Another Christmas has now come and gone.
All the decorations have been taken out of storage and carefully unpacked and displayed. The trees have been trimmed with favorite ornaments, both old and new. The cookies have been baked, many from old family recipes. And the delicious food has been shopped for, prepared, and eaten. The carols have been sung, the school winter concerts have been attended, and the Christmas cards have been written, mailed, and received. Bible readings for Christmas Eve service have been rehearsed and the cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer have been baked and left by the fireplace. And finally all those wonderful Christmas gifts have been shopped for, wrapped and gleefully opened by the children....both young and those young at heart. A month of planning and preparing to celebrate both the the beauty of the season and God's greatest gift to man. I hope your Christmas was filled with love, family and friends, and the joy of the season. Merry Christmas xoxo S.
Christmas Morning
The beginning of the Christmas Season
Mantle decorations
Favorites are displayed
Silvery Glitter
St. Nikolaus Day
My little elves busy trimming the tree
Fun ornaments
Window shopping
School chorus singing Christmas carols
The finished tree
Baking Christmas cookies
Designing Secret Santa Christmas presents
Winter concert .. Despite the snow and ice the show must go on!
Snowy Garden
On frozen pond
Coastal birds
Winter Solstice casting it's long shadow
Kids room decorations
Christmas parties and making gingerbread houses
Each more fun than the one before
Beautiful mantles
Santa Run ....with the Grinch
Christmas Baubles
Under the globe
Christmas Eve appetizers
Alcoylite
The Christmas Eve reading
Christmas Eve Tablescapes
Mom, hurry up ..I want to eat my sauerbraten!
Sisters
Cousins
Christmas Eve glow
We love our hats !
Leaving cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer
Children must be asleep so Santa can come and leave the presents
Christmas Morning!
Merry Christmas 2013 from the Beach Prairie!
