December 26, 2025: The Christmas Image

Christmas walks.

Each holiday season, we sprinkle in a couple of these between the gift-giving and leftovers.

On Christmas night, we walked to the end of our neighborhood and witnessed a spectacular home light display. This year, it won best in our city.

Tonight, as we gathered in Norfolk, twenty-one of us strolled downtown by the USS Wisconsin.

She’s a monster. Launched in 1943 and built for speed and power. Among the fastest battleships ever to sail. She served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War.

But today this mighty vessel is retired and berthed just a few blocks away from Mia and Papa’s home. And the city has wrapped her in colorful lights.

That’s 887 feet of twinkle. Or two football fields placed end to end.

A warship now carries light. A titan of combat, radiating peace.

Hmmm… feels like the perfect image of Christmas.