My favorite Christmas song is Feliz Navidad. I learned it in church. It reminds me of a simpler time when the holidays weren’t as stress filled as they are now.

Lyrics Feliz Navidad are below:

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
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On December 19, 1995, my son Wyatt was born in respiratory distress. Because he was delivered by c-section, I had to remain in the hospital in our home town while Wyatt went first by ambulance, then by helicopter to the hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I had never known such sadness as wondering if my tiny boy was doing well or fading. I felt angry and then heartbroken that I couldn’t be with him, holding him while he fought so hard to survive.

My pastor and members of my church came to visit me many times. When I finally got word that Wyatt might be released from the hospital on Christmas Day, possibly Christmas Eve, I shared the news with my pastor. Read More »

I come from a blended family; my birth mother passed away when I was a baby. When I was two, my father remarried. His second wife already had a little girl who was seven years old at the time.

Because we each had two families, my sister and I would each spend Christmas Eve with the “other” family. I would go to my Grandmother’s and my sister would go to her Dad’s. We would all come together as one family to go to the midnight service at our church.

We would then have our family Christmas on Christmas morning. As I grew, my relationship with my birth mother’s family became more strained and I began to look forward more and more to attending the church service. Read More »

I was playing it during band and thought the tune was good so I looked it up on the internet. Now, this is my favorite Christmas song. We sing this every year at my church.

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My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night. I learned this song when I attended church as a small child. It was the first Christmas carol that I learned to play on the piano as a young girl. We also sang it at the holiday concert at school when I was in the first grade.

I can remember sitting by our Christmas tree when I was a small child. My parents had a church which sat under the tree, and you could wind it up and it would play this song. I would wind it up and lay on the couch looking at the lights on the tree while listening to the song.

Many times my parents, brother and I would sit in the living room wrapping gifts while it played. As an adult, I have danced to this song at church during the holiday season for the offertory.

It always brings a smile to my face when I hear it and gives me a sense of peace. This song has a special place in my heart. This is a song which is always played around the holidays and most people know it, but I am including the words just in case you have not heard it. Many people know the first verse but not the others.

My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night. I know this song from going to church every year around Christmas time or hearing it play at my parent’s home. Just being around my family and hearing it play while we put up the Christmas tree.

Just trying to get into the spirit of Christmas. I just really like the song and it puts me into the Christmas spirit. Here are the lyrics to Silent Night: Read More »

When I got married in 1975 I married in to a family that owns a ceramic shop. I made a lot of things for me and gifts for family members mainly at birthdays or Christmas because starting out and with kids well you know how things can be.

My mom had said that she would like to have a church but she could not make it because of her hands.
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Christmas time is my favorite time of the year for decorations. I have for many years used the giant string of lights and placed them along the top of the trim in my living room. My children love it still and now all 5 grandbabies beg for them at the first site of all the decorations.

I also have a village that is placed upon the bar in the kitchen in which I place cotton balls around for a snow like effect. I have several pieces that go to this collection including a church, a town store and many others.

I then place the small sting of lights around it to light it up. It is so beautiful. I also have a collection of glass snowmen that are placed on top of my entertainment center and I also place the cotton around for snow. Read More »

Ingredients
2 cups butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup finely chopped almonds (or your favorite nuts finely chopped)
colored sugar crystals

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