St. Lucia Day (Dec.13) annually

also called

Feast of St.Lucy

patron saint of Sweden

400-yr.-old tradition for PROCESSIONs

with candlelit children, youth, adults

visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/

Swedish-traditions/christmas/lucia

All in the Family two-part Episode (shown Dec. 18 & Dec. 25, 8th year of entire run)

 Beginning on 

Dec. 18, 1977 was

Episode part one:

Edith's Crisis of Faith;

Dec. 18 (3rd Sunday that month)

was Episode part two.

First half hour :

"Edith Bunker's faith was

severely shaken when the

family friend, Beverly is

murdered, saving Mike (their

son-in-law) from lethal muggers"

Second half hour : Dec. 25

(Night of Christmas, 1977)

"Mike recovers from the injuries

he sustained in the mugging.  But

the Xmas Day gift exchange is

still strained due to Edith's

depression from their friend's death,

so the entire family rallies around her"

MeTV channel will air these episodes

back to back on Dec. 14, 2025 from

8 - 9 p.m. (check local listings).

"A VERY MERRY Me TV Schedule"

Frostbite, hypothermia

 FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY --

temps falling to single digits with wind chill

this dangerous :

Frostbite / Hypothermia

wndu.com/weather/

Today and Sunday -- Dec. 13 & 14, 2025

Biden must take humbling option to have his Presidential Papers at Univ. of Delaware -- no fundraising likely to erect separate facility / keep its lights on

 Biden has raised little of

what is needed to

build a first-class Presidential

library -- NY Times coverage

Dec. 13, 2025 article (online)

reporters/investigators

David Fahrenthold, Shane Goldmacher,

Tyler Pager, Theodore Schleifer

National Security Agency -- Repr. Bacon of Omaha, NB (Purple district) tells deputy director nomination has been sacked

 The Hill platform

"White House withdraws 

Joe Francescon

nomination as Deputy Director

of the NSA"

leaving top two positions atop 

a major part of the Security establishment

and a four-star Commander at Cyber Command

vacant for 8 months and counting . . .

thehill.com/homenews/administration/5646467-

white-house-pulls-nomination-nsa-deputy-director

Laura Loomer, a conspiracy-theorist

par excellence chortled happily . . .

Nicaea Council -- met in May and June 325 Common Era -- called by Emperor

The Emperor Constantine I called the

Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (modern-day Turkey)

from May 20 until June 19, in the year 325.

Around 300 bishops attended that Council.

See Further:

christianitytoday.com/1990/10/325-first-council-of-nicea/

the modern location is

IZNIK, southeast of Istanbul

TIME Magazine "Person of the Year" named and cover photography displayed

ARCHITECTS of

Artificial Intelligence

A.I.  (artificial intelligence)