The
I'll be Home for Christmas Linky party
is still going strong!
Please link up and spread some Christmas Cheer!
Blessings and best wishes,
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Hundreds of Christmas Ideas at the 12 Days of Christmas Traditions Linky Party!
Welcome Christmas friends to Day 12 of my 12 Days of Christmas Traditions series and welcome to my very first
I can't quite believe I have finished this series already! I hope you have enjoyed the 12 Days of Christmas series and that you have enjoyed hearing from the wonderful guest posters who have joined in with the series. I have really enjoyed putting it together and can't wait to do it again next year!
If you weren't able to check out all of the posts I invite you to have a look at the full program and perhaps go back and re-visit some of them soon.
Now it's time to share YOUR Christmas homes! Please help me Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive and link up any of your Christmas posts about your home for Christmas!
You can share decorating ideas, pictures of your Holiday Table or videos of your Home Tours.
I would love for you to share how you celebrate Christmas!
Today, I am sharing a little slideshow that I made on Smilebox of our home decorated for Christmas.
So, let's get this party started! Please join in by linking up any posts that help to Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive! You can link up anything will help spread some Christmas cheer! Please link up your decorated homes, Christmas recipes, Christmas Tree pictures, your favourite Christmas song....anything Christmassy!
Please use the linky tools below and link up to the actual blog post/s that you would like us to visit, not just the home page of your blog. There are also links for separate categories if you would like to link up posts about Christmas recipes, Christmas trees, Christmas stockings, Gingerbread houses, Advent calendars, Candy Cane ideas or posts about Santa Claus himself!
Christmas Trees
Christmas Recipes
Advent Calendars
Candy Cane Ideas
Gingerbread Houses
Christmas Puddings
Thank you so much for visiting today and for joining in with my 12 Days of Christmas Traditions. Thank also for linking up your Christmas posts and helping to Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive. Don't forget to try and spread some Christmas cheer by coming back later and visiting some of the wonderful bloggers who have linked up. I am sure you will make their day by leaving them a festive comment!
Best Christmas wishes,
Natasha
I'll Be Home for Christmas Party!
If you weren't able to check out all of the posts I invite you to have a look at the full program and perhaps go back and re-visit some of them soon.
December 1 ~ Christmas Advent Calendars
December 2 ~ Candy Canes
December 3 ~ Gingerbread Houses
December 4 ~ Oh, Christmas Tree!
December 5 ~ Father Christmas, Santa Claus or St Nick?
December 6 ~ Christmas Stockings
December 7 ~ Christmas Puddings
December 8 ~ Christmas Traditions around the world.
December 9 ~ Let's Eat:Christmas Foods and Yummy Treats!
December 10 ~ Christmas Music
December 11 ~ The Spirit of Christmas
December 12 ~ I'll be home for Christmas Linky Party!
Now it's time to share YOUR Christmas homes! Please help me Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive and link up any of your Christmas posts about your home for Christmas!
You can share decorating ideas, pictures of your Holiday Table or videos of your Home Tours.
I would love for you to share how you celebrate Christmas!
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| Slideshow created with Smilebox |
So, let's get this party started! Please join in by linking up any posts that help to Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive! You can link up anything will help spread some Christmas cheer! Please link up your decorated homes, Christmas recipes, Christmas Tree pictures, your favourite Christmas song....anything Christmassy!
Christmas Trees
Christmas Recipes
Advent Calendars
Candy Cane Ideas
Gingerbread Houses
Christmas Puddings
Thank you so much for visiting today and for joining in with my 12 Days of Christmas Traditions. Thank also for linking up your Christmas posts and helping to Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive. Don't forget to try and spread some Christmas cheer by coming back later and visiting some of the wonderful bloggers who have linked up. I am sure you will make their day by leaving them a festive comment!
Best Christmas wishes,
Natasha
Please join me each weekend for the Say G'day Saturday Linky Party!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
12 Days of Christmas Traditions~The Reason for the Season
Welcome Christmas friends to Day 11 of my 12 Days of Christmas Traditions Series...Can you believe that the I'll Be Home for Christmas Linky party is tomorrow! These last 11 days have flown by so quickly! I hope you will back on the 12th to link up your Christmas posts!
I thought it would be a wonderful idea to end the series with a post all about the Reason for Season...after all, Christmas is all about celebrating the birth of Jesus!
To help with today's post I am honored to welcome the beautiful Sandi who is from Prince Edward Island in Canada.
Sandi is the author of two blogs: Rose Chintz Cottage and Christmas Pudding! I love visiting Sandi at both of her blogs but I especially love her Christmas blog. Sandi says that her blog is
about all things Christmasy and the magic that this special season evokes. Just like a Christmas pudding is a rich mixture of wonderful ingredients, so my blog is a mixture of sorts; collections, stories, poems, photos, and recipes, etc. Please come in and make yourself comfortable. I hope you will join me for a mug of hot apple cider and Gingerbread. I believe Christmas is the most magical time of the year; a special time which should dwell in your heart all year round. The sights and sounds of the season have a way of making one's heart glad!
Thank you, Sandi, for writing today's post all about the
Reason for the Season!
Natasha invited me to do a guest post for her Christmas Party and I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the importance of the Real Reason for the Season.
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" - Luke 2:11
But Christmas is so much more than that!
If not for Jesus Christ coming to earth as a Babe in a stable long ago, we would not be celebrating this beautiful season at all.
When my hubby and I were pastoring our church, we held an Advent service every week beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Each Sunday, a candle was lit followed by some scripture and we loved getting the congregation involved.
An Advent wreath of evergreens was made, representing eternity, and I arranged five candles in it.
Each candle represented an aspect of the spiritual preparation for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Advent Wreath Candles
Four candles are arranged in a wreath: three purple candles and one pink candle. In the center of the wreath sits a white candle. As a whole, these candles represent the coming of the Light of Christ into the world.
On the first Sunday of Advent, the first purple candle is lit. This candle is typically called the "Prophecy Candle" in remembrance of the prophets, primarily Isaiah, who foretold the birth of Christ. This candle represents Hope or expectation in anticipation of the coming Messiah.
On the second day of Advent, the second purple candle is lit. This candle typically represents Love. Some traditions call this the "Bethlehem Candle," symbolizing Christ's manger.
On the third day of Advent, the pink, or rose-colored candle is lit. This pink candle is customarily called the "Shepherds Candle" and it represents Joy.
The fourth and last purple candle, oftentimes called the "Angels Candle," represents Peace and is lit on the fourth Sunday of Advent. I oftentimes lit the pink candle the week before the white candle was lit.
On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the white center candle is traditionally lit. This candle is called the "Christ Candle" and represents the Life of Christ that has come into the world. The color white represents purity. Christ is the sinless, spotless, pure Saviour. Also, those who receive Christ as Savior are washed of their sins and made whiter than snow.
If not for Jesus Christ coming to earth as a Babe in a stable long ago, we would not be celebrating this beautiful season at all.
An Advent wreath of evergreens was made, representing eternity, and I arranged five candles in it.
Each candle represented an aspect of the spiritual preparation for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Advent Wreath Candles
Four candles are arranged in a wreath: three purple candles and one pink candle. In the center of the wreath sits a white candle. As a whole, these candles represent the coming of the Light of Christ into the world.
On the first Sunday of Advent, the first purple candle is lit. This candle is typically called the "Prophecy Candle" in remembrance of the prophets, primarily Isaiah, who foretold the birth of Christ. This candle represents Hope or expectation in anticipation of the coming Messiah.
On the second day of Advent, the second purple candle is lit. This candle typically represents Love. Some traditions call this the "Bethlehem Candle," symbolizing Christ's manger.
On the third day of Advent, the pink, or rose-colored candle is lit. This pink candle is customarily called the "Shepherds Candle" and it represents Joy.
The fourth and last purple candle, oftentimes called the "Angels Candle," represents Peace and is lit on the fourth Sunday of Advent. I oftentimes lit the pink candle the week before the white candle was lit.
On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the white center candle is traditionally lit. This candle is called the "Christ Candle" and represents the Life of Christ that has come into the world. The color white represents purity. Christ is the sinless, spotless, pure Saviour. Also, those who receive Christ as Savior are washed of their sins and made whiter than snow.
May we all remember the REASON FOR THE SEASON.
"For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a Baby wrapped in cloths, and lying in a manger. " ~
Luke 2:11-12
"O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant;
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him, born the Kings of angels.
O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord."
Let us be glad and rejoice because Christ has come!
Thank you Natasha for having me.
From my home to yours~
From my home to yours~
Merry Christmas!
Keeping Christmas in my heart all year round ~ Sandi
Thanks so very much for taking the time to write this amazing post all about the true spirit of Christmas Sandi!
If you would like to visit Sandi's Christmas blog please just click here. She is currently in the middle of a wonderful series called the A-Z of Christmas. I am sure you will love reading her beautiful blog and this fun Christmas series!
Thanks so very much for visiting today and for helping me Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive, 365!
Please come back on the 12th to join in with my I'll be Home for Christmas linky party! You can share posts about Christmas Crafts, your decorated Christmas home, Christmas recipes, Christmas Songs...anything Christmasy!
See you on the 12th!
Blessings and best Christmas wishes,
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