For the life of me I cannot recall Christmas Morning traditions as a child. There were the squeal of delight accompanied the flurry of ribbons, bows and colorful paper ripped from packages and tossed aside. Santa always managed to bring us something special even when times were tight.
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Sharing My ChristMas Supper
While I am sad about certain aspects of the Holiday celebrations this year, I am thrilled that my son and his entire family will be coming home for Christmas Supper. There is nothing more magical than a family gathered round the tree, celebrating the birth of Our Lord.
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On the First Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a Partridge in a Pear Tree. My true love is my Heavenly Father. And on this, the first day, He gave to us all the Christ Child. Merry Christmas.
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Just as the Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Americanization of an Italian tradition, many of the things we do during the holidays can be traced back to earlier Emigrants. Christmas Trees are from German. Long before the Irish Potato Famine, Irish settlers came to America, bringing with them traditions from home. Traces of those traditions can still be seen today.
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My true love gave to me a Partridge in a Pear Tree. The symbolism here is not lost. The partridge is singular – as there is only one Lord and Savior, there is only one partridge in the pear tree.
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I know, it’s early, but why wait till Christmas Morning to plan your Christmas Supper. And isn’t this a lovely Christmas Table? It is our Holiday Table. Yeah, I am very proud of my tablescapes.
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