Wasn't St. Christopher de-sainted for being not real?
It wasn't that Some Dude Named Christopher didn't exist; it's that the Big Important Saintly Story That Got Him Saintified (you know, turned stones into jam, healed a million orphan puppies in one day) didn't really happen. IIRC, what was alleged to have happened (but then later was decided by, I don't know, the CSI Vatican division) was that Chris carried the Christ child across a river or something.
Get it? Safe travel?
Sometimes the patron saint thing overreaches, IMO.
The patron saint of souls in purgatory is "Anima Sola, Our Lady Mt. Carmel"
Mmm... caramel....
healed a million orphan puppies in one day
As dramatized in the Disney hit
1,000,001 Dalmatians....
followed by Law & Order: The Papicy
St Anthony St Anthony please come 'round, something's been lost that cannot be found?
Tony, Tony, turn around; something's lost and can't be found.
That's how I learned it when I interned in college for St. Anthony Messenger. St. Tony was our main man. Him and and St. Frank.
PSG Blue (Red, Orange and Yellow)
Dude, I can *totally* write. I just can't sell anything.
Though it's really hard to force myself to write when I don't have a deadline. Or a paycheck.
I've carried around St. Christopher medals. I figure he's not a real saint and I'm not a real Catholic so it all works out.
Worst Christmas evah?
Iowa man spends Christmas Eve stuck upside-down in opening of septic tank
DES MOINES, Iowa - It was a stinky holiday for Robert Schoff.
The 77-year-old man spent part of Christmas Eve stuck upside down in the opening of his septic tank, with his head inside and his feet kicking in the air above.
"It wasn't good, I'll tell you what," Schoff said Tuesday. "It was the worst Christmas Eve I've ever had."
Schoff reached into the tank Monday in an effort to find a clog, but he lost his balance and got wedged into the opening.
The 5-foot-5, 135-pound Schoff hollered and screamed for help, but it was an hour before his wife, Toni, walked by a window and saw his feet in the air.
