I've been a bit melancholy lately because I'm in France for Christmas. And I know you're probably thinking, "Wow, poor you, being in a beautiful country for Christmas," but I'm not with my family, and they matter more than France. So I have several versions of this on my Spotify Christmas playlist, and I always get a bit sad listening to it ( Read more... )

A Walk Down Memory Lane: Danse de Noel

This is the first year since I was 17 that I won't be attending the Debutante Ball. Now, granted, even if I were home, I probably wouldn't go this year. It's more for college students than recent graduates. Last year was the last year that I could consider any of the debutantes friends. A few girls who were ( Read more... )

So committing to blogging every single day is apparently not something I should do again. Maybe next year I'll do a bi-weekly Christmas post, like every Sunday and Wednesday. Luckily I can adjust the date on livejournal and just do several posts at once. Awesome.

This is a fun song and an even funnier video. This is for you, Sally. Love you!

Five awesome Christmas albums, in no particular order of awesomeness.

-Ami Grant's Home for Christmas album. I grew up listening to this. Every December, when we got out the Christmas CDs, I would sneak this one away and fall asleep to it every night. Some nights I put the whole CD on repeat; other nights I just listened to "Breath of Heaven" over ( Read more... )

I know, I know. I'm still behind in my advent calendar. I've been sick, so all I do is read, sleep, and watch TV ( Read more... )

I've posted this once, and I'll post it again. I do believe in Santa Claus.

Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response ( Read more... )

Writing every day is really hard. I got behind, obviously ( Read more... )

Christmas shopping. Some people love it; some people hate it. Some people start December 26 and spend the entire year finding the perfect present. Some people spend an hour on Christmas Eve getting everyone gift cards ( Read more... )

I love the Christmas story, the true meaning of Christmas. Below is (in my opinion) the prettiest Christmas story. I'm not a fan of the King James Version, but the language is beautiful. And I know that there is more to the Christmas story than just this part, but I really love this section. I hope you do too.

Luke 2 (King James Version)
Luke 2

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