Monthly Archives: December 2005

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin     May peace fill all the empty spaces around youAnd in you, may contentment answer … Continue reading →

    Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words.       The … Continue reading →

   The Christmas Thing Jane Merchant My grandmother satOn Christmas morningMending overalls.A tall tree glittered,A hen was roasting,And the room was merryWith dolls and balls,So why was she mendingOveralls?The air is magicOn Christmas morningAnd it isn’t a timeFor doing chores.We … Continue reading →

  A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;It makes no noise at all,But softly gives itself away.

            O Holy Night   Placide Clappeau, Lyrics Adolphe C. Adam, Music   O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth.Long lay the world in sin and error … Continue reading →

(A lot is happening here. I will visit you soon.)      Heap on the wood!-the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.– Sir Walter Scott                   

  I’d like a stocking made for a giant,And a meeting house full of toys,Then I’d go out in a happy huntFor the poor little girls and boys;Up the street and down the street,And across and over the town,I’d search … Continue reading →

      Words and Music by John Rox (1950)   I want a hippopotamus for ChristmasOnly a hippopotamus will doDon’t want a doll, no dinky Tinker ToyI want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy   I want a … Continue reading →

  The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)   Mel Torme & Bob Wells, 1944   Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose,Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, And folks dressed up … Continue reading →