The tree is decorated, the gifts are wrapped and I have pumpkin bread baking in the oven. May your Christmas be filled with warmth, love and peace. Even if you don’t believe in Santa Claus.
My Christmas gifts were few: to one
A fan, to keep love’s flame alive,
Since even to the constant sun
Twilight and setting must arrive;
And to another—she who sent
That splendid toy, an empty purse—
I gave, though not for satire meant,
An emptier thing—a scrap of verse.
Poem by Thomas William Parsons, To a Lady With a Head of Diana
… and I’ve got a turkey baking… Merry Xmas Sera xx
Enjoy your festive season with family and friends. All the best for a wonderful Christmas and a blessed and happy New Year for 2009.
Christmas nightmare?
Happy holidays dear.
Un joyeux Noel a TU!
This is always like the real year ending for me. I hope your Christmas has been a happy one and may the New Year see all your dreams come true.
happy holidays friend!!!
I liked your comment on Bettina’s blog, I have similar sentiments…
And here – why are you so sexy abound monsters? Is Christmas that terrible and you needed to make a statement like: Beauty and the beast?
Not that you particularly care, but I give you an update anyway. We were a circle of eight last night and actually lighted real candles, and were singing real songs, handing over the guitar from person to person for accompaniment. It was fun, and there was not too much of the “present-fuzz”. As an example, I gave to my daughters lover (23 years old) a ceramic plate with a funny looking fish on it, all in blue and white, Japanese origin, $8 to buy from the store. It was OK. No stress, no meggabucks spend…
I don’t know – but whatever you celebrate in the midst of winter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice and so on – it was intended to shine a light in the middle of deepest darkness. That in itself is a noble thing to do, don’t you think?
In any case, may the stars shine bright on your path in these wintry days!