Advent Calendar Ideas During the weeks leading up to Christmas many families celebrate the anticipation of the holiday with an Advent Calendar. There are many ways to make your own Advent Calendar and it is a fun family project designing and putting it together. Here are some simple calendar ideas to get your started. […]
Lyrics ToDeck The Halls
DECK THE HALLS From Peasant Hut to royal palace, Europeans have for centuries decorated their homes and churches with greenery at Christmas. The tradition antedates the Christian era. Pagan societies like the Romans, the Celts, and the Norse observed Midwinter, the shortest day of the year, by decorating with cuttings of holly[Click Here To Learn […]
The Top 2 Spiked Wassail Recipes
The perfect accompaniment to the great tune, The Wassailing Song. This beverage was used to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. We now associate this potent drink with Christmas. Holiday Wassail With Alcohol 1 gal apple cider (unfiltered) 2 cups golden delicious apples (peeled baked, works good) 13 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 tsp nutmeg 12 tsp ginger 14 tsp mace 6 whole cloves 6 allspice berries […]
Lyrics To Angelw We Have Heard On High
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains and the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria, in excels is Doe! Gloria, in excels is Doe! Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which […]
Lyrics To Hark The Herald Angels Sing
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING [vsw id=”Hark The Herald Angels Sing” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Hark! The Herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King, Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinner reconciled. Chorus Hark! The Herald Angels sing, Glory to the new-born King. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of […]
Lyrics To Away In A Manger
AWAY IN A MANGER [vsw id=”FnVorT14i4I” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Away in a manger, no crib for His bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, the little Lord Jesus, asleep in the hay. The cattle are lowing, the poor Baby wakes. But […]
The Lyrics To God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
GOD BLESS YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN [vsw id=”NM57M6NwJvw” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our SaviorWas born upon this day, to save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy, For Jesus Christ our Savior […]
The Lyrics To The Wassailing Song
Here We Come a Wassailing [vsw id=”j1Ea-fIPj6k” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] This is a Christmas song that most people would have a hard time associating with the title? Hum a few bars and “yeah, I know that song, I love it.” The Wassail Song while a popular around Christmas in fact isn’t a […]
The Lyrics To O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem
O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem [vsw id=”cpHY3jU27dc” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light, The hopes and fears of all the […]
The Lyrics To Jingle Bells
JINGLE BELLS [vsw id=”TeNJmOsBS94″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O’re the fields we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail ring Making spirits bright What joy it is to ride and sing. A sleighing song tonight. Chorus: Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the […]