Little Kitteh, above, trips the light fantastic in our Christmas card, now in production. The message inside: "Let your heart be light." Next year all our troubles will be out of sight?
In celebration of our blog's eighth anniversary tomorrow, December 12, we proudly republish our very first post ever, "The tidings that dare not speak their name." It features our Christmas Card of that year, an image of the homestead festooned with the lights fantastic, and a fearless, politically incorrect challenge to those who would wilfully misrepresent the Establishment Clause of our Constitution's First Amendment. An early stirring of the Tea Party spirit that would rise up to disintermediate the powers that be via the internet?
"Chelsea-by-the-Sea at Christmastime"
December 12, 2003. We wish you a Merry Christmas!
As we wrote last year, that was it, a blogpost of exactly 68 characters that could hold its own today in the fast-moving, 140-or-fewer-characters world of the Twittersphere. We were delighted to note that Glenn Reynolds has more or less declared victory in the war this Army of Davids was waging back then:
I GUESS THE "WAR AGAINST CHRISTMAS" HAS BEEN LOST, THEN: Obama lights the National Christmas Tree, says ‘Merry Christmas’ three times.
Not that there aren't still some air-headed holdouts.
Update: Bill Quick, The Daily Pundit — the fellow who named the blogosphere — sends "Best Wishes To An OG Blogger:
Happy Anniversary, Sissy!
Update II: Fun and funny Chris Muir of Day by Day in the comments:
Wow. That is quite a feat! Very admirable and enviable. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing what you do with the next eight years!
Posted by: Prudence | December 11, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Thanks. It's been quite a ride. :)
Posted by: Sissy Willis | December 11, 2011 at 10:06 PM
Happy Blogoversary!!! WooHoo. You're growing up so fast. ;-)
Posted by: Teresa | December 11, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Happy Blogiversary, Sissy!! :D
Posted by: pam | December 12, 2011 at 06:35 AM
Let us hope the light of freedom will continue to shine as bright on our country as it does in you Christmas posts.
Posted by: goomp | December 12, 2011 at 07:38 AM
Happy blog-day!
Posted by: White-pebble | December 12, 2011 at 08:35 PM
Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dearest Sissy, Happy Birthday to You
Posted by: C Ward | December 15, 2011 at 09:22 PM
Happy Bloggy-Versary, Sissy! May you continue to find beauty in unexpected places.
Posted by: Elisson | December 16, 2011 at 09:32 AM
We need wonderful writer young'uns like you! ;)
Posted by: Chris Muir | December 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Here's three cheers for Sissy Willis and her great blog. May you be blessed with even more success.
Posted by: KingShamus | December 18, 2011 at 06:39 PM
You don't last eight years in this realm unless you're offering something special. Here's to eight more, and as many more after that as you can stand. :)
Posted by: CGHill | December 18, 2011 at 09:21 PM