Jingle Bells!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells!

Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

Jingle Bells, jingle bells!

Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

 

You can click on this video to sing along with us while we ride!

Have you ever been on a real live sleigh ride before?

Mommie said now's our chance! Come on and ride along!

All Aboard!  (Painting by John Sloane, 2022 January Calendar)

"Dashing through the snow, on a one horse open sleigh!

O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way! 

Bells on Bobtail ring, making spirits bright!

What fun it is to ride and sing our sleighing song tonight!"

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells!

Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

Jingle Bells, jingle bells!

Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

Oh boy! That sure was a lot of fun, wasn't it?  I'm so glad you came along and rode with me!! I've been waiting and waiting to ride in this sleigh!  My Aunt Peggy and Uncle Billy sent it to Mommie and Daddy for Christmas, with some pretty flowers in it:

And I've been waiting and waiting for those pretty flowers to finally be finished so I could ride in this sleigh! So Mommie said today was the day!!  And my pretty horse Bella was very happy to pull the sleigh so I could take a ride!

I sure enjoyed that ride! I hope you did too!

Mommie said that she apologizes for us not writing more sooner about my very first Christmas! She knows everyone has been waiting to hear all about it, but there's just been so much going on, and Mommie's been so busy, and well, today's the first day she thought about it!  So....we need to go back and start wherever we left off and bring everyone up to date!

Well, Christmas morning came, and we all woke up and there were presents all under the tree for everyone!

My sister Baby Elva and I were so very very excited to see everything so beautiful!

And look! There was even a stocking hung on the fireplace for me!  It had some yummy candies and little toys in it! That was so much fun!

Oh, and my big brother Benton and big sister "Auntie Rose" came over and brought their puppies, Sugar and Spice, and even they got a stocking filled with toys!

And guess what! I had some presents under the tree...with my name on them!!!

And Mommie helped me open them up.  Among other things, I got some new clothes from my Auntie Peggy and Uncle Billy!

I didn't get to try them on right then because there was so much going on, but they took my picture so we could say thank you!

Everyone got so many wonderful presents, and we had such a wonderful day! I asked Mommie why do we all get presents, when it's really Jesus' birthday?  Well, she said, because Jesus was the very best gift of all to all of us, and we celebrate His birthday by giving gifts to one another, to show people we love them, just like God sent Jesus to us to show us He loves us. And also, she told me the story about how the Wise Men came from a long way away to see Jesus when He was still very young, and they brought Him gifts to honor Him, because they knew He was the King of the Jews!

Here's the story from the Bible:

The Magi Visit the Messiah

Matthew 2:1-12

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 

11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 

12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route."

Mommie said that the Baby Jesus was probably anywhere from one to two years old when the Wise Men came, and that He and His parents weren't still at the stable with the sheep and the donkeys and shepherds, but they were in a little house in the town of Bethlehem, but it's still okay to have the Wise Men show up here in our Nativity Scene, because that's all we have.  The important part is that they came, and the gifts they brought Jesus may have helped pay for His parents to take Him to Egypt to stay until the bad king Herod died.  Mommie said we'd have to read the rest of the story in the Bible in Matthew chapter 2 to hear the whole story.  She said that "link" will take you to a place where you can read it if you want to.  I'm sure glad the Wise Men didn't go back and tell King Herod where Jesus was. They saved His life!!!

So now, Mommie says Christmas is pretty much over for this year, and we are going to be taking down our decorations and tree and stuff this week.  But first, today I finally tried on my new outfits that Auntie Peggy sent me. Do you want to see them? Of course you do!

I love them both! This one has little Lady Bugs all over it! Aren't they cute?

And this one has a poodle on the t-shirt, and the little skirt is really pants!

Isn't that nice? I can sit down in them and still be "modest". Mommie says that's very important!

And Mommie said she already showed you this cute Teapot and cake "glitter" snow lantern!

That was also a gift to Mommie from Auntie Peggy.  Isn't it sweet?

Oh, I have one more thing to share with you!

Mommie says you will all know about her "Pamela's Victorian Cottage" from some of her previous posts.  Well, it looks like  the little Mama has one more sweet little girl to feed and dress in her household:

Her name is "Jolly and Joyful Wendy".  Every year my Auntie Doris gives my Mommie one of these cute little dolls for Christmas. Mommie said I can play with them too. She said it can be like having my own dollhouse!  Mommie said she was "delighted" to add to the little family at Pamela's Victorian Cottage!

Well, I guess I'd better say goodbye for now! I hope you enjoyed hearing all about my very first special Christmas!  And now we are all ready for a Happy New Year!!

Bye Bye everyone!

And remember,

Jesus Loves you, and I do too!

Love,

Lily Grace

xoxoxoxox