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Join us in the countdown to Christmas. Sorry no chocolate!
But we can give you a new post each day, from 25 different 'mobloggers', who will give us their perspective on the season.
Wishing you a very merry christmas and a splendid new year. May 2013 be a good year for our small community and the wider world!
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1st December - Like crying in the night
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Advent Calendar
He will come like last leaf’s fall.
One night when the November wind
has flayed the trees to the bone, and earth
wakes choking on the mould,
the soft shroud’s folding.He will come like frost.
One morning when the shrinking earth
opens to mist, to find itself
arrested in the net
of alien, sword-set beauty.He will come like dark.
One evening when the bursting red
December sun draws up the sheet
and penny-masks its eye to yield
the star-snowed fields of sky.
He will come, will come,
will come like crying in the night,
like blood, like breaking,
as the earth writhes to toss him free.
He will come like a child.
Rowan Williams
Previously I have used the first verse of Betjeman's *Advent 1955* which I love but this time I've posted *Advent Calendar* to honour the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury. Happy Advent mobloggers : - )
He will come like last leaf’s fall.
One night when the November wind
has flayed the trees to the bone, and earth
wakes choking on the mould,
the soft shroud’s folding.He will come like frost.
One morning when the shrinking earth
opens to mist, to find itself
arrested in the net
of alien, sword-set beauty.He will come like dark.
One evening when the bursting red
December sun draws up the sheet
and penny-masks its eye to yield
the star-snowed fields of sky.
He will come, will come,
will come like crying in the night,
like blood, like breaking,
as the earth writhes to toss him free.
He will come like a child.
Rowan Williams
Previously I have used the first verse of Betjeman's *Advent 1955* which I love but this time I've posted *Advent Calendar* to honour the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury. Happy Advent mobloggers : - )
Posted by Twiglet
1st Dec 2012, 06:50
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nearly time for the doors to open again...
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Our 6th advent calendar will be opening it's doors soon.
All dates are now covered thankyou.
Image courtesy Chenav
All dates are now covered thankyou.
Image courtesy Chenav
Posted by Viv
12th Nov 2012, 11:11
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Happy Holidays
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Probably the most traditionally festive thing I did this season was to watch a screening of Capra's It's A Wonderful Life hosted by a local cinephile group in a wonderful church. Everyone was given angel wings to wear during the performance.
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season, whatever you may be doing. I hope it is filled with life, love, happiness and open-heartedness.
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season, whatever you may be doing. I hope it is filled with life, love, happiness and open-heartedness.
25th Dec 2011, 12:26
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Doors of perception
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Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving
forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we are
curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-- Walt Disney
Happy holidays.
Jordan
forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we are
curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
-- Walt Disney
Happy holidays.
Jordan
Posted by Earthlad
24th Dec 2011, 00:19
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Who made all the pies?
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This year I have developed mince pie mania. I have made nearly 3 kilos of the misleadingly named dried fruit confection and several batches of pastry, all striving for the effortless buttery flakiness of my mother's efforts down the years.
As a child I took the traditional mince pies, the Christmas pudding we made in October, the turkey dinner, the ham with pease pudding on Boxing Day for granted.
Now I realise that mums - and sometimes dads - work very hard to meet our appetites at Christmas, Hannukah, Eid and every other festive feast.
So this one's for all you bakers, tradition makers, slightly stressed supermarket shoppers as you get ready for the big day.
This year, I'll be making some mince pies for my mum.
As a child I took the traditional mince pies, the Christmas pudding we made in October, the turkey dinner, the ham with pease pudding on Boxing Day for granted.
Now I realise that mums - and sometimes dads - work very hard to meet our appetites at Christmas, Hannukah, Eid and every other festive feast.
So this one's for all you bakers, tradition makers, slightly stressed supermarket shoppers as you get ready for the big day.
This year, I'll be making some mince pies for my mum.
Posted by OJ
23rd Dec 2011, 07:27
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Twinkle, twinkle...
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This year has been full of change for me. Some unavoidable, some chosen. There have been be ups and downs, a lot of stress, but plenty of joy. There's still a way to go, but i can now see the light at the end of the tunnel.
A very merry christmas to all of you, and a happy, hopeful and hilarious new year!
A very merry christmas to all of you, and a happy, hopeful and hilarious new year!
Posted by Wendle
22nd Dec 2011, 06:50
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December 21 - Santa Claus (he visits the child in all of us)
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He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly,
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
Santa Claus as portrayed in the poem 'A Visit From Saint Nicholas' composed in 1822 by Clement C. Moore.
Seasons Greetings to you and yours from me and mine. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly,
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
Santa Claus as portrayed in the poem 'A Visit From Saint Nicholas' composed in 1822 by Clement C. Moore.
Seasons Greetings to you and yours from me and mine. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.
Posted by wilvir
20th Dec 2011, 23:07
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December Babies
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I thought that by December 20th, I'd be announcing the arrival of my twin granddaughters, but they haven't put in an appearance quite yet. Still, a creche seems in order. Encased in plexiglass, this creche is outside the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal.
Happy Christmas, one and all!
Happy Christmas, one and all!
Posted by Factotum
20th Dec 2011, 00:29
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