed the State Govt to grab nearly $2,500,000,000 billion in federal taxes, using that money to pay contractual obligations, expenses, and to fund the welfare state, while stashing away State Taxes into slush funds, of which one of them became the so-called Prison Construction Fund worth $650,000,000 million dollars. Still do not believe me, you will want to ask Jon Hansen, as to why he switched his vote on H.B 1295 which created SDCL 34-22-18.1. Further said, it led to a “insurrection” led by established members of your U.S Senate (Thune), U.S House (Dusty Johnson), and State Legislatures, and Count Commissions to whom manipulated and stole the 2020 Election by changing the results of several ballots, let alone handing out twice as many Absentee (mail) ballots utilized to cast votes for Biden. Still do not beleive me, Where did the 20,000,000 extra ballots go during the 2024 election? Proof they did NOT exist. Folks, Executive Order #13818 is very scary to several State, County, Local Officials, let alone to many members of the S.D Legislature to whom just ramrodded the Prison Project through. Still do not believe me?
Read this, and wonder why E.O#13818 is going after State, County, Local Officials, Officers, Agents, Employees, Elected Leaders…
“South Dakota’s $650 million prison project is not just about incarceration—it’s about monetization. By expanding correctional facilities under public-private partnerships, lawmakers enable private contractors, bondholders, and affiliated service corporations to rake in massive profits from construction, supply contracts, inmate labor, and long-term housing. These deals are often backed by municipal bonds and secured through CUSIP-linked securities, which are then traded. The more bodies incarcerated, the more revenue is generated. Lawmakers who approve such projects may benefit directly or indirectly through campaign donations, contractor kickbacks, or investment returns. Meanwhile, the public is saddled with debt, and human lives become ledger entries—ensnared in a profit-driven justice system fueled by volume, not virtue.” – Aaron Prince
A Direct Violation of Article 1, Section 10:
NO STATE SHALL, pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility.
In recent years, the State Lawmakers have granted immunity to the S.D BAR ASSOCIATION made up of Judges, Attorneys, Lawyers, Employees, yet alone pay “Police Departments” to steal your property, thus trafficking your Children through C.P.S
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Say what?
If you’re gonna get all het up about the cash flow of big developments without any actual knowledge of how to make them happen, you should apply for the top leader job of the South Dakota Republican Party.
Mr P why wont you print my retort? Too close to the truth for you?
More than likely because your “retort” is stupid.