Thursday, January 19, 2023

Not a Crumb Remains

One of our all - time favorite Christmas cards,
picked out by Gerry's mom.

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2022 was my Christmas for discovering poems,
before unknown to me, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
[in addition to long beloved favorites]:

Holidays

The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full river of feeling overflows;—

The happy days unclouded to their close;
The sudden joys that out of darkness start
As flames from ashes; swift desires that dart
Like swallows singing down each wind that blows!

White as the gleam of a receding sail,
White as a cloud that floats and fades in air,
White as the whitest lily on a stream,

These tender memories are;— a Fairy Tale
Of some enchanted land we know not where,
But lovely as a landscape in a dream.


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The Cake

The Trifle

The Pies

The Tea ~ The Mugs

The Oranges

Oops ~ No picture of the pudding this year!

1 comment:

  1. Dessert Ranking

    Sam felt bad for putting Xmas pudding & mince pies last, but no! — our feelings will not be hurt!

    Sam’s Results:

    1.Green fluff
    2.Trifle

    3. Pumpkin bread (w choc chips)
    4. Chocolate pecan pie

    5.Pumpkin pie (crust-less)

    6. Puppy Chow
    7. Chex Mix

    8. Christmas pudding
    9. Mince pies

    PS
    Ben & Cathleen are allowed to omit green fluff entirely & include orange slice cake instead.

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