Blues
Jack Black
USA

In 1931, Auguste Piccard became the first to reach the stratosphere in a pressurized cabin. "The sky is beautiful up here," he wrote. "It is almost black, a bluish purple a deep violet shade, ten times darker than on earth, but it still is not quite dark enough to see the stars."

The setting of Jack Black's Christmas scene pays tribute to the conquest of the skies. Engulfed in the black and blue immensity of the universe, the square and sturdy home of the Holy Family sails through space, taking in tow all other figures which make up the odyssey of Christ's coming. The flying fortress is heading for a region where the skies are dark enough to see the stars. And as we watch, we somehow know that soon it will disappear from our field of vision, and enter the starlit depth of our own soul. So there is no reason for the blues! Christ conquers without destroying; he sometimes conquers without our knowing and realizing: "If I climb the heavens, you are there," says the Psalmist. He also says: "If I lie in the grave, you are there."