Every year we collect white gifts at our church for a local toy ministry. The gifts will eventually be unwrapped and parents will be able to shop for their individual children’s needs, but for now they are wrapped in white tissue paper. Wrapping them all in white takes the emphasis off what is inside the…
Month: December 2012
admiring: tree toppers
Maybe it’s because we have a wee bit shorter tree this year, but now when I look at it I realize that it’s missing something at the top. This German handmade tree topper from Schoolhouse Electric is on my radar screen now. Maybe something like this could convince me to drop the height of the…
day four: preparation and expectant waiting
day four: some birthday presents and the beginning of the piles, all that I can show for now There is a direct connection between the season of Advent and the time that I spend each year working on my holiday cards. In the early years (this is year fourteen for me) I tried to formulate some…