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- Bill Palladino
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- "Snowballs at Midnight Mass"
- Summary: Essayist Jonathan Malesic learns something new about Christmas after attending one of the only midnight Catholic masses ever to end in a snowball fight.
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Review of Snowballs at Midnight Mass
Bill Palladino
Posted on December 14, 2004 at 12:29 PM
Shades of Bill Cosby's infamous Old Weird Harold tale of a snowball's revenge. This time the snowball appears in the knave of a Catholic church somewhere in snowy buffalo. "God says yes to the fallen world." "Even the seven feet of snow deserved an amen." The humor fades to a contemplative reflection in the shadows of this God's church. A moment in time burned into a young man's mind. The religious element is there to fill in the picture, not to make a point or proselytize. The essay is plain, dry, no sounds or music. Plenty of opportunity to drop into a show with little effort.