DECEMBER 2020
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Celebrating Our Faith<br />
In this time of Christmas,<br />
let us rejoice in<br />
our loved ones near and<br />
far, and remember the ones<br />
celebrating with us from<br />
above. This past year has<br />
brought many challenges<br />
that have tested our faith,<br />
our determination and our<br />
will. Regardless of the challenges,<br />
our community continues<br />
to connect, to love<br />
and to remain close with<br />
those most special to us. This is what<br />
makes us Chaldean.<br />
This month’s theme, “A Chaldean<br />
Christmas,” is about how we,<br />
as a community, celebrate. Our traditional<br />
Christmas celebrations are<br />
filled with endless people busting<br />
through the doors, with much drinking,<br />
eating, yelling, eating, kissing,<br />
hugging and more eating. We love<br />
each other, and we’re not afraid to<br />
show it. But this year, it’s different.<br />
PAUL JONNA<br />
ACTING EDITOR<br />
IN CHIEF<br />
We are forced to love in a<br />
different way to ensure the<br />
protection of our loved ones<br />
and the loved ones they encounter.<br />
For me, it always comes<br />
back to family and faith.<br />
Even though we may be<br />
“Zoomed out,” thank God<br />
we have the technology<br />
that allows us to connect<br />
so easily! Can you imagine<br />
how isolated the people<br />
that suffered through previous pandemics<br />
felt?<br />
We also have our immediate families<br />
to spend time with, which in our<br />
way-too-busy lives should be put in<br />
the “blessings” column. Even as my<br />
daughter’s head pops into the bottom<br />
of each video conference while<br />
working from home (mainly to tell<br />
me to be quiet so she can listen to<br />
her show), getting to spend time with<br />
the three of them as they sit through<br />
my “boring” meetings has been the<br />
best part of this year. And even if you<br />
are not physically sitting next to your<br />
loved ones, it is the emotional connection<br />
and protective measures that<br />
we take to put them first that is the<br />
greatest gift we could give.<br />
I wish you all the peace and happiness<br />
this Christmas with your family<br />
welcoming the birth of our Lord.<br />
Stay safe and warm with the knowledge<br />
that this is merely a moment<br />
in time that will pass, but family is<br />
forever.<br />
And I wish you a joyous and<br />
prosperous new year, full of love and<br />
hope for the future.<br />
Merry Christmas & Happy New<br />
Year.<br />
With Gratitude,<br />
Paul Jonna<br />
Acting Editor in Chief<br />
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