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DAY OF THE DEAD ALTARS
As All Saints’ Day and All Hallows Eve approached, our art class moved on from the harvest and Halloween themes of the Great Pumpkin. Inspired by the Mexican tradition of the Dia de Los Muertos altars to the honored ancestors, we made frames for photo collages of our own loved ones of blessed memory. The…
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Holiday Gifts and Traditions
In my family, we didn’t break out the seasonal decorations or fashions until Thanksgiving Day. My mother put her knitting hobby to good use one year and made Christmas sweaters for all of us. She practiced on mine, so I got the baggy sleeves and an oversized middle. At least she got her stitch gauge…
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The Fairy Nativity: A Simple Christmas
“There are winds created for vengeance and in their anger they can dislodge mountains. On the day of reckoning they will pour out their strength and calm the anger of their Maker.” ~~ Ecclesiasticus 39: 28 Seventeen days and counting to Christmas: Grey Thursday, Black Friday and the Great Christmas Sales are upon us. Wal-Mart…
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