REFLECTIONS ON ADVENT

With only three days remaining in November, yesterday's wildly popular Downtown Christmas Parade provided a great kick-off for the Christmas season. My boys joined 70,000 other people who lined Duckworth and Water Street to watch the procession of floats, marching bands and other participants waiting for a glimpse of Santa Claus.

Yesterday was also the first Sunday of Advent. Liam, Aidan and