More present wrapping today, as we are meeting family at the farm shop café to swap Christmas presents. We won't open them then and there, but carry them off to put them under our own trees as home.
BB added some more baubles to the tree while I was cooking bubble and squeak and scrambled eggs for supper. The cards are waiting to be strung up round the room in a day or so.
I've written all the ones for the mail, now there are just some friends and neighbours to do for delivering by hand.
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This is the antiphon for tomorrow, Saturday 20th December;
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Isreal,
qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Key of David and the scepter of the House of Israel,
who opens and no one shuts, who shuts and no one opens.
O come and bring out the captive from the prison-house, him who sits in the in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Lovely to see your tree evolving. Very pretty. I hope you enjoy meeting with your family to exchange gifts. I am making some faux whisky cream liqueur today and doing the washing, very exciting. Thank you for posting the Latin as well as the English antiphons. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteFaux whisky cream liqueur sounds delicious! I used to bribe myself to tackle the ironing basket with little glasses of Bailey's.
DeleteWe were very lucky with the weather this morning at the café and had a good time together, thank you 😊
As a child our Christmas tree had real candles! I think they were only lit once or twice with adults in attendance. I think a tree looks so lovely with candles.
ReplyDeleteI've only seen one tree with real candles, a little table top real tree in a pot. It was when we were on holiday in Austria, 60 !!!!!! years ago. It's was so pretty
DeleteI hope you had a lovely gift exchange.
ReplyDeleteWe did thank you, and we had a table under a heater as well!
DeleteReal candles like I had as a child, unheard of in todays world!
ReplyDeleteOurs are real battery powered candles! Rechargeable batteries too.
DeleteSounds as though things are really coming along!
ReplyDeleteIndeed they are... are you the same person who added a comment yesterday?
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