I tell, therefore you are—a rephrasing of Rene Descartes’ I think, therefore I am.”
The bell is tolling—an allusion to John Donne’s Meditation XVII, which includes the phrase therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
Christmas crèche—a manger scene displaying the Holy Family.
Bestow—an ironic usage of a biblical synonym for give.
Particicution—execution by dismemberment.
Deuteronomy 22:23-29—the exacting Mosaic law governing punishment for rape of a virgin.
Word perfect—the trademark of a popular computer word processing program.
