tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219829681601522546.post566741603287504297..comments2023-12-19T03:28:43.871-05:00Comments on New Mercies I See: A Lesson From an AvalancheDenise Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004366672101988411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219829681601522546.post-40967519295740220662012-11-19T07:23:35.317-05:002012-11-19T07:23:35.317-05:00We can get the "stuff" any time, it is t...We can get the "stuff" any time, it is that most valuable family time that is the greatest gift to me. To have everyone under the same roof just for a little while is priceless.Sarah Huizengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326211901751159368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219829681601522546.post-67781304476116647652012-11-18T16:01:05.245-05:002012-11-18T16:01:05.245-05:00So agree with you Denise Christmas is well under w...So agree with you Denise Christmas is well under way here we don't have Thanksgiving like you do . Every year it gets worse mass commercialism I remember when I was little we got a stocking with nuts and fruit in it with may be some chocolate coins and I always got a book, and that was it . When I see what children get today I worry where will it stop ? Your Mother's embroidery is wonderful something beautiful to keep......have a good week...Viv@Thoughts from the Desktophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06730298140439036198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219829681601522546.post-55662618671680406292012-11-18T15:42:47.605-05:002012-11-18T15:42:47.605-05:00That's the Christmas spirit! I lost the handma...That's the Christmas spirit! I lost the handmade wedding gifts I treasured. My grandmother learned to make tatting when she was about six years old. She tatted almost daily until she lost her eyesight to macular degeneration. She made me a doily for a wedding gift, and she gave me some other pieces along. She even tatted a lace edge for a table cloth. Thank goodness the table cloth has survived, so I have that piece of her handiwork.<br /><br />I told my family that the Christmas season cannot begin in our house until Santa comes down the street at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. No earlier. And truly, for me, the Christmas season does not begin until the first Sunday in Advent.<br /><br />Thank you for a beautiful post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09996647895551351662noreply@blogger.com