Advent 24 — The Consolation of Peace and Quiet

Dec 24, 2010 Alun Life 1 Comment Advent Calendar

It’s day 24. Tra­di­tion­ally this is a double win­dow, so you get two videos.

First up is a clip for people who are not hav­ing a good Christ­mas. At the worst times, where can you find hope as an athe­ist? One answer is from the Chris­tian philo­sopher Boethius who wrote the Con­sol­a­tion of Philo­sophy. Writ­ten by a man await­ing exe­cu­tion it includes the idea that His­tory is a wheel and that life is in con­stant change. The clip below is from the film 24 Hour Party People where Boethius and his wheel make a couple of appearances.

Finally here’s the last song from Nine Les­sons and Car­ols for God­less People from last year. If I’d real­ised someone had uploaded the whole thing then I prob­ably wouldn’t have bothered with the advent cal­en­dar. But it’s a good song to fin­ish with.

Wherever you are have a great hol­i­day season.