Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating this special holiday.
For me it is not just a family holiday, it is a religious day as well.
I love the story of the birth of Christ.
I've been fortunate to see and hear many beautiful pieces of art and music about His birth.
I've seen the first and last by Giotto in person (I have a fondness for Giotto).
The two middle pieces I would love to see, but likely won't.
Madonna di san giorgio alla costa
by Giotto ~ Between 1295 and 1300
The church of San Giorgio alla Costa
Florence, Italy
Painting Hung in the Chapel of the Shepherds' Field
I'd love to see this for real, but likely never will.
Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
by Gerard van Honthorst (1622)
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
Cologne, Germany
No. 17 Scenes from the Life of Christ: 1. Nativity
by Giotto (between 1304 and 1306)
The Scrovegni Chapel
Padua, Italy
And here is one of my favorite Christmas songs about the birth of Jesus.
It's by written and sung by Canada's and Prince Edward Island's Lennie Gallant.
The Innkeeper ~ YouTube
I'm linking to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date, Tom's Aloha Friday, and Nicole's Friday Face Off.
For Rain: Christmas Fun ~ Christmas 1958
Barbie, Roy, Me, Donnie, and Gretchen
(Bertie was a few months away from entering this world.)
Margaretsville, Nova Scotia, Canada
December 24,1959
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For Tom: Love is Aloha ~ Our Niece Sara and her love Justen got engaged this week!
Wishing you aloha, Sara and Justen!
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
For Nicole: Christmas Cookies and Chicken Pox ~ Our great nephew Jackson came down with chicken pox, but that didn't stop him from making cookies.
Jackson making my chocolate chip cookies.
United Kingdom
2024
Photo by Krista Mundry
Thrilled? Faces ~ Donnie and I, Christmas past.
Donnie (back) and Me (front) Tobogganing!Calgary, Alberta, Canada
December 24, 2016
Photo by M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue
However you celebrate, enjoy! ❤️❤️❤️
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
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