because we all like quotes.

"the implications of the name 'Immanuel' are both comforting and unsettling. comforting because he has come to share the danger as well as the drudgery of our everyday lives. he desires to weep with us & to wipe away our tears. and what seems most bizarre, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, longs to share in and to be in the source of laughter and the joy we all too rarely know." -michael card

may we all laugh a little more because of the joy of Immanuel...tis' the season!