Tuesday, December 27, 2005
*late night rummaging, the Diva discovers...HAM!!* mmm...I love Christmas...
Welcome to the Christmas 2005 edition of We're So Gorgeous. I expect everyone to make an effort to post their holiday pictures.
(do it! Or the obnoxious background colors stay! Muahahahahahahah....)
*grin*
Well, this has been a very drawn out holiday, this year. For us, it started at Yule (Winter Solstice). In our tradition, Yule is typically (at our latitude) a very cold, dark time when survival is very much a matter of having adequate food, clothing, shelter and heat. It is a time when the Goddess sleeps and we are left to fend for ourselves. How well we survive often depends on how much we can come together as a community.
In short, it's a very practical holiday.
In our household, we:
1) light a Yule Log (which for us (being dreadful urbanites) means a big candle) and keep vigil all night (or until Mom has to sleep), waiting for the sun to come back.
2) give presents of clothing and food
3) put up and decorate a tree (gotta get that log energy in) string lights and generally make at least one corner of the house the special holiday place (as it generally takes all evening to do this, it's a practical, festive way to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season) .
As we celebrate, we stay mindful of how lucky we are to have these basic necessities, thank those on high for helping us get through another year and pray for the strength and cleverness we'll need to get through the winter.
This year, we also watched "It's A Wonderful Life"
I thought it made a nice segue.
Anyway. Solstice isn't really a time for taking pictures, so I didn't.
Christmas, on the other hand...
I know you've all been salivating to see the kids open presents and such, so here is the craziness that was. First, a nice, calm pic:
We took this the night before. Here you see, from top to bottom:
Diva Blue,
Diva Karaoke-Style and Jeremy,
Big Mama, Gareth
and Vincent
Next, we have some presents being opened:
Gareth and Jeremy open presents while Kareoke-style quietly stares off in the distance and tries to ignore the fact that she drove all day and didn't eat...poor thing's starving...
Vincent says: I got dis batman-car!
Tristan says: Hey Pop! I like the boots. Check out this cool tattoo Amelia got me for Christmas. She designed it!
More pics to come! But now, it's late, and I'm tired of fighting Blogger.
Goodnight.
(do it! Or the obnoxious background colors stay! Muahahahahahahah....)
*grin*
Well, this has been a very drawn out holiday, this year. For us, it started at Yule (Winter Solstice). In our tradition, Yule is typically (at our latitude) a very cold, dark time when survival is very much a matter of having adequate food, clothing, shelter and heat. It is a time when the Goddess sleeps and we are left to fend for ourselves. How well we survive often depends on how much we can come together as a community.
In short, it's a very practical holiday.
In our household, we:
1) light a Yule Log (which for us (being dreadful urbanites) means a big candle) and keep vigil all night (or until Mom has to sleep), waiting for the sun to come back.
2) give presents of clothing and food
3) put up and decorate a tree (gotta get that log energy in) string lights and generally make at least one corner of the house the special holiday place (as it generally takes all evening to do this, it's a practical, festive way to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season) .
As we celebrate, we stay mindful of how lucky we are to have these basic necessities, thank those on high for helping us get through another year and pray for the strength and cleverness we'll need to get through the winter.
This year, we also watched "It's A Wonderful Life"
I thought it made a nice segue.
Anyway. Solstice isn't really a time for taking pictures, so I didn't.
Christmas, on the other hand...
I know you've all been salivating to see the kids open presents and such, so here is the craziness that was. First, a nice, calm pic:
We took this the night before. Here you see, from top to bottom:
Diva Blue,
Diva Karaoke-Style and Jeremy,
Big Mama, Gareth
and Vincent
Next, we have some presents being opened:
Gareth and Jeremy open presents while Kareoke-style quietly stares off in the distance and tries to ignore the fact that she drove all day and didn't eat...poor thing's starving...
Vincent says: I got dis batman-car!
Tristan says: Hey Pop! I like the boots. Check out this cool tattoo Amelia got me for Christmas. She designed it!
More pics to come! But now, it's late, and I'm tired of fighting Blogger.
Goodnight.
