(some of our Christmas decorations)
Merry Christmas to all blog readers and commenters (who celebrate this festive season).
(another Christmas decoration)
As has become my Christmas tradition, here is the quote from one of my favourite Christmas carols, "It came upon the midnight clear", written by Edmund Sears in 1849.
"Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the
angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand
years of wrong;
And man, at war
with man, hears not
The love song
which they bring;
O hush the
noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the
angels sing."
I wish the men of strife would hush and there could be some peace in the world.
(My Christmas cards this year)
To end on a positive, I quote from Desiderata (a 1927 prose poem by Max Ehrmann):
"...And whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
(Another Christmas card I made this year)
May I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful festive season.
Thank you for this beautiful post. Peace and love (which I hope your day is filled to overflowing with) are always worth hoping and striving towards.
ReplyDeleteThanks, EC. It has been a nice stress free day today. I hope you had a good day too. Yes, it is good that despite everything going on in the world, there is still hope for peace and love.
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Ellie
Merry Christmas to you too dear Ellie. Your cards are beautiful 💙🎄
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie. Here's to a good 2024.
DeleteBest wishes
Ellie
A belated merry Yuletide to you Ellie. I hope you had a wonderful time :) Peace xXx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lulu. Yes, it was a nice break, quite quiet, but good. I hope yours was good too.
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Ellie