• Dec. 9, 2006
Christmas Cake and Advent Wreaths...
Well, as last weekend we weren't here to start advent, we just went out and got the branches. :) So this evening we will make the wreath - who cares if you start a week late? Oh well! The house smells great now! We finally made our Christmas Cake today! I can't wait to eat it! Mmmmmm... They're done! Just out of the oven. Heavenly tasty! Maybe later I'll sit down with a glass of Egg Nog, a piece of Christmas cake, and a visit with Anne of Avonlea. (Second book in the Green Gables series) Sounds perfectly Christmasy to me.
It's funny, how the smell of Christmas cake, and looking outside and seeing Christmas lights can bring back memories of Christmas eve. Sitting around the advent wreath, and reading the Christmas story from Luke in English and German, and praying together, and cuddling with my Parents on the couch, burning the candle flame into my heart. Lighting the candles on the Christmas tree, I feel a sense of glory and wonder, and pure peace. I just stare at the candles, so for the rest of the evening, I see green, flame-shaped images when I look at anything else. Then I give each of my parents a little gift, and recieving one or two myself, say pyjama pants or chocolate. Perhaps my Father will pull out his recorder and play an old Christmas song. I walk to bed with joy in my heart, the thought of giving my precious little gifts in the morning clear in my mind. It's excitement and peace combined into one emotion that a person can only call: Christmas.
Thanks for listening,
God bless,
Sheila
Comments
• Dec. 12, 2006
Advent
Posted by Maria Pauline
I love this time of year...
It would be wonderful if you would let us peek into your home and see your Christmas traditions, I do enjoy reading about them...
BTW, I'm reading a book you have to read. I'll get you the title and author sometime soon...
Happy Advent! ~Maria
