Blue Christmas (not the song)

[Dan Goncharoff]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:

> Blue Christmas


There are 20th century references to a Blue Christmas service out of Canada:

Get Me to the Church Online - Page 152
books.google.com/books?id=nuCfAAAAMAAJ
Cheryl Perry - 1998
This page is also available in French. A Connections page links to sites on
faith and spirituality. The page also has an All Things Liturgical section
that includes an outline for a Blue Christmas service and a recipe book for
feast days.

The Acts and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the ... - Page 435
books.google.com/books?id=Z5rtAAAAMAAJ
Presbyterian Church in Canada. General Assembly - 1998
Members were involved in the Thompson community Christmas Dinner, the Blue
Christmas service (for those grieving and in pain at Christmas) and an
outreach musical concert in June. The congregation's growing edge is the
young  ...

DanG

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