Digital Nativity Story
Josh Groban: Silent Night
I can't believe that Christmas Eve is here already! I still have things to do this morning and fortunately the company I work for is closed today, except for the department I use to work in, ha, ha! Somehow I will get it all done, I always do, and many times I have wiped my brow, said, "whew! How did I do that?"
Our family tradition of gathering on Christmas Eve has evolved over the years. For the past several years we go to a small, quaint New England town to visit a nephew who built his beautiful house in the woods. His lower level of the house has a cathedral ceiling with a loft above. The railing of the loft is made of natural tree branches that he stripped and sealed. He is a hunter and fisherman, so his house displays his trophies of success, an antler chandelier, bear and deer hides, etc. What he created many years ago was to present the gifts to the guests from the loft, being delivered via a fishing pole. He put on his Santa hat and said, "ho, ho, ho!" and down came the package. All of the children would shout and squeal with delight as they tried to capture their gift, which would be jerked back up, then let back down. Adults would get in on the fun, too, but most recently we have just limited this to the children in the family. My nephew has passed the Santa torch onto the adults who were the children recipients in the past. They are thrilled to be part of the tradition!
Over the years our family has been added to and subtracted from. One key player, my nephew's Dad, who was my brother-in-law, passed away a few years ago, not everyone shows up, so the parties of late have been a little more quiet than ususal. Us ladies would gather in a circle and sing Christmas Carols (who cares if we were off key), as some people watched us. My aim for this year is to bring some noise to the party! I will pack my karaoke machine with Christmas songs and my gifts to the children will bring delight and, yes, noise!
I have a couple more Christmas Eve stories, but I will wait until tomorrow. Everyone, have a wonderful Christmas Eve, have fun preparing! Don't get stressed, it is all fun!! Enjoy my videos. I think the Digital Nativity is so totally wonderful and so totally 2010! I also love to hear Josh Groban sing, sigh....
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