They journey over the hills of Palestine  to find a baby King in Nazareth... Christmas OVER  the  hills  of  Palestine The  silver  stars  began  to  shine; Night  drew  her  shadows  softly  round The  slumb'ring  earth,  without  a  sound. Among  the  dewy  fields  and  rocks, The  shepherds  kept  their  quiet  flocks, And  looked  along  the  dark'ning  land That  waited  the  divine  co ..read more

A Feel In The Christmas Air James Whitcomb Riley THEY'S  a  kind  o' feel  in  the  air,  to  me, When  the  Chris' mas  time  sets  in, That's  about  as  much  of  a  mystery As  ever  I've  run  agin! - Fer  instance,  now,  whilse  I  gain  in  weight An'  gineral  health,  I  swear They's  a  goneness  somers  I  can't  quite  state- A  kind  o'  feel  in  the&n ..read more

Description of Coloring Page: children dressed in costume as Mary, Joseph and an angel with a trumpet, Christmas play for school or church, Nativity, a doll plays baby Jesus, shepherd staff, paper stars, theater curtain "The school play tells the story Of the very first Christmas day. Each actor's in his glory And he knows just what to say!"    Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and ..read more

Finished vintage cone angel figures.        Tiny cone figures were frequently produced by mass industry at the end of the 1940s, primarily by the Japanese or in Germany for the North American market place. Catalogue companies like: J. C. Penny, Wards and Sears sold cone figures by the thousands through the mail, while five-and-dime stores like Woolworth's and made small fortunes by supplying the same kinds of factory made, inexpensive holiday ornaments directly from store displays and shelves.       My vintage inspired angels are ..read more

       One of many Christmas spiders that hang on our trees during the holidays. This one is made from wire and cotton batting and a tiny bit of paint. The face is modeled from Sculpey pressed into a factory made mold. I'm not sure whether or not one of these may be found just anywhere... So crafters may need to paint a small wooden bead and attach it to their spider's body for a head. This cotton batting spider hangs on a white  Christmas tree ordinarily, however, this  year she has been hung on a woodland  themed tree in our study. Supply List: Sc ..read more

        For this fun child craft you will need the following supplies: green construction paper in at least two different shades of green, brown construction paper for the trunk, colorful tissue papers for the ornaments, white school glue, scissors and Scotch tape to hang your finished tree in the window. Left, is the tree assembled before gluing colorful tissue papers over the cut round ornament shapes. Right is the finished Christmas craft hanging on a window. The light shinning through each Christmas bauble looks lovely!     &n ..read more

Give a gift of memories on a Christmas wreath this year!        Last year, my older daughter assembled this vintage wreath using dozens of cut felt leaves and her grandmother's collection of turned, wooden ornaments. Smaller collections that once hung on family Christmas trees can be displayed and preserved for future generations on wreaths. This display lends opportunity to appreciate vintage trinkets that ordinarily might get lost in jumbled shoebox collections fit only for rummage sales. What looks broken and uninteresting to folks digging through unwanted item ..read more

        I want to tell you to-night a story which has been told to little children in Germany for many hundreds of years...        Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, on the night before Christmas, a little child was wandering all alone through the streets of a great city. There were many people on the street, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, uncles and aunts, and even gray-haired grandfathers and grandmothers, all of whom were hurrying home with bundles of presents for each other and their little ones. Fine carria ..read more

G. K. Chesterton from our collections at Christian Clip Art Review         We live in an age of wonders. Great discoveries and startling events crowd upon us so fast that we have scarcely recovered from the bewildering effects of one before another comes, and we are thus kept in a constant whirl of excitement. The heavens are full of shooting stars, and while watching one we are distracted by another. So frequent is this experience that our nerves almost refuse to respond to the shock of a new sensation. We are no longer surprised at surprises. The ..read more

Child Illustration by Gustave Tenggren The King of Love My Shepherd Is Lyrics   The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His, And He is mine forever.   Where streams of Living water flow My ransomed soul He leadeth, And, where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth  And so through all the length of days Thy goodness faileth never: Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise Within Thy house forever. Additional Versions: "The King of love my Shepherd is" - John Rutter and Cambridge Singers, Thelma Owen same hymn ..read more