Category Archives: Holidays

Countdown to Christmas – Lights, Music, and Poetry

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Stella

This is the place to share your 2024 Christmas cheer! Here is my first entry: An oldie, but a goodie. Enjoy!

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Music of the day – White Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Stella

Written by Irving Berlin, and performed beautifully in the 1954 movie of the same name.

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Music of the day – The Little Drummer Boy

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Stella

Never MY favorite Christmas carol (probably because the year I learned it, our children’s church choir seemed to always sing slightly flat) it is nevertheless a favorite of many. This is, in my opinion, one of the best versions.

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Sneak Peek of the White House Christmas Decorations for 2024

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Stella

Let’s see if they are as bad as we have heard!

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Music of the day – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Stella

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. … Continue reading →

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Ring Out, Wild Bells

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Stella

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, … Continue reading →

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Music of the day: Children, go where I send thee

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Stella

It will be our fifth Christmas without Kenny Rogers here on earth, but his music will always be with us!

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Music of the day: Do You Hear What I Hear?

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Stella

It’s time to enjoy Christmas holiday music! If you have any favorites, let me know, and I may include it in the daily music postings. At least one every day until Epiphany.

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The first Advent Sunday

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Stella

Advent is a season of awe and wonder. It is a time of waiting, not just for Jesus’ birth, but for the transformation of our lives and the world. Something is being born in us and we are waiting for … Continue reading →

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Thanks for Who We Are

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Stella

A sincerely wonderful story from my part of the woods. I’m proud of my fellow Michiganders! Gatestone Institute At a time when our enemies believe we are a nation at war with itself, angry with our neighbors, split by partisan … Continue reading →

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