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hen he was 3, our grandson Pete created his own mash-up of a favorite Christmas carol. While singing in the car his sweet, clear voice proclaimed: “Hark!


The herald angels sing, glory to the North Pole King!” Sue “Gigi” Setzer Charlotte, N.C.


What does B.C. mean? I was helping my niece Amy, 8, with her homework when she came to B.C. in the story she was reading. I asked if she knew what those letters meant. “Yes,” she quickly replied, “before computers.” Carolyn Bolz Riverside, Calif.


Volunteer labor? Eyebrows were raised in my former parish when we discussed our upcoming kitchen remodeling project at a council meet- ing. Barb, a council member who enjoys woodworking, said, “I’d be happy to strip down and refinish the cabinet doors.” Christoph Schmidt Minot, N.D.


Good catch Unlike so many who haven’t caught this in time, we did— before the final printing of the newsletter: “All Saints Sunday. As is tradition, we will call out the names of those who have died during the service.” James McKinley Lakewood, N.J.


Crossword


By Richard Bansemer


Once in Royal David’s City


ACROSS 1. “45D was that mother 46D, __ Christ, her little 38D”


6. “... where a mother laid her 20A in a 31A for his __” 9. Org. that helps little firms


12. A citizen of Iran 13. Beatitude verb: “Blessed __” 14. Shocking fish 15. Baptism bowl 16. Bag-like structure 17. Albania money 18. Vascular tissues 20. “... where a mother laid her __ in a 31A for his 6A”


21. Mai __ 23. No longer is 24. Expressed pleasure 25. “Once in Royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle __”


27. Bart __, Packer football great 29. Annoy persistently 31. “... where a mother laid her 20A in a __ for his 6A”


35. Bullwinkle, for one 37. Woodpecker delight 38. An assembly of witches 41. Central Nervous Sys. (abbr.) 43. Mortice Kern Sys. (abbr.) 44. Color shades 45. Sirs counterparts 47. “__ a beautiful day in the neighborhood”


“Hark ... the Harold angels sing!”


48. L.A. locale 49. Nothing or nothingness (Latin) 52. Lease 53. Ret. account 54. Hello, goodbye 55. Tooth caregiver (abbr.) 56. Rearranged “Ray” 57. Highly skilled


DOWN 1. Triangle sail in front of the mast


2. Victorian __ 3. Cheekier 4. A single component of a more complex whole


5. Muscle band 6. Worst possible 7. Long time periods 8. Calendar mo. of Jesus’ birth 9. Unusual Psalm word used 71 times


10. William __, U.S. naturalist 11. Adhesives and paints resin 19. Lariat 20. Farm buildings 21. A pituitary hormone for the thyroid gland


22. “I see! That’s it!” 24. Coach Parseghian 26. “I Only Have Eyes for You” from this 1934 musical


28. Change a legal document 30. The very first Christmas gift 32. Investigator on the beat 33. “__, a mouse!” 34. Road nos. 36. Capable of being represented by a point on a scale


38. “45D was that mother 46D, 1A Christ, her little __”


39. Tagged near base 40. Puts on sacramental robes 42. Yemen capital 45. “__ was that mother 46D, 1A Christ, her little 38D”


46. “45D was that mother __, 1A Christ, her little 38D”


48. Intel group (abbr.) 50. Reordered “hip” 51. Skeletal muscle


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