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May your days be merry and bright…

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Some have asked how to get it to snow on their blog. You need to go to your settings and click on general. Then scroll down that page until you see the word “snow” towards the bottom of the page. In front of the word “snow” is a box. Click on that box and voilà December will snow for you, and the snow will continue on until January 4th.

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**Images found on Pinterest; collage by Natalie

Intimate affair

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O, Star of wonder, star of night
Star of royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
Lyrics from the Christmas Carol
“We Three Kings of Orient Are…”

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(image of the Adoration of the Magi by Giotto / Cappella Scrovegni / Padova. Pad ova, Italy / 1305)

“Not everyone sees the star”

Observes Christoph Blumhardt in his Advent reflection The Wisemen’s Star.

If everyone had seen the star,
would not all of ancient Palestine been turned upside down from such
an extraordinary sighting of a brilliant light illuminating the eastern sky?

Has not history shown us that the sighting, and subsequent gathering,
was not intended as a major crowd massing phenomenon…

but rather a more intimate affair…

Gathered were a host of angels, a handful of shepherds, three wisemen,
along with a sundry menagerie.

Not exactly the breaking news, front page headline sort of…

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1311. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things… ~Leo Buscaglia

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Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset,
the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall.
(even if the snow is just on our WP blogs)
It’s the little things that make happy
moments, not the grand events.
Joy comes in sips, not gulps.
~Sharon Draper

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into Springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad.
~Lyrics to My Favorite Things by Al Jarreau f
rom THE SOUND OF MUSIC

So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. ~Ecclesiastes 3:12   ✝

**Images via Pinterest; collage by Natalie, special effects done on iPiccy