tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post8948878660810562280..comments2023-10-12T15:02:53.034+01:00Comments on On The Far Side Of The Sea: DECEMBER SEVENTEENTHFelisol http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240191154632603841noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-4905195107406427782008-12-27T16:59:00.000+00:002008-12-27T16:59:00.000+00:00Thanks again for all the wonderful music. I have s...Thanks again for all the wonderful music. I have similar memories of Christmas rituals. My favorite part of Christmas was baking cookies with my mother... and eating them.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-17221713107314413202008-12-17T23:23:00.000+00:002008-12-17T23:23:00.000+00:00Dear Mrs. Mac,It indeed was a magic moment when my...Dear Mrs. Mac,<BR/>It indeed was a magic moment when my Mom opened the doors and the dining room and living room were both transformed to celebrate Christmas.<BR/>The waiting was an agony.<BR/><BR/>Dear Amrita,<BR/>I'm sure your Christmas was mgic as well.<BR/>WE had no ladies of the house, so my Mom worked all of December to make ready for the Christmas. She was so sweet though, always let us join in to bake cookies and take friends home for Christmas craft workshop.<BR/><BR/>All the different kinds of meat for Christmas breakfast, the dinner courses, oh, that was real hard work.<BR/><BR/>I think you who are working with children even now should be grateful about those wonderful memories you create in the children forever.<BR/>There are so many evil forces trying to drag down, exploit and ruin the sacred work of God.<BR/>Bless you how are staying put.<BR/><BR/>Dear Sioux Sue,<BR/>how spectacular; cedar as the ones in Lebanon!! Must have been a wonderful sight.<BR/>If you have had your Christmas tree since thanksgiving, I can understand that you take it down on Second Day. In Norway both First and Second Day are holidays.<BR/>All shops are closed, time for people to go around for Christmas visits.<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, the Almanac still shows the Thirteenths Day, (The Day of The Three Holy Kings or Twelfth Night as Shakespeare wrote.) as well as the Twentieth Day of Santa Knut.<BR/>If the tree is not harvested by then, that's a bad sign. We still say harvested, cause earlier one used to decorate the tree with candies and filled the small baskets with homemade goodies.<BR/>One was not allowed to taste until the tree was to be harvested.<BR/><BR/>And then, said the elder, it is back to the canvas shirt and the oatmeal flat bannock again.<BR/><BR/>I guess lots of the old habits were left on the old country.<BR/>If you'd lived after our Almanac, tradition would probably lasted longer.<BR/>Then again America is a melting pot, and if all tradition s should be upheld, there never would have been an assimilation.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dear teach Mary,<BR/>I also like the song of the Christmas tree.<BR/>Christmas is a time for old songs. Churches are filled by people wanting to listen and sing along over and over again.<BR/>The young ones learn the songs in kindergarten and schools.<BR/><BR/>Dear Robin,<BR/>as tradition kept your folk together, I also see the value of upholding traditions for the generations to come.<BR/>It's what makes us civilized and a fine counter weight to greed and destruction.<BR/>As long as we have something spiritual of higher regard, I have a hope for our children's future.<BR/>This is why Advent is giving me such high hopes for us.<BR/><BR/>From FelisolFelisol https://www.blogger.com/profile/12240191154632603841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-55133295575591829112008-12-17T21:32:00.000+00:002008-12-17T21:32:00.000+00:00What lovely holiday memories, and I so enjoy heari...What lovely holiday memories, and I so enjoy hearing how you celebrate.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409530202277375625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-71815168455654019152008-12-17T16:49:00.000+00:002008-12-17T16:49:00.000+00:00What a lovely song, Felisol! And thank you for the...What a lovely song, Felisol! And thank you for the story of Christmas in your life! And for the pix of your family! Happy Holidays to you and all your friends and family! :)maryt/theteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-35474679354199620862008-12-17T16:00:00.000+00:002008-12-17T16:00:00.000+00:00My family tradition was always to put up the tree ...My family tradition was always to put up the tree on Thanksgiving...we would cut down a cedar, and to take it down on the 26th. Being Protestant at that point I didn't know about the 12 days of Christmas. However, we still take the tree down on the 26th...and it is a fake tree already lighted.Sue Seiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079271353907261500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-90771739430140592842008-12-17T10:23:00.000+00:002008-12-17T10:23:00.000+00:00Fun reading about the tree and family afternoon. C...Fun reading about the tree and family afternoon. <BR/><BR/>Childhood Christmas memories one can never forget.<BR/>We used to decorate the living room on Christmas Eve. Andmy grandma and ladies of the house started making christmas goodies two days ahead.<BR/><BR/>and we got nice fruit cake baked too.<BR/><BR/>Serina looks so charming with the nisse.Amritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887884977787790642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174210.post-81468596639084714412008-12-17T05:49:00.000+00:002008-12-17T05:49:00.000+00:00Sweet picture of your beloved dad taking a peek at...Sweet picture of your beloved dad taking a peek at a give tag under the tree :) ... what a most special treat it must have been for you on Christmas Eve to have your parents reveal the tree that evening. The anticipation must have very great! I am so enjoying your traditions that you are sharing on your blog.<BR/><BR/>HugsMrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.com