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It Takes A Village, People.
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Heathered Nest
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There's something about Christmas, isn't there? That feeling. Do you know what I mean? I think it's a sense of collective consciousness. Like we are all a part of something. Even my friends who aren't Christian and don't celebrate the holiday tell me they feel it too. It's just different around Christmas. Good different, mostly. Sure, we all have those "freak out" holiday moments where we can't find the honey-baked ham, or every store in the universe is out of the #1 item on little Johnny's Christmas list. But, that's all par for the course.
More than through the rest of the year, it's around the holidays that it feels we are all family...all us crazy humans here on this big blue orb.
And to live this life to it's fullest, it takes a village, people.
More than through the rest of the year, it's around the holidays that it feels we are all family...all us crazy humans here on this big blue orb.
And to live this life to it's fullest, it takes a village, people.
OK, not really what I meant.
We have a ceramic Christmas village here at home. It's not the expensive Department 56 type (although I LOVE those). It's a DIY type village, where I painstakingly painted every little house, bit by bit. They start out like the ones you see above. Just blank slates.
I started painting my village around age 8. And each year, I'd work on painting another piece. We've started the tradition with our own children now. They are working on a nativity set, and really enjoy the process.
Here was my first building. The village church. And over the years, that one little building has grown into a whole town, with our vintage Lionel train running around the perimeter.
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Published December 17th, 2015 10:34 AM
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Sandy Hartnett on Dec 24, 2015Fantastic tradition! Carry on... Hugs
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Sheila on Dec 27, 2015I have been doing the same thing, painted my first house when my son was just one, he is almost 24 now. I love the memories it brings back.
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Vickie Ray Blair on Dec 28, 2015@Sheila They are beautiful!
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