A few weeks ago, we had a family Christmas party at Christopher and Anna Marie’s. It was a sweet time of fellowship, singing Christmas carols, and reading Scripture!

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”
Philippians 4:4

(Sorry, we had a blog hiccup, and two posts disappeared: thus, I’m reposting! In addition, I’m extremely sorry, but your comments disappeared from the last day and a half.)

I want to share with you again about Back to the Bible’s 12 Voices of Christmas.

For the last-I-don’t-remember-how-many-years, we’ve taken an evening during the Christmas season to drive to Kansas City and listen to the 12 Voices of Christmas while we look at Christmas lights. In addition, we like to eat dinner out. It’s a sweet time of reflecting on the events surrounding our Savior’s birth — and Back to the Bible did an amazing job in helping a person feel like they were right there experiencing it.

Love,
Sarah

“And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in
the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew
thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not
able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”
Luke 1:19-20

Friday afternoon, our kitchen transformed into a poppy-seed-bread bakery! Anna Marie, bless her heart, spent several hours mixing up and making over 40 loaves. At our large dining table, Mary and Anna worked on cards (now there are sparkles everywhere: even on the dog) :: and Mom was the support staff (washing dishes, childcare, etc).

I will tell you that there was some debate about whether the >5 degree temperatures and ice-layer-under-the-snow should hinder our Sunday night plans, but it was deemed possible. We did have to do without the guitar (sad face!), and we didn’t have as strong numbers as normal due to babies and little ones not being able to come out. Despite all the odds, our caroling was very successful and brought a ton of Christmas cheer to our neighbors who were surprised that we were out! When one bundles up enough, the temperatures are bearable. It truly felt Christmasy with snow on the ground! I love to see the delight on our friends’ faces. What is that worth?

If you haven’t yet adopted Christmas caroling into your family’s traditions, I encourage you to consider it.

Love,
Sarah
PS – I’m posting the Poppy Seed Loaves recipe at the end of this post.