Tag Archives: Christmas

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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The almighty love of God in Christ’s condescension

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts The God of power, as he did ride In his majestick robes of glorie Resolv’d to light; and so one day He did descend, undressing all the way. – George Herbert Intellectual historians know that … Continue reading →

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Epiphany: Family Activities

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts An earlier post reflected upon the story of the magi in the second chapter of Matthew. The arrival of the magi to worship the Christ child is usually celebrated on Epiphany, January 6. This celebration … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve – 2010, 1940’s, and ca. 4 BC

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts New Year’s Eve is the 7th day of Christmas; the two holidays go together. Only in the mystery of Christmas, the Incarnation, the babe in Bethlehem, lies the answer to all our hopes and fears … Continue reading →

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Merry 12 Days of Christmas!

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts What a joy that there are 12 days of Christmas instead of just one! There will be time for Rachel and Stephen and Jennifer to join us later this week for a family celebration on … Continue reading →

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Christmas reflections: O Come All Ye Faithful

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts O Come Ye Faithful Truck with three wise sledders, Christmas Eve, 2010 Like the magi traveling from afar, we faithfully arrived in Kirksville the evening of the 23rd, with clear roads all the way. Yet … Continue reading →

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Christmas nights: Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Kerry

Index of Christmas holiday posts Happy Winter Solstice! If you face east from your front yard, or say, from within the circle of Stonehenge, then on different dates through the year you will see the Sun rise at points running … Continue reading →

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