We are so lucky to have a blogging friend who keeps us busy throughout the year with Blog Hops. Of course I am talking about Jo and the 2018 advent Calendar Blog Hop. I am day #8
Meet Angel Noell from Brooks Books. I love the patterns...they are on perforated paper and fun to do. I made a few changes: I added beads to the wreath and omitted the hair decoration. I used feathers for her wings. I also added specialty fiber to fluff up her stole. When Christmastime is over she hangs around in my bedroom.
Each blog hop Jo has a question for us to answer. This year she wants to know what our favorite Christmas Carol is. This for me is a hard question, let me explain. Through the years my favorite carol have changed. When I was a child of course it was those Jingle Bells and Frosty songs. Then as a young girl "in love" with her soldier boyfriends (during the 60s and before Mr Horton) it was I'll Be Home for Christmas type. Then one day after leaving a hospital in Boston where my dad was for end stage cancer, Dennis and I stopped at the Chestnut Hill Mall to spend some time after a trying few hours. As we entered it happened to be the Christmas department of a store and ( for your listening pleasure click here)The Carol of the Bells was playing by George Winston. My heart immediately responded with a calm and soothing feeling. I had heard it before but this time it felt like it was playing just for me.
The original folk story related in the song was associated with the coming New Year, which, in pre-Christian Ukraine, was celebrated with the coming of spring in April. The original Ukrainian title translates to "the generous one"[4] or is perhaps derived from the Ukrainian word for bountiful (shchedryj),[3] and tells a tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the bountiful year that the family will have.
My dad passed on December 18, 1985 a few weeks after hearing this amazing carol as played by George Winston. So, although I love all Christmas music and play it all during the season, this is my uplifting song and yes it reminds me of the coming year and the promises new things to come.
Merry Christmas my friends and look forward to a New Year.
