"Tolkien turkey"

We have just come to the end of a full and enjoyable Christmas Day. We've talked to family in California and England; we've feasted on lamb and ham and mince pies with brandy butter (only once a year...) and finally we've just watched "The Return of the King - extended edition" (4 hours and 10 minutes worth). Tolkien's epic reminds us of the battle we are involved in and return to after the joy of the season. He also reminds us that it is in the small hobbit-sized acts of goodness and character that the battle is won and that 'greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.'