Everybody likes a candy cane Christmas season is here, with the big day but a little over a week away. Whether or not you and yours celebrate Christmas, we want to wish all of our online blogging family a very Happy Holiday season . We all look forward to a safe, healthy and prosperous  2022. …

exchanging gifts from family and friends this time is the best season to make amends greetings of merry Christmas can do the trick… Merry Christmas !

December is speeding towards Christmas. Christmas is sprinting towards New Year. Then, 2021 is gone. No Rewind. No take two. It’s over. What was given or not given can’t be undone. Our first Winter in SF has lots of fond happy childhood memories at Pier 39. Christmas dilemma? Finding the right gift that is both…

This holiday season is different for my husband and I, a bit quieter around the house because we became empty nesters several months ago. And I admit that with Christmas just around the corner, the quiet is a bit thunderous. I remember past holidays when our son and daughter were little; we’d keep the magic…

The folk customs and traditions regarding the celebration of Christmas differ from region to region in France, as elsewhere, and those in Brittany were once quite distinctive. Some Lost Christmas Traditions from Brittany

I am very pleased to announce that my poem, Christmas is a State of Mind, has been included in the Old Mountain Press Holiday Cheer Anthology. I want to thank Editor, Tom Davis, for including my poem in this anthology. You can read the poem below. When I think of Christmas I am carried to…

Season’s greetings to all my “Wordpress Friends and Followers” Featured Image: Geelong Floating Xmas Tree-2 | Russell Charters | Flickr Today on Weekly Prompts the Wednesday challenge is: CHRISTMAS DINNER. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here. .. and my poem ‘Christmas Lights’ is in response to their prompt … Christmas Lights A…

Our tree is decorated and we are gearing up for Christmas, so I want to share a wonderful story by a writer friend of mine. Whatever your beliefs are, it’s a story that never grows old. I love her realistic take on this age-old story. Christmas Story by Sue Champion Mary stepped into the night…

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens was first published on 19 December 1843. The first run of 6,000 copies sold out by Christmas Eve. Chapman and Hall issued second and third editions before the new year, and by the end of 1844 eleven more editions had been released. It is a morality tale of an…

Merry Christmas everyone! This is such a beautiful time of year. At least for a little while we can freely talk of peace and love and being kind to one another. Isn’t that amazing?? And I don’t think of this holiday as just one day. It’s a season. Ever heard of the “Twelve Days of…

മംഗളവാർത്താക്കാലം -ഞായർ 4 മത്താ 1, 18-25 സന്ദേശം കോവിഡിന്റെ പുതിയ വകഭേദമായ ഓമിക്രോണിന്റെ വരവ് അല്പം ആകുലപ്പെടുത്തുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിലും, ക്രിസ്തുമസ് ആഘോഷിക്കാനുള്ള ഒരുക്കത്തിലാണ് നാമെല്ലാവരും.  നിങ്ങൾക്കറിയാവുന്നതുപോലെ ക്രൈസ്തവരായ നമ്മുടെ ആഘോഷങ്ങൾക്കെല്ലാം ഒരു ആധ്യാത്മിക touch ഉണ്ട്.  അതുകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ, അതിനുള്ള നമ്മുടെ ഒരുക്കങ്ങൾ ഒരു ധ്യാനം പോലെയാണ്. മംഗളവാർത്താ കാലത്തിലെ കഴിഞ്ഞ മൂന്ന് ഞായറാഴ്ചകളെ ഒന്ന് ഓർത്തെടുക്കുന്നത് നല്ലതായിരിക്കും.  സുവിശേഷങ്ങളിലെ വ്യക്തികളിലൂടെ, സംഭവങ്ങളിലൂടെ ക്രിസ്തുമസിന് തിരുസ്സഭ നമ്മെ ഒരുക്കുകയാണ്. മംഗളവാർത്താക്കാലത്തിന്റെ ഒന്നാം ഞായറാഴ്ച്ച ജീവിതത്തിലെ, സംഭവങ്ങളിലൂടെ, പ്രാർത്ഥനയിലൂടെ, വ്യക്തികളിലൂടെ…