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- Advent
When I was little, December was accompanied by a sound that, to this day, is evocative of those peppermint taffy candies that have a little tree in the center. The sound is of a big jingle bell banging against a door. The reason is because of the advent calendar that my mom made for each […]
- Caroling
Here is Jude singing by the tree. And when I say singing, I mean crooning, “Ooooooohhhhh…..” just like they do on the Charlie Brown’s Christmas, near the end when all the kids gather around the terrible tree that Charlie Brown bought to sing/hum Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Can you see the similarity? Sweet Boy! […]
- Oh Christmas Tree!
In years past, we have been that crazy family who sets up their tree right after Halloween. We LOVE our tree! The light it offers is ambient, the stories that accompany the ornaments are heartening, and the sparkle the tree adds so soon after Daylight Savings gives us an uplift that can’t be found elsewhere. […]
- Christmas 2009 is Officially Over
I spent the day plucking ornaments from the tree and wrapping our family Christmas keepsakes in bubble wrap and paper, packing them away in tubs until next year. I find the task simultaneously somewhat sad and relieving. Sad because the extra light, sparkle and twinkle that Christmas brings with its glitz and lights is gone […]
- So This is Christmas
Here is the tree on Christmas Eve, before Santa arrived. The top is decorated almost completely, in fact a little too much for my taste, but the bottom has been plucked nearly bare as Jude takes one ornament off, and hangs it elsewhere or the it is re-hung higher by a taller person who would […]
