Mommy Brain

I’m going to take a hint from Melanie at The Refrigerator Door and call today Festive Friday. No getting up at the crack of dawn for all those sales for me. We slept in until 8:30 - it was glorious! After breakfast, we put up the Christmas tree and decorated the house, while listening to Christmas music.

Our Thanksgiving was wonderful. I survived doing the turkey. My stuffing, while a little too moist, still tasted good. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the kids didn’t drive my grandmother crazy. Plus, my mom brought me a present. When we were growing up, this was one of our all-time favorite Christmas records (yes, records) to listen to:

My mom brought me The Roger Whittaker Christmas Album CD yesterday, and I’ve been feeling like a little girl full of Christmas anticipation. This isn’t a CD full of old Christmas favorites - they are all originals, most written by Roger Whittaker himself - but these songs mean Christmas to our family. (You have to hear Darcy the Dragon.)

Last night when I was saying good night to Natalie, she said, “I can’t wait until tomorrow.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Because that Christmas feeling will start!”

I’ll leave you with a few words from Roger Whittaker:

Hallelujah, It’s Christmas

Look down, look down and see the world;
Look down and see the world rejoicing!
A child, a child is born today,
In peace and love, so raise your voices!

A time to learn from every child,
A time to give, a time to smile.
Embracing all in happiness,
A time to ask them for forgiveness.

So we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!
And we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!

Lead on, lead on and take my mind,
Lead me to greater understanding.
Of all the sorrow’s of mankind,
In you, a love ever-expanding.

To be content with what I need,
To live without a trace of greed,
To be a child once again,
And never, never more the same.

So we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!
And we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!

And so, and so the day is done.
The child once more peacefully sleeping.
The Son has set upon the world,
His watch of love peacefully keeping.

Have we just passed the time away?
Have we just lost ourselves in play?
Have we begun to live again,
Like children never more the same?

So we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!
And we sing:
Hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le, hal-le
Hallelujah!