We are a band of carollers,
We march through frost and snow,
But care not for the weather
As on our way we go.
At every hall or cottage
That stands upon our way,
We stop to give the people
Best wishes for the day.
We pray a merry Christmas,
Made bright by Christmas cheer,
With peace, and hope, and gladness
And all they may hold dear.
And for all those that happen
To pass us on our way
We have a smile, and wish them
A merry Christmas Day.
L.A. FRANCE
[Illustration: CHRISTMAS CAROLLERS]
Friday, December 23, 2005
The Christmas Carol of the Birds
Do you know, when we are having such good times at Christmas, what sweet music they have in Norway, that cold country across the sea? One day in the year the simple peasants who live there make the birds very happy, so that they sing, of their own free-will, a glad, joyous carol on Christmas morning.
And this is why they sing on that morning more than on any other. After the birds have found shelter from the north wind on Christmas-eve, and the night is still and bright with stars, or even if the storm be ever so severe, the good people bring out sheaves of corn and wheat from their storehouses. Tying them on slender poles, they raise them from every spire, barn, gatepost, and gable; then, when the Christmas sun rises over the hills, every spire and gable bursts forth into joyous song.
You can well believe that these songs of the birds make the people of Norway very happy. They echo, with all their hearts, their living, grateful anthem, "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good-will to men!"
Mrs. G. Hall...
And this is why they sing on that morning more than on any other. After the birds have found shelter from the north wind on Christmas-eve, and the night is still and bright with stars, or even if the storm be ever so severe, the good people bring out sheaves of corn and wheat from their storehouses. Tying them on slender poles, they raise them from every spire, barn, gatepost, and gable; then, when the Christmas sun rises over the hills, every spire and gable bursts forth into joyous song.
You can well believe that these songs of the birds make the people of Norway very happy. They echo, with all their hearts, their living, grateful anthem, "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good-will to men!"
Mrs. G. Hall...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Mama's Happy Christmas...!!!
It had seemed to the little Wendell children that they would have
a very sad Christmas. Mama had been very ill, and papa had been so
anxious about mama that he could not think of anything else.
When Christmas Day came, however, mama was so much better that she
could lie on the lounge. The children all brought their stockings into
her room to open them.
"You children all seem as happy as if you had had your usual Christmas
tree," said mama, as they sat around her.
"Why, I never had such a happy Christmas before," said sweet little
Agnes. "And it's just because you are well again."
"Now I think you must all run out for the rest of the day," said the
nurse, "because your mama wants to see you all again this evening."
"I wish we could get up something expressly for mama's amusement,"
said Agnes, when they had gone into the nursery.
"How would you like to have some tableaux in here?" asked their French
governess, Miss Marcelle.
"Oh, yes," they all cried, "it would be fun, mama loves tableaux."
So all day long they were busy arranging five tableaux for the
evening. The tableaux were to be in the room which had folding-doors
opening into Mrs. Wendell's sitting-room.
[Illustration: MAMA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS]
At the proper time Miss Marcelle stepped outside the folding-doors
and made a pretty little speech. She said that some young ladies and
a young gentleman had asked permission to show some tableaux to Mrs.
Wendell if she would like to see them. Mrs. Wendell replied that she
would be charmed.
Then mademoiselle announced the tableaux; opening the doors wide for
each one. This is a list of the tableaux: First, The Sleeping Beauty;
second, Little Red Riding Hood; third, The Fairy Queen; fourth, Old
Mother Hubbard; fifth, The Lord High Admiral.
Miss Marcelle had arranged everything so nicely, and Celeste, the
French maid, helped so much with the dressing, that the pictures all
went off without a single mistake.
[Illustration: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
[Illustration: THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL]
Mama was delighted. She said she must kiss those dear young ladies,
and that delightful young man who had given her such a charming
surprise.
So all the children came in rosy and smiling.
"Why, didn't you know us?" asked the little Lord Admiral.
"I know this," said mama, "I am like Agnes; I never had such a happy
Christmas before."
Miriam T. Barnard.
a very sad Christmas. Mama had been very ill, and papa had been so
anxious about mama that he could not think of anything else.
When Christmas Day came, however, mama was so much better that she
could lie on the lounge. The children all brought their stockings into
her room to open them.
"You children all seem as happy as if you had had your usual Christmas
tree," said mama, as they sat around her.
"Why, I never had such a happy Christmas before," said sweet little
Agnes. "And it's just because you are well again."
"Now I think you must all run out for the rest of the day," said the
nurse, "because your mama wants to see you all again this evening."
"I wish we could get up something expressly for mama's amusement,"
said Agnes, when they had gone into the nursery.
"How would you like to have some tableaux in here?" asked their French
governess, Miss Marcelle.
"Oh, yes," they all cried, "it would be fun, mama loves tableaux."
So all day long they were busy arranging five tableaux for the
evening. The tableaux were to be in the room which had folding-doors
opening into Mrs. Wendell's sitting-room.
[Illustration: MAMA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS]
At the proper time Miss Marcelle stepped outside the folding-doors
and made a pretty little speech. She said that some young ladies and
a young gentleman had asked permission to show some tableaux to Mrs.
Wendell if she would like to see them. Mrs. Wendell replied that she
would be charmed.
Then mademoiselle announced the tableaux; opening the doors wide for
each one. This is a list of the tableaux: First, The Sleeping Beauty;
second, Little Red Riding Hood; third, The Fairy Queen; fourth, Old
Mother Hubbard; fifth, The Lord High Admiral.
Miss Marcelle had arranged everything so nicely, and Celeste, the
French maid, helped so much with the dressing, that the pictures all
went off without a single mistake.
[Illustration: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
[Illustration: THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL]
Mama was delighted. She said she must kiss those dear young ladies,
and that delightful young man who had given her such a charming
surprise.
So all the children came in rosy and smiling.
"Why, didn't you know us?" asked the little Lord Admiral.
"I know this," said mama, "I am like Agnes; I never had such a happy
Christmas before."
Miriam T. Barnard.
Popular Xmas Quotes, Just for You...!!!
Christmas Quotes...!!!!
It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well,
if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us,
and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless Us, Every One!".
-- Charles Dickens
Christmas and God...!!!
Let us keep Christmas beautiful
Without a thought of greed,
That it might live forevermore
To fill our every need,
That it shall not be just a day,
But last a lifetime through,
The miracle of Christmas time
That brings God close to you.
-- Garnett Ann Schultz
A Christmas Wish...!!!
I'd like a stocking made for a giant,
And a meeting house full of toys,
Then I'd go out in a happy hunt
For the poor little girls and boys;
Up the street and down the street,
And across and over the town,
I'd search and find them everyone,
Before the sun went down.
-- Eugene Field
The Spirit of Christmas...!!!
Until one feels the spirit of Christmas,
there is no Christmas. All else is outward display
so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly,
it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow.
It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men
when the Christmas spirit returns again.
-- Author Unknown
Christmas - The Joy All Year Around...!!!
Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others, Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing, The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing, Returns to you glad.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier
Christmas Gift...!!!
If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.
--- Author Unknown
Christmas Time...!!!
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
--- Mary Ellen Chase
Christmas - Brings Us Closer...!!!
From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another.
The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
-- Emily Matthews
Christmas Heart...!!!
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart,
A wide open heart that thinks of others first.
-- George Mathhew Adams
Merry Christmas...!!!
Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer,
but always it will be a day of remembrance -
a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.
-- Augusta E. Rundel
It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well,
if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us,
and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless Us, Every One!".
-- Charles Dickens
Christmas and God...!!!
Let us keep Christmas beautiful
Without a thought of greed,
That it might live forevermore
To fill our every need,
That it shall not be just a day,
But last a lifetime through,
The miracle of Christmas time
That brings God close to you.
-- Garnett Ann Schultz
A Christmas Wish...!!!
I'd like a stocking made for a giant,
And a meeting house full of toys,
Then I'd go out in a happy hunt
For the poor little girls and boys;
Up the street and down the street,
And across and over the town,
I'd search and find them everyone,
Before the sun went down.
-- Eugene Field
The Spirit of Christmas...!!!
Until one feels the spirit of Christmas,
there is no Christmas. All else is outward display
so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly,
it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow.
It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men
when the Christmas spirit returns again.
-- Author Unknown
Christmas - The Joy All Year Around...!!!
Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others, Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing, The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing, Returns to you glad.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier
Christmas Gift...!!!
If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.
--- Author Unknown
Christmas Time...!!!
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
--- Mary Ellen Chase
Christmas - Brings Us Closer...!!!
From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another.
The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
-- Emily Matthews
Christmas Heart...!!!
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart,
A wide open heart that thinks of others first.
-- George Mathhew Adams
Merry Christmas...!!!
Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer,
but always it will be a day of remembrance -
a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.
-- Augusta E. Rundel
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