I never participate in the "Black Friday"
shopping madness.
I can't handle the crowds and really
just don't need anything that bad. HAH
I prefer peace over sales. hah
I have spent the last several Black Fridays
decorating our home. Hubby usually
has to work so I take advantage and
decorate !
Christmas Tree 2012 !
Our Christmas Village
I want to live here such fun!
Sweet little Nativity
Carolin' Kids
Hubby bought me these dolls on our first Christmas.
I love them. They are old looking.
It was a total surprise.
Showed me he pays attention to my taste.
Total apartment view
Stocking were hung by the fire . . .
Lights on view
Love snowmen, Santa from Polar Express,
Bunny is velveteen rabbit my Grandmother bought me years ago.
The reindeer was always under my tree as a child.
Okay Santa I'm ready ; )
I love this story.
I bought the Macy's Virginia this year !
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"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years
old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says,
'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a
Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH
STREET."
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except
they see. They think that nothing can be which is not
comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's
or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect,
an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as
measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly
as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the
world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no
VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make
tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and
sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be
extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe
in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus
coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that
neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?
Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive
or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the
world.You may tear
apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil
covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture
the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this
world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God!
he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten
times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of
childhood. |
But most important what did sweet Linus remind us:
Luke 2:2-14
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
14 “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
