Tell Santa What You Want for Christmas

Okay boys and girls, it is time to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what you want for Christmas! Don't forget, he already knows if you've been naughty or nice!!!

Source: House of Vader

Mother's Christmas Tree

So this is what I am missing because I am not going to be home for Christmas this year. My Mom decorated this live tree, as she has been doing for 64 years (she is 76) bless her soul. Some of the ornaments are quite old and the beads are real glass. I have a really bad cold and don't want to inflict it on my family. But I am much better today, thanks for asking. I hope your holidays are bright and happy.

O Happy Day!

O' Happy day, O' happy day
When Jesus washed my sins away!

O' Happy day, O' happy day
When Jesus washed my sins away!

He taught me how
He taught me how to watch and pray

O' Happy day, O' happy day
When Jesus washed my sins away.

And live rejoicing everyday, live rejoicing everyday
O' Happy Day, O' Happy Day

Seasons Greetings

Photo from Aussielicious

Stay safe, warm and bright this holiday season. Cheers!

Christmas Meme & Happy Holidays!

Here's wishing all of my readers Season's Greetings and a Happy 2007. I found this Christmas meme on LargeTony and thought I'd give it a whirl.

1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Eggnog with plenty of rum or brandy to ensure a very merry Christmas.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? He just sets them under the tree, silly.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Both. Depends on my mood. This year we have colored on the house and white on the tree.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No. In actuality mistletoe is a very unimpressive saprophytic plant. If I want to plant one on somebody, I just do it.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Traditionally, the night before Christmas, but this year we needed some cheering up and did it the second week of December.

6. What is your favorite Christmas dish? Honey glazed ham. Yum.

7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? When we were little kids, we snuck downstairs to wait for Santa to bring our presents. We hid under the living room couch and tried to be very quiet. We fell asleep and when we woke up, the gifts were there! What had actually happened is that mom and dad had already put the gifts there before we came down but it was too dark to see them. But, we ended up still believing in Santa.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don’t specifically remember, but probably some kindly kids at school enlightened me.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No. In my family we rarely wait even that long. LOL

10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? When we were kids we used to leave him Viennese Crescent Cookies with walnuts in the dough.

11. Snow! Love it or hate it? Love it. It is so pretty and I can ski on it.

12. Can you ice skate? Absolutely. Skating was a passion for my father and he shared it with my family.

13. Do you remember your favorite present? A bicycle that I got when I was a kid. It was metal flake green and I named it Dunbar. Don’t ask, I was just a kid. Of course, my brother took it out for a spin and crashed and warped the front wheel on the first day I had it. Eventually I was able to stand on the seat with no hands. I rode that thing all over Long Island with my brother.

14. What's the most important thing about Christmas to you? Not Christmas itself, but the whole holiday season. I am not religious at all, but all faiths celebrate something this time of year and the primary theme is peace on earth and good will to all men. That is the most important thing of all.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Viennese Crescent Cookies

16. Favorite tradition? Trimming the tree with our favorite ornaments.

17. What tops your tree? A star.

18. Which do you prefer – giving or receiving? Receiving. Just tell me where and when and I will arrive with my husband’s truck for pick up. Oh, that’s not the right answer? GIVING, nim nuts. In our family Christmas is for the kids and only they receive gifts. There is nothing like a wide eyed child getting a gift at Christmas. Christmas is also a great time for donating to the needy.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? I just love Christmas carols, even the religious ones. To listen to: Sleigh Ride. To sing: The Christmas Song. When I’m blue: I’ll Be Home for Christmas.

20. Candy Canes? They look awfully nice on the tree, but my dogs would eat them, so no.

Ooh Child by The Five Stair Steps - Music to Soothe the Soul

When this song came out in 1970 I was 14 and in turmoil over my parents' divorce. I listened to it from my small transitor radio as I sat in my sycamore tree with no one to comfort me and tears poured from my eyes. I found comfort in this song.

For those of you who find this time of year difficult, for whatever reason, be it the shortness of the days, or that you cannot be with loved ones, or that you have lost a loved one, or that you are ill and/or in pain, or short on funds, I hope you find comfort in this song as I did long ago.

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Right now, right now

You can listen to it here.