A Wedding & The New Year Will Soon be Here.....

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“Chains do not hold a marriage together.
It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.
That is what makes a marriage last”
~ Simone Signoret ~

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Greetings from Cornwall and I hope you all had a good Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. I have a special reason this year for welcoming in the New Year, my son Christopher and his fiancée Jane will be getting married on New Year’s Eve. They chose this day to symbolize a new beginning for them both. What better time to start a new life together, the first day of a new year. I wish them all the happiness for the future....

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So the next few days will be occupied with preparations, family and friends. Then I will have the task of taking down all my Christmas decorations and cards. I always like to recycle the cards that people send me, some of which I will use for tags or crafts. Then there are the few that I keep because they are too good to cut up, yes I have an album just for these.....

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An image of trees heavy with snow comes to mind when I look at this beautiful picture.

I can see faint footprints in the snow where the birds have walked

before being held by the angel....

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The Fairy Market
~ Helen Jacobs 1888-1970 ~

The children came upon this magical place by chance as only children can. The friends who sent me this know me so well....

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A Christmas scene imagined by us all....
A cottage covered in snow, its inhabitants already asleep on Christmas Eve. A snowman smiling as he watches Santa go on his way..

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Happy New Year.....Until 2009....lol...

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Contentment is happy memoriesof things past,

enjoyment of things present,

and hope of good to come

~ Harold E. Kohn ~

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Merry Christmas

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'Silent night, holy night

All is calm, all is bright

'Round yon virgin mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace'

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Hello to you all on Christmas Eve. After a busy day yesterday doing the last little bits associated with this time of year, I now have time to wish you all a Merry Christmas. As I write this post in the early hours I am listening to Silent Night, a carol that sends out the true meaning of Christmas regardless in what language it is sung. I always feel a common link with mankind when I hear it, all conflicts and disharmony dissolve for a moment in time. And it is in that spirit that I wish Peace and Goodwill to all mankind....

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It will be towards the Christmas Star than many a child will look tonight in anticipation of seeing Father Christmas. But before he comes however the children will be busily preparing for his visit. Stockings will be hung, milk and cookies left and before going up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire a quiet moment around the tree....

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Off to bed is soon called for because as all good children know, if you are not asleep then Father Christmas will not come!!! Excited giggles and whispering accompany the girls and boys to bed with images in their heads of Santa’s sleigh riding over the rooftops. Will Rudolf be leading the other reindeers this Christmas Eve? What special gifts will Santa’s sack hold, waiting to be delivered to them while asleep in their bed......

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I remember many a Christmas Eve such as this, both as a child and a mother. Now I can experience it again through my step-granddaughter although she is only 1. My son will read Korenza The Night Before Christmas tonight as I did for him. So for children everywhere I hope you have a magical Christmas......

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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all....lol...

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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads’

~ Clement Clarke Moore ~

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