A Traditional Christmas Care Package for Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

Poetry: Holidays by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe holiest of all holidays are those     Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;    The secret anniversaries of the heart,Read More Song In My Head: Christmas Wonderland by Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZUprMPUkM Art: Samuel Edmund Waller's Christmas Day The Uninvited Photo credit: fineartamerica.com Quote: “Santa Claus …

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A Traditional Christmas Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020

Poetry: The Mahogany Tree by William Makepeace ThackerayChristmas is here:Winds whistle shrill,Icy and chill,Read More Song In My Head: This Christmas by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhKVSZsRxQM Art: The Kindly Robin, artist unknown Photo credit: pinterest.com Quote: “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” – Washington Irving Recipe: Bûche de Noël Photo credit: kingarthurbaking.com …

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Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020

Poetry: In the Evening by William RichardThe night air is filledwith the scent of apples,and the moon is nearly fullRead More Song In My Head: Runaway by Troy Millette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q9DpPO76m4 Art: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson’s Bursting Shell Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world.All things break. And all …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020

Poetry: Asking for Roses by Robert FrostA house that lacks, seemingly, mistress and master,    With doors that none but the wind ever closes,Its floor all littered with glass and with plaster;     It stands in a garden of old-fashioned roses.Read More Song In My Head: Teenage Dream by T Rex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkGNU1089HQ Art: Sine Mackinnon’s …

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A Very Weird Christmas Care Package for Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020

Hey, y’all? I thought I could do it. Twenty-five days of swimming in the schlock-filled pool of Christmas counterculture. But I feel like I’m drowning in festive garbage here, so today is the last Very Weird Christmas Care Package. I’m broken. Tomorrow I’ll switch things up and go through Christmas Day with a different take …

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