Less than a week until Christmas. Here’s hoping the gifts are all bought and wrapped, because it’s time to finish preparations. If you are hosting Christmas dinner this year, do you have everything ready? You haven’t ordered the turkey? The tablecloth needs ironing? You drank all the wine making another list? Hmm, okay. Just relax…. Read more »
Tag: Christmas greenery
The History of Christmas Trees
The History of Christmas Trees Look up into the midnight sky and watch for the twinkle of stars through the branches of an evergreen. This just might be the inspiration for how we came to know and celebrate the beauty of a Christmas tree. Of course the story of Martin Luther’s walk home in the… Read more »
The Christmas Gift
“What if Christmas, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” ― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! While you might still run around to stores buying last-minute Christmas gifts, Dr Seuss knew a thing or two when he wrote ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’. Christmas is a busy… Read more »
Songs of Christmas Greenery
“I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night…”¹ “Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la…”² “The Holly and the Ivy, when they are both full grown…”³ “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, thy leaves are so unchanging…”4 What do these Christmas songs all have in common? Why, the… Read more »
Christmas Greenery
Have you noticed that the holidays are filled with greenery? There is the Christmas tree of course, but traditionally mistletoe is hung about and evergreen boughs often decorate the house both inside and out. It is all very beautiful, but have you ever thought about when or why these bits of nature stepped into Christmas… Read more »
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