tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post6496358955160353801..comments2024-03-29T03:41:36.243-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: Christmas customsBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-58440414973725746332009-12-24T21:24:10.766-08:002009-12-24T21:24:10.766-08:00Love this post...traditions that happen, often don...Love this post...traditions that happen, often don't have to be centuries old...but make the families smile to repeat them...Teri and her Stylish Adventure Cats https://www.blogger.com/profile/00995773243323674858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-26778345337845811922009-12-22T11:47:19.120-08:002009-12-22T11:47:19.120-08:00Hope some Christmas spirit arrived along with T:) ...Hope some Christmas spirit arrived along with T:) I don't envy you that drive one little bit. Being built on seven hills like Rome is very romantic but not very convenient when it snows!!Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-83637059615931492532009-12-21T02:39:07.064-08:002009-12-21T02:39:07.064-08:00I love reading about old Christmas traditions, alt...I love reading about old Christmas traditions, although it's a shame the Church tried to squash so many!<br /><br />Home made gifts (IMHO) are always the best, as they have so much more thought and energy in them. I hope you start to feel more in the spirit soon, and Yule Blessings to you today :)Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-54247997269975222152009-12-19T08:25:14.559-08:002009-12-19T08:25:14.559-08:00I agree with you there. I think until the grandch...I agree with you there. I think until the grandchildren (hopefully) start to appear in a few years, Christmas is going to seem a bit like marking time anyway. I haven't felt at all Christmassy this year. We have only just bought the tree (yesterday) and put it up, and I finished the decorations today, though still no greenery in the house. I am half-waiting until Tam is home, as that is our special Christmas tradition together.<br /><br />Still, we have tried to buy carefully and some of the presents are pre-owned, some much-loved old books etc. I have made quite a few knitted gifts this year, and found some "just the thing" gifts since the summer. We're not going mad on the food and drink (can't afford to) and I will just settle for being able to collect Tam safely and bring her home on Monday, but we have had snow . . . and a threat of more countrywide, so we shall just have to hold our breath . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-42042474150319068222009-12-19T07:01:20.459-08:002009-12-19T07:01:20.459-08:00I've thought a bit about Christmas time custom...I've thought a bit about Christmas time customs these past few years. Whether one goes at the season from a viewpoint of Christian traditions or chooses instead a combination of folk legends surrounding the solstice--there's a huge collection of choices to sort through and create the pattern for any one family.<br />The themes of hospitality, warmth, food, gifting, family, prevail. Increasingly, I've thought of any holiday as turning into a one woman production--and this woman doesn't have as much energy to devote to the orchestration as in former years!<br />The season for our family has never been much about shopping and spending. I like to think that we have a "home made" Christmas.<br />Some of the best of it for me has always been the odd quiet moments when it feels that I have done nearly all that church and extended family may expect of me in the way of preparation!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.com