DOWN with the rosemary and bays, Down with the misletoe ; Instead of holly, now up-raise The greener box (for show). The holly hitherto did sway ; Let box now domineer Until the dancing Easter day, Or Easter’s eve appear. Then youthful box which now hath grace Your houses to renew ; Grown old, surrender must [...]
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Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
Posted in Christmas, tagged Candlemas, Herrick on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Twelfth Night
Posted in Christmas, tagged Twelfth Night on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
And now for our traditional posting of the thoughts of our Christmastide chronicler, Mr. R. Herrick, on Twelfth Night. What’s that you say? We’ve never posted Mr. Herrick’s thoughts on Twelfth Night before? What a gap there is between the mind and the fingers! That must be why, much to my amazement, all the excellent [...]
Christmas Creche: December 22-The Donkey
Posted in advent, Children, Christmas, tagged Christmas, creche, donkey on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The donkey was sure he did not have to wait for his days of glory. He was in them. He worked for a carpenter named Joseph in a town called Nazareth. The donkey carried whatever Joseph told him to carry: sacks of cement, baskets of bricks, tall piles of wood. He worked very hard and [...]
Happy New Year
Posted in advent, Christmas, Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What better time to launch a new blog about celebrating the Christian church year? Today is the first day of the Christian year, which begins with the Advent season. This is the time in which we anticipate the coming of Christ into the world — past, present and future. We remember Jesus’ humble birth in [...]
