And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let’s stop all the fight
A very Merry Christmas
And a happy new year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
from the song, Happy Xmas (War is Over), by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1971
Oh, I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
from the song, White Christmas, by Irving Berlin, 1942
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on
our troubles will be out of sight
from the song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1944
days of st. nicholas past
bring silver tinsel wishes
to the edges of my night time dreams
8 gingerbread houses
stained glass windows
advent calendars from the 1940’s
licorice and bright white icing
a widow’s walk
lace curtains
echos of childhood laughter
a crystal punch bowl
candy canes and
3 cats
If I could go back home, if I could go back home
If I’d never left, I’d never have known
We all dream of leaving, but wind up in the end
Spending all our time trying to get back home again
from the song, Home Again by Bernie Taupin and Elton John from the album The Diving Board, 2013
fall into my gentle embrace and i will forever keep you safe
“You see, George, you’ve really had a wonderful life. Don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?”
Clarence speaking to George from the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, produced and directed by Frank Capra, 1946
lace-filled stitches
tiny white lights
pumpkin ravioli
red and white baker’s string
writing by candlelight
peppermint bark tea
collecting dead branches and dried leaves
oatmeal with chocolate chips
“Christmas time is here
We’ll be drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year…”
from the song, Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi, 1965
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