English hymnwriter Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander wrote the Christmas carol “Once in Royal David’s City” and published it in 1848 in Hymns for Little Children. In 1918 King’s College Chapel Choir at Cambridge University began a special Christmas Eve service…
I have been stringing lights inside our house, on the outside of our house, and in the yard. This star hangs from a window in my office at home. After various attempts at decorating these wheels that sit beside our…
Christmas Belles by Winslow Homer, published in Harper’s Weekly, January 2, 1869, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian. Though few of us have…
Probably everyone who loves Christmas also loves Christmas music. Another of our favorite Christmas traditions is attending the annual Christmas concert of the Cookeville Community Band. We enjoyed doing this very much on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. High school students,…
Jesus had been with His Father in Heaven from the beginning. He and His Father were one even when creating all that exists in the Universe. As we learn in Colossians: For by Him all things were created, both in…
During the month of December, I plan to share thoughts about Jesus coming into the world and also some stories about the origin of Christmas traditions around the world. Ray and I and our family enjoy many Christmas traditions. On…
