It may be a while before she lives this down.
One of my young nieces had one of these moments the other day. She was singing Silent Night and my sister, listening, realized that her daughter was singing one of the lines incorrectly. She pointed this out, to the shock of my niece: “What?! I thought it was ‘round young virgin...'! You know... because she was big and pregnant!” It may be a while before she lives this down.
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I unboxed some of my Christmas decorations yesterday afternoon and put a few up, though I confess that I find myself struggling to get motivated. It helped to put on some Christmas music; I listened to some Bing and Frank and Ella, The Platters Christmas album, and my favourite: Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God. Released in 2004, the album is the best Christmas album I own, telling the story of the coming of Christ, starting in the Old Testament, and ending with the Gospels' account of the birth of Jesus. Peterson is an amazing songwriter and all of his albums are great, but there's just something about this one- the way every song complements and builds on the others- that makes it utterly unique and satisfying. Obviously I'm not alone in believing this: Peterson has done a Behold the Lamb of God Christmas tour every year since its release, and it's always popular. This year it had to move online- like everything else- but still took place. If you don't own it, I strongly suggest you purchase it- it's available to download, though I also own a physical copy, just in case. Here's the list of songs found on the album:
Related Posts:"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood." -Richard Paul Evans We were having an online family gingerbread house competition last night, so I made my dough on Friday night, put it in the refrigerator overnight to chill, and started rolling and cutting yesterday morning. Royal icing is the best for putting the pieces together. The finished product: I decided that it needed a little something more, so stuck a light in through a back window. Here are a few pictures of some- not all- of the other entries: A good time was had by all and, as an added bonus, now the smell of fresh baked gingerbread permeates the air. Related Posts:"Do you know how to get a baby to sleep on it's stomach? You turn it on it's stomach and then you go to bed. And the baby turns over and starts to cry. And then you get up and you turn the baby on it's stomach and you got back to bed. And the baby starts to cry. And then you get up and turn the baby on it's stomach and pretty soon it's nine o'clock and you're winding ducks." This quote is from the 1939 film Bachelor Mother starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven, which is one of my favourite Christmas/New Years movies. In it, Rogers plays Polly Parrish, an unemployed store clerk who, when she sees someone abandoning a baby on the steps of a child welfare facility, automatically picks the child up. To her shock and dismay, she is then assumed to be the baby's mother despite her protests. She reluctantly takes the child in when her former boss (Niven), thinking she was abandoning her baby because she lost her job, offers to take her back on the condition that she take care of little John. Further complications ensue. The above words are uttered by Polly when, after her first few days of caring for baby John, David (Niven) stops by her toy counter to cheerfully ask how it's going.
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