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As we get closer to Christmas, let’s not forgot what it’s really all about! A Visit from the Christ Child is my husband’s adaptation of the Clement Moore…
Lena at JOYfilled Family has created a beautiful printable St. Andrew Christmas Novena card. This novena starts on St. Andrew’s Feast Day, November 30 and ends on December…
A Visit from the Christ Child is my husband’s adaptation of the Clement Moore classic, A Visit from St. Nick. Written in 1986, the year we married and…
Skip the rock! If you love paper as much as I do, you’ll love these links! For tomorrow’s Feast of St. Nicholas, you will want to head to…
I don’t know about you, but our house is still very much in holiday mode. Blogging has been ignored and we are off from school. For this week’s…
This recipe is from The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins. Took us a long time to find this macaroon recipe and it has become…
This year’s Christmas card was illustrated by Max and designed by Ria. We wish you all a Blessed Christmas and a Happy and Holy New Year!
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by Père Robért (for Maria, Ida, Isabel, Maxine, Crozet & Audrey) Twas the morning of Christmas, when all through the house All the family was frantic, including my…
from all of us! For the past six years we have sent out family photo cards like this one. Each year we choose a different language in which…
That’s what we have planned for tonight. Here’s a glimpse at our 2006 tree trimming. Enjoy! — video by Tree9
Pope Reflects on Symbolic Significance of Decoration VATICAN CITY, DEC. 18, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Christmas tree — with its journey from a dark forest to the brilliance of…
HAIL, and blessed be the hour and moment At which the Son of God was born Of a most pure Virgin At a stable at midnight in Bethlehem…
Posts of late have been few and far between. I have just been busy, busy, busy! Busy with homeschooling, busy with work, and busy with shopping. I am…
I don’t know about you, but I love Christmas music. Check out this article at Zenit.org: Putting Christ Back Into Christmas Carols Interview With Director of Diocesan Initiative…
Here are a few images from yesterday’s opening of the St. Charles Christmas Traditions Festival. Here is the complete cast of characters: Above is Clara with the Master…
Christmas Traditions, in historic St. Charles, Missouri, is one of the largest outdoor Christmas festivals in the United States. In December, the streets of old St. Charles come…
This year, we have had lots of fun with the free historical dolls created by Vee at Paper Dali. Just in time for celebrating Christmas, Vee has released…
Here is Isabel in her almost finished Clara costume for the 2009 St. Charles Christmas Traditions Festival. Although it looked finished for the photo shoot, I still need…
The Clara costume is not quite half finished. The collar was quite an ordeal and the directions of the Folkwear pattern were sketchy to say the least. The…
Isabel will be reprising her role of Clara in this year’s St. Charles Christmas Traditions Festival! Clara is due for a new costume – one that allows more…
Join my good friend Jenn for Christmas In September as she celebrates the Feast of Good King Wenceslaus on September 28. Don’t miss this incredible list of links…
Looking for 2010 St. Louis Joffrey Nutcracker audition info? Two years ago, my daughter Max auditioned for the Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker performed in St. Louis at the Fox…
We don’t have that many friends, but the ones we do have are good friends. This Christmas we experienced the generosity of several of these good friends. Knowing…