On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:
Twelve Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Twelfth Night is usually celebrated on the night of Jan. 5, and is considered the end of the Christmas season, before the Epiphany the following day
It’s over. Over. Over…
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and even Christmas is gone, gone, gone… Three King’s Day was my last hurrah, and now that the "12th day of Christmas" has come and gone… It is all wrapped, packed, and put away. Long live the spirit of Christmas. Shalom.
In case you forgot, it is #TreeTuesday with @Old-Guy-Photos! think I can get one more use out of the tree if I try really hard. Let's see a tree or three today! Happy #TreeTuesday!!
A flower, always. To color my world. #alwaysaflower
And just like that, this post is over. Come back tomorrow and we'll do it again and again until we get it right or until the world is right, whichever comes first.
Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Some days, it is not as easy to see, just how wonderful it really is. For me, I try to do my part. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Shakespeare
Thank you for the repost @pixresteemer! Much appreciated!
You got it all put away in a day ?? Wow !
I don't take anything down or turn anything off till my after my birthday, which is this coming Saturday. After that day, I don't turn the outside lights on anymore and and only have the Christmas tree on after the blinds are closed. I may then slowly start putting away a thing or two, but not in a hurry and saving the tree till last. I don't have a set date for it to come down, just whenever I feel like it. LOL !! I'm not sure my tree has ever come down in January, but it could have and I have just forgotten.
Only 354 days till Christmas !!
I always do it in one day, it just drags it on for me when I don't. Although, truth be told. it saddens me to take the lights off the tree and put the tree on the curb.
Le sigh.
If I worked from home, I probably would never take it down, I love the fairy tale magic of it all and could live like that all year long. Maybe I should leave one up on the lower level. Wouldn't that be nice to have the magic continue? Maybe next year!
Only 349 days till Christmas!
This year I could probably put it all away in one day, because I didn't put out everything I have, but I don't know if I will. It is the day after birthday though, so at some point before dark I will go out and unplug the outside lights. I will however turn the tree on after the blinds are close. It gets to light up until it comes down !
I always thought it would be nice to have a den or room of some type where a tree would stay up always. Then if a day wasn't kind or was too harrid... there would be a place to go in, turn it on and let it sooth the outside world all away. Yeah.... I could love that.
Yay ! It's getting closer !!
I used to have a seasonal tree (until I moved from San Antonio) and it was a pencil tree that was 6 feet tall. I put Easter, Valentines, Halloween... It was fun! I have no idea why I stopped decorating it, but, I may do another one because it was so fun and I got to decorate it all year long.
Oh, yeah, you need to add on a den! Do you think your uncle would mind? :))
Probably not .... as long as I pay for it....LOL.... his value goes up, costs him nothing !
Oh!! How awesome!!! Interest rates are down! And you gain a peaceful haven.
Dreams are free. I do it all the time.
ha ha ... Thank God ! If dreams had a cost, I'd be in the poor house dreaming them. :)
The tree need a good long rest to recharge for next season! Time flies quite fast! Soon you’ll have to start shopping for decorations to add to the Christmas tree once more!
Have a nice day!
I only allow myself one new Christmas bulb a year. I love decorations, but, I have so many beautiful ones and if I buy more there would be no room to put these up!
I will recharge for the year and be ready!!!
Only 349 days till Christmas~ :))
Hi, @Kamichan!! Hope all is well in your world.
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We have our tree about half way done. I still really love to see it at night tho
I cannot say that I blame you! I love seeing them at night too! I should have left one up in the lower level (down near the gym and media room and and and) Maybe next year I will do that and have a year-round tree.
Doesn't that sound like a good idea? I used to have a seasonal tree and decorate it for Easter, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc... It was a pencil tree that was 6 feet tall. When I moved here, I stopped doing it. I have no idea why, but, seems like I needed a reason to start doing it again.
Such a happy tree it was!
No rush!! There are still 349 days left till next Christmas!
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Merry Christmas, @dswigle! Hehehe.
Lavender flowers... they are so pretty!
Merry Christmas, beauty! Can you believe I used lavender during the season of joy?? I hope that all is well with you and that you are surviving the COVID season well. I cannot believe that it has been almost a year of life we have been living in the shadow.
And somehow, we have persevered! Love to you, my friend. XOXO
It's been a year. You too, I hope it doesn't get you down too much as it has me. I hope never more to stay in the hospital. But I will not be the same for a while.
Love you much!!! 🥰🌺🤙 !ENGAGE
I hope you are doing better and taking good care of yourself. xoxo This year has gotten me down a little, but, I am keeping my head up moving along.
ENGAGEtokens.@dswigle
Yeahhh!!!
A flower always to color the entire world with love n peace!!!
Blossom like a flower,
smile and giggle like a flower,
spread your fragrance to the world ...lovely...so lovely!!!
You just made my day!!!
Celebrate each day!!!
Best!>
Amit
Thanks so much, Amit!! @amitsharma
Who doesn't love to color our world with love and peace? We need a little bit of that right about now, don't we? I am so happy to have you back! You have been gone far too long!
Celebrate each day! It is the best thing to do.
Have a fabulous day!