Kathy Mattea – Mary did you know
An evening pause: This song honoring Jesus I think really speaks of every child born on Earth, and how every parent should see them. As Wordsworth said, they come “trailing clouds of glory.”
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kissed your little baby then you kissed the face of god.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
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Good job in putting this up on Christmas eve. Love it. God bless you and yours and may you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Art Garfunkel –
“Mary Was An Only Child”
Angel Clare 1973
https://youtu.be/rVOf–zyVmk
3:26
I’ll slip this in here. Christmas-related, on a pagan-level.
Who remembers these type of Christmas tree lights?
Bubble lights
Thomas Carlisle 2010
https://youtu.be/b9bFVBd_Dnc
4:23
@Wayne… Just a few years before my time…. But pretty funky!
I know I have few friends, and many opponents on this hive of republicans ;-) but this lefty wishes you all a very peaceful Yule, and a happy and hopefully less dramatic new year!
Lee-
They still make the bubble-lights, although an original string & box, can be quite pricey. (they weren’t user-serviceable, when the light-bulb burned out they would get tossed.)
pivoting…..
“Econolite Motion Lamp”
https://youtu.be/ddtz_znsq0I
1:09
….been snowing along the Lake Michigan coast for the past 24 hours, have a good 6 inches on the ground.
“Snow”
White Christmas 1954
https://youtu.be/yMTd1X9c6kg
2:21