Tag: Advent 2016
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Advent Calendar 2016 | Overview
Advent Calendar 2016 | Overview I hope that you had an amazing Christmas! And I do hope that you enjoyed reading the contributions to the 2nd edition of the Advent Calendar! First of all I would like to thank all of the contributors, without you this project would not have…
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Christmas Dreams by Willow Willers | Day 22 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 22 | Advent Calendar Christmas Dreams by Willow Willers Christmas Dreams Image found here It is dark and very cold, I snuggle deep into my blanket fold. There is no noise, nor light to see My beloved teddy next to me.
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The Joy of Together by Deborah Bryan | Day 21 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 21 | Advent Calendar The Joy of Together by Deborah Bryan Late last Christmas Eve, I stood smiling in a Southern California drugstore parking lot. For a moment, I lifted my face toward the palm trees and stars twinkling in the clear sky above me.
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Christmas Spirit Rediscovered by D.E. Haggerty | Day 20 | Advent Calendar
Day 20 | Advent Calendar Christmas Spirit Rediscovered by D.E. Haggerty Like nearly everyone, I loved Christmas as a child. The presents! All the fun playing with my cousins. And the food! Oh yes, the food. But somewhere, somehow, Christmas lost its glamour. One year, I even wrote a long…
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Once upon a time, in a dark wood by M.L. Kappa | Day 19 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 19 | Advent Calendar Once upon a time, in a dark wood by M.L.Kappa Little Red fumbled at the door latch with clammy hands. It seemed stuck. Behind her she could hear panting as her grandmother struggled with the heavy blankets. She’d always hated the bristly old thing, who had…
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Some more Christmas Spirit! | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar
4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | The Advent Calendar Some more Christmas Spirit! If the 5 posts that were published so far for the very special Sunday of Advent weren’t enough Christmas spirit. Then you might want to check out the following links. Overview of last year’s Calendar…
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Christmas Lights by Lucy Brazier | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Cherished by Sarah Brentyn | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Priceless Gifts from a Homeless Stranger By Russ Towne | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Christmas Lights by Willow Willers | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Unmasking Santa Claus by R.A. Kerr | Day 17 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 17 | Advent Calendar Unmasking Santa Claus by R.A. Kerr I was eight years old when I learned Santa Claus was not real. Yes, I know. Eight years of age is pretty old to be blindsided by this news. And it came from my little brother.
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The Longest Day by Trent McDonald | Day 16 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 16 | Advent Calendar The Longest Day by Trent McDonald I had been awake for quite a while, staring into the blackness in a place outside of time, when I heard my brother whisper, “You awake?” “Yeah,” I answered. “What time is it?” “Don’ know. It’s still dark, though.” We slowly…
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What Christmas means to me by Judy Martin | Day 15 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 15 | Advent Calendar What Christmas means to me by Judy Martin What Christmas means to me Fairy lights all twinkling Baubles on the tree Homemade decorations That’s what Christmas means to me
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Gift of the Magi by Urszula Humienik | Day 14 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 14 | Advent Calendar Gift of the Magi by Urszula Humienik “What are you reading?” “The Gift of the Magi. It used to be my favorite story to read this time of year… but I don’t know. Now it seems too simplified. Maybe life back then was simpler. People didn’t…
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No Star in All the Heavens by Russ Towne | Day 13 | Advent Calendar 2016
Day 13 | Advent Calendar No Star in All the Heavens by Russ Towne The story of the star that sits atop our Christmas tree goes back over nearly forty years. I was a young single man whose business was failing. Finances were very tight. I had enough money to…
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