Welcome to Untangle, the podcast from Meditation Studio, the five-star app, and Muse, the

brain-sensing headband that helps you meditate. I'm Patricia Carpus. We want to wish you all a very

happy holiday season. It's been an incredibly challenging year, to say the least, for all of us.

So whether you have family in your physical bubble

or you're celebrating from a distance, we're hoping there's some joy for each and every one of you

during this holiday season and beyond. Next week will be our last untangle of the year, and then

we're on to 2021 and very much looking forward to it.

Let Aureel and I know what's on your mind for 2021 and what you'd like to hear on our show at

Untangle at cheesemuse.com. As always, we'd love to hear from you. Now, here's an encore from

Ariel. Hello, everyone, and happy holidays. Now, here's an encore from Ariel.

Hello, everyone, and happy holidays.

Now, this year the holidays are a little bit different, but they can still be magical,

perhaps with even more mystery and enlightenment to uncover than in past years.

I've just come through Hanukkah lighting candles every night,

solstice where we pushed back the darkest night, and now, moving into the Christmas season,

we've now turned the corner in so many senses. Christmas may well look very different this year,

with probably less people at your table, but maybe that's not a bad thing.

It might help us hear the magic that is there even more clearly.

Today I'm going to share with you my favorite Christmas untangle episode.

Father John Markey, a homosexual Catholic priest, helps us invoke the magic and mystery in Christmas.

For him, silence is a big part of the holiday, the silent night.

Perhaps, as we experienced Christmas differently this year, with less rushing, less busyness, less people about,

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