December 21, 2023 Sandy and Joe had been married only four months, and she was three months pregnant when Christmas rolled around. They were so excited about their first Christmas together in a new apartment that they cut down a large pine at the tree farm and had a...
December 19, 2023 The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol with a French melody that has had many variations since the Medieval times, although the song as we know it probably came back in the 19th century. Holly which is commonly seen at...
December 18, 2023 Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lost his wife Fanny at 44 in a tragic accident that left him scarred physically and emotionally. A month after she died, Longfellow wrote to his wife’s sister Mary: “How I am alive after what my eyes have seen, I know...
December 15, 2023 Every year, Wihla Hutson, a church organist in Michigan, wrote a different Christmas song for the. congregation. In 1951, collaborating with Alfred Burt, a young jazz musician and hymnist, they debuted “Some Children See Him,” which became one of the...
December 9, 2023 “Christmas makes everything twice as sad.”— Doug Coupland Every year of her adult life, Sandy made the same disturbing comment as the holiday season rolled around: “I hate Christmas.” It put a damper on the joy and festivities of the rest of the...
December 3, 2023 Christmas Memories by Sandy Siewers When snowflakes dance on winter windsAnd colored lights shine Christmas cheer,When children’s laughter fills the airAnd family gathers from far and near,I try to celebrate with themAnd not let my hurting...
