Merry Christmas!

Please come in out of the cold and join me in Yuletide song as I show you some of my Christmas decorations...

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, With lush green boughs unchanging-

green when the summer sun is bright, and when the forest's cold and white. 

(This is my feather tree that was featured in this years Victorian Homes Christmas issue.)

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, with lush green boughs unchanging! ...

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la!

"Tis the season to be jolly. Fa la la la la, la la la la! ...

Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King.

Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And Heav'n and Nature sing, And Heav'n and Nature sing,

And Heav'n, and Heav'n and Nature sing.

(the bird is an antique little paper booklet called "The Christmas Chirp". It has a really cute story inside. The hummingbirds and nest dome was an Ebay find several years ago.)

Hark! The herald angels sing, ...

"Glory to the newborn King! Peace on Earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled."

Joyful all ye nations, rise! Join the triumph of the skies. With th'angelic host proclaim,

"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

(The above manger scene is Hallmark, 1988 and 89. The camels are bone china. The vintage angels are an auction find and are like a paper mache material and marked Germany, they are very delicate and so sweet!)

Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains;

And the mountains, in reply, Echoing their joyous strains:

Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo! 

Come to Bethlehem and see, Him whose birth the angels sing.

Come adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, our newborn King.

(the above manger tucked in the branches is a Sunday School craft that my son made when he was little)

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. 

The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay, the little Lord Jesus, asleep in the hay.

(below is a message from me, not a song)

In the midst of all the hub bub and chaos of the season 

let us not forget that this little babe was born to save the world. 

Jesus is the reason for the season.

And now for the last song of the night.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, 

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

(Antique postcard from my collection.)

Glad Tidings we bring to you and your kin.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!