Category Archives: Holidays

Happy Valentine’s!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Kerry

One of our favorite Valentine’s Day traditions, ever since 1993, is to read this beautifully illustrated story of Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda. The origins of Valentine’s Day are murky, and there are many persons named Valentinus we might choose … Continue reading →

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Grateful

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Kerry

Thanksgiving Song At our Christmas feast, December 25, 2013, we were gathered with family from near and far in my parents’ home in northeast Missouri. Candace, Rachel, Hannah and Susanna worked up this arrangement of the “Thanksgiving Song,” by Mary … Continue reading →

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Winter Holidays display

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Kerry

Originally posted at ouhos.org, the now-discontinued blog of the OU History of Science Collections. Neither this post nor any of its content should be taken as an official communication of the University of Oklahoma. A new display, Winter Holidays, opens … Continue reading →

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Christmas Bible Studies

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Read the opening chapters of Matthew, Luke and John in various familiar and unfamiliar translations. Listen to them in audio or dramatic readings. Explore your Bible dictionaries, Bible maps, and Study … Continue reading →

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Christmas Fiction

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Favorite holiday fiction for leisure reading Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol George MacDonald, Adela Cathcart George MacDonald, “The Christmas Party,” from Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. John Grisham, Skipping Christmas Dorothy … Continue reading →

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Christmas Poetry

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Read aloud: Favorite poems “Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span, Summer in winter, day in night, Heaven in earth, and God in man! Great little One, … Continue reading →

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Christmas Read-alouds, Anthologies, Essays, Reflections on the mystery

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home “Our culture is celebrating a giddy, overhyped pseudo-Christmas while we are attempting the more serious task of observing a holy Advent, but the reason the cultural messages are so powerful is … Continue reading →

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Favorite Christmas Recordings

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Ones I feel like I can’t miss (in alphabetical order): Steve Bell, The Feast of Seasons (lyrics) Steve Bell, Keening for the Dawn (includes poetry by Malcolm Guite) (background) Mary Chapin … Continue reading →

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Favorite Christmas songbooks

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Sing: Favorite Christmas songbooks and books about carols And the Angels Sing The Christmas Revels Songbook Readers Digest Merry Christmas Songbook The late Bill Studwell is one of the most helpful … Continue reading →

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Family Christmas Activities at Home

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Ann Hibbard, Family Celebrations. This book, now out of print, is well worth any effort required to obtain a used copy. Hibbard provides patterns to make a felt Advent “road to … Continue reading →

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Favorite Family Christmas Storybooks

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Read aloud: Favorite storybooks Listed in no particular order. J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters from Father Christmas. We read aloud from this throughout the season. We have several copies so that everyone can … Continue reading →

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Favorite family Christmas movies

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas posts | Christmas Nights at Home Links are to the Internet Movie Database: Miracle on 34th St. (1947); see comments in a previous post. Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); Michael Caine. This wonderful adaptation is not too scary … Continue reading →

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