Christmas music

It isn’t just the Christmas season when all families choose to come together. With the onset of what looks to be a beautiful summer well on its way, birthday parties, garden BBQs and multiple summer weddings are sure to take place and give the perfect excuse for families to gather once again and spend some quality time in each other’s company. During this time, it’s not uncommon for the importance of family to be brought to our attention as we remember just how much we’ve missed each other.…

Every year on Christmas Eve the whole family woke up at 9 in the morning. We would all get ready for a family Christmas in DeWitt, Iowa at my aunt’s and uncle’s. Christmas was the only time the whole family got together. My family never had any family reunions or family Thanksgivings. So going to Christmas in Dewitt would let me see all my family members that rarely came by. The day started out with my mother in the kitchen. Every year my mother made the best vegetable pizza that she took…

Ok all you nay sayers, it's finally time for you to begin to celebrate Christmas. You were the epitome of the Grinch when the stores put out their Christmas decorations in August. You whined about how Christmas was going to "take over or overshadow Thanksgiving" Now you have no excuse. And for the record, yeah Christmas is supposed to overshadow Thanksgiving. One is about our being Thankful and diving into a food orgy. The other is about the Incarnation of God. And before you get upset with…

are the traditions of Spain on Christmas Eve, tiny oil lamps are lit in every house, as the stars start to come out and after Midnight Mass and Christmas Dinner, streets fill with dancers and onlookers. Christmas in Spain is a time of decorations, joy, Christmas carols, and festive street lights. "Hogueras" (bonfires), this tradition originated long before Christmas. It is the observance of the shortest day of the year. The true mark of the beginning of Christmas in Spain is the Spanish…

something happy. It’s a tradition I always hoped would never fade, but sometimes new traditions come to mix with the old and soon you can’t recall of a moment when they weren’t in tandem. Two years ago one more tradition was added to our little Christmas affair and a year after that something extraordinary happened because of it. The night was lit by only my phone screen and the street lights that zoomed past. The singing is what made me nervous. I’d made Olivia and Norah go through the songs at…

Genealogy One of my family traditions is getting together for Christmas, playing games and eating amazing food. We have been doing this for about four years and every year we have lots of people come over and eat holiday candy. I think genealogy is the search for my family history that not very people new about. Why is family heritage important? It is important because you can learn great things that can lead to new and great discoveries. If you want to know more about my journey in searching…

little bit more? How about we look at a couple of the biggest holidays, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Christmas is obviously the best holiday ever. From how long you get off school or work, to the food groups you focus in on for that holiday, to who figuratively or literally comes to your home. If I gave one the option of more or less, almost always one would choose more. Its just an instinct, who wouldn't want more? Christmas gets about 2 weeks off, to be specific, it is 16 days off. That leaves…

Organising the Ultimate Christmas Dinner Party is far from easy, but it can become a smoother process by following some useful tips. Make a To-do List. Several days before the event kicks off, take some time to think of all the things you need to make, buy, organise and create in order for the party to run smoothly. From comprising the menu to figuring out all the details of the decorations you need to put a lot of thought and much planning into the things that need to be done. Jot them down…

The echoes, or the music I heard grew heavier and heavier, instead of vanishing. I decided to go where the music came from, shoving all the snow and snow slide away to keep Gabriel warm, but the snow kept getting in our way. As I walked through the snow, all the memories from the Giver I learned came up in my mind growing in a cycle and I felt balmy. The colors, food I liked, the sleigh all I learned, all the memories warmth myself even in the snow. Yes, I felt warm, but as the memory grew, I…

participated to the St. Paul Music Concert, and we played instruments and sang several songs in St. Paul Gym. It was from 1 O’clock to 3 O’clock, and not only the secondary students, but also their parents enjoyed St. Paul Music Concert, and the parents saw how music skills of their sons and daughters had been improved. Goals of this Music Concert were to enjoy last day before a Christmas holiday and to show parents what their sons and daughters had learned in their music classes. Every Middle…