Merry Christmas!

"A merry Christmas to everybody!

A happy New Year to all the world!"

- Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol)

Christmas's Together and Apart

I just received this Christmas card from my daughter Aria. The picture was taken in Italy this year. Fortunately for us, she and Daniele are back in the states studying at the University of Wisconsin and we will be able to spend the holidays together with them and with my husband's family in Ohio. Three generations of family together for Christmas will be such a happy time. Aria and Daniele, Verona Italy 2011

My other daughter Athena lives in Australia with her boyfriend Mat. It's summer on that side of the world and they will spend Xmas morning with family friends having a bbq and surfing.

We send Athena and Mat our warmest wishes for a very Merry Christmas and will miss their presence with us very much. Sending them big hugs and many wishes for a wonderful Christmas!

Soon we will be heading to Ohio. Wondering if we'll have a white Christmas this year...

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,

Just like the ones I used to know,

Where the tree tops glisten

And children listen

To hear sleigh bells in the snow."-- Irving Berlin

A Merry Christmas Recipe

Blend equal parts of Faith and Hope
mixed well with Charity;

Stir in Good Will and Sweet Content

and Precious Memory.

Add Kindness, Helpfulness and Joy;

of Gratitude don't spare;

Then drop by drop Love's Essence sweet,

and Praises freely share.

And don't forget such spices rare

as Laughter, Smiles and Fun,

Taste often for the best results,

('Tis sweet to mince upon).

Now add a Thankful Heart and then,

the recipe's complete,

Your "Merry Christmas" all will like … so try the season's treat.

-Esther Lloyd Dauber ("Special Treat")

Wrap Yourselves in Christmas Cheer

"Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us,
that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance.
It may weave a spell of nostalgia.
Christmas may be a day of feasting,
or of prayer,
but always it will be a day of remembrance--
a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."- Augusta E. Rundell

The Magic of Christmas Time

"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories
and love of kindred,
and we are better throughout the year for having,
in spirit,
become a child again at Christmas-time. "
~Laura Ingalls Wilder

Christmas Is Coming!

"Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts.

No matter how we may dread the rush,

the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given-

when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children,

the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes."- Joan Winmill Brown

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hristmas Party at Sonya and Tom's home. We all had a great time!