A Child is Born and Child-Like Faith
A Child is Born and Child Like Faith One of my fondest memories, as a child, was memorizing a Christmas poem for my church’s Children’s Christmas Program. It may have been the simplest of words “Christmas is a time of joy. It started with a baby boy. He came to save us from our sins.…
Merry Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas Eve! My sweet Mama would always make her calls to each of her grown children on Christmas Eve morning, saying — “Merry Christmas Eve”. We expected that call. And I say that to all of my FB friends today — MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE! That little greeting and memory certainly does turn my heart…
It’s All About Him……NOT ME!
It’s All About Him……NOT ME! In years past, my Christmas traditions started right after Thanksgiving. I loved this time of the year so much that I decorated every bedroom with its own fully decorated, lit tree. The inside and outside of the house looked like a Christmas Store. I had several nativity sets throughout my…
Reviving the Lost Art of Caroling
Day 357 of Photo Inspirations — Reviving the Lost Art of Caroling Caroling was a familiar Christmas tradition when I was a kid. Our youth group would go to nearby neighborhoods or to nursing homes to sing the old traditional Christmas carols. I’ll never forget the looks on those precious people’s faces who seemed to…
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
I love Christmas — always have, always will — and the celebrations start the day AFTER Thanksgiving. It takes every ounce of willpower I have not to listen to Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving — but the day AFTER — let the “O Holy Night” and “Mary Did You Know?” and “Here Comes Santa Claus”…