Author: Cyndi

The Meaning of the Christmas Tree

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Hello Luminaries,

Today is Tuesday, December 10, which means that Christmas is only 15 days away! Are you ready? That’s my favorite question.

I’ve been celebrating Christmas ever since the 1st of October. Celebrating Christmas is one of my favorite things to do. I love it. 

I get to enjoy all of the festivities that lead up to Christmas Eve and day. The writing, the singing, dancing, baking and making plans to have a great time throughout the entire holiday season. I am all for it.

Being in a Christmas mood makes all the difference in the world in how we feel. Christmas brings a multitude of feelings that include joy, love, peace, good cheer and amazing home decor that warms hearts and home.

Thinking about holiday greetings, my Christmas tree and its gorgeous decorated I wanted to find out the meaning of the Christmas tree. I posed this question in my Facebook Christmas book and this is what one of my followers posted. This is truly amazing.

The Meaning of the Christmas TreeAs I dug deeper into the meaning of the Christmas tree I found this.

The Meaning of the Christmas TreeI hope you enjoy reading about the meaning of the Christmas tree and may you have a very amazing Merry Christmas.

Blessings,

Cyn

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That’s What Christmas Means To Me

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My Loves Christmas Means So Much To Me

That's What Christmas Means To Me

That’s what Christmas means to me is that one song that I could listen to all year long. It’s a very special song. It is filled with love and emotion.

Christmas lights up my home and warms my heart. This is what Christmas means to me.

This Christmas song reminds me of why the holiday season is very dear to me.

I never tire of hearing this song time and time again because it is filled with every thing Christmas.

Here are the lyrics to this beautiful song. Sing along and enjoy it!

Oh, yeahCandles burnin’ lowLots of mistletoeLots of snow and iceEverywhere we goChoirs singin’ carolsRight outside my door
All these things and more (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me, my love) whoa, yeahYeah
And ya know what I meanI see your smilin’ faceLike I never seen beforeEven though I love ya madlyIt seems I love you moreThe little cards you’ll give meWill touch my heart for sure
All these things and more, darling (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, yeah, I
I feel like runnin’ wild (runnin’ wild)As anxious as a little childGreet you ‘neath the mistletoeKiss you once and then some moreAnd wish you a Merry Christmas baby (wish you a Merry Christmas baby)Whoa, and such happiness in the comin’ yearOh, baby (happiness in the comin’ year)
Let’s deck the halls with hollySing sweet silent nightFill the tree with angel hairAnd pretty, pretty lightsGo to sleep and wake upJust before daylight
And all these things and more, baby (all these things and more)Whoa, that’s what Christmas means to me my love(That’s what Christmas means to me my love) oh, baby, baby
Candles burnin’ lowLots and lots of snow (alright)Christmas bells are ringin’Christmas choirs singin’Christmas mistletoe
 

Merry Christmas Everybody

Cyn

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Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

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Christmas Blessings Are On The Way

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Have a holly jolly Christmas and embrace the season.

O Holy night the stars are brightly shining and we are in a real Christmas mood.

The first noel is playing in the back round and soon chestnuts will be roasting on an open fire in the backyard.

My family and I will be enjoying some homemade eggnog while we listen to Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Guess what, we plan to do just that. 

Gingerbread cookies will also be baking in the oven as we wrap our Christmas presents. Christmas gifts will be under the tree at midnight on Christmas Eve.

Santa and his elves with meet the grinch at the North Pole and Mrs. Claus will make some hot cocoa for all as they get ready to leave the North Pole. Santa’s big red sleigh is loaded down with toys and all kinds of Christmas surprises.

Christmas is coming soon and we will be ready to celebrate and enjoy all of the festivities.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas and love one another.

Here’s wishing you a peaceful and joyful holiday season and have a holly jolly Christmas, it is the best time of the year.

Sincerely,

Cynthia

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Sounds of the Christmas Season

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Christmas Music for the Soul for everyone

Christmas music for the soul

Hello Christmas Luminaries,

Can you believe it’s November 2, 2024, already?

Talk about ready, I cannot wait to get the Christmas celebration started.

Someone in my Facebook Christmas group informed me that Sirius has already started playing Christmas songs early yesterday morning.

I am excited because listening to the many wonderful Christmas songs is a great way to get into the holiday spirit.

My favorite Christmas songs and recording artists are, Mariah Carey and Baby Please Come Home. I also love Josh Groban’s rendition of Celebrate Me Home. How about Dean Martin, the Crooner, who sings amazingly when he belts out, A Marsh Mallow World.

And then there are the tall and talented group called the Temptations who come from the Motown Family, my family. We cannot forget their special rendition of Silent Night. They sing so beautifully with Eddie Kendricks on lead vocals.

I also love Celine when she so beautifully sings O Holy Night. She and Josh have my heart whenever I hear them sing so sensationally.

There are many top holiday Christmas songs that I love so much. Here are some of my other favorite Christmas songs that warm my home and melt my heart. To say that they deeply resonate with my spirit are would be an understatement.

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Silver Bells

Santa Baby

The First Noel

Carol of the Bells

Do You Hear What I Hear?

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Sleigh Ride

The list above is some of my favorite Christmas songs ever. What about you; do you have a few songs that you look forward to hearing throughout the Christmas Holiday season?

To be honest with you, I could listen to these songs all year round!

Enjoy Christmas music for the soul and jingle all the way to Christmas day!

Have a Merry Christmas!

Cyndi

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Let’s Decorate for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

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Let’s Get Ready To Welcome Christmas Into Our Homes

Decorating Our Homes for the Christmas Season

Decorating Our Homes for the Christmas Season starts right now.

If you’re ready, read along and decorate your hearts and homes with me for the holiday season and smile with glee.

Christmas is almost here and it’s time to roll out the red carpet and get ready to celebrate after we have decorated.

Who is ready to decor their home for the holidays? Let’s delve into merry and bright and illumine our homes with beautiful Christmas decorations.

As I have said time and time again, I love Christmas. Christmas is the most amazing time of year for me and my family.

Here it is October and I am ready to decorate my home for Christmas For the last two years I have been decorating my house for Christmas in October.

Although I shelf shop for Christmas decor every year in October I still prefer to use my own traditional pieces to decorate my home with, but you’ll still find me racing to Home Goods, Hobby Lobby, Michael’s for fun. Going to At Home to get a look at their breathtaking Christmas decor. I was not disappointed!

Shopping for Our Holiday Decor

Decorating Our Homes for the Christmas Season 

First, Home Goods is my favorite store for buying Christmas decorations. HG inspires me and gets me deeper into the Christmas mood that warms my spirit.

Shopping for the holiday season get me super excited and seeing the stores stocked up for Christmas. This time of year motivates me to decorate early because when October rolls around in my mind it’s Christmas and I want to enjoy Christmastime as long as possible.

Also, Hobby Lobby and Michael’s are both great to buy decorations for Christmas they both are similar in what they sell for Christmas.

I visited At Home in Maryland and was in awe at their enormous selection of all things Christmas. They had every ornament imaginable and in a variety of colors. 

From red to light pink, blue and mauve everything in their Christmas section was lovely and I enjoyed browsing through their decorations. 

After shelf shopping I decided that I would leave all of the 2024 Christmas decor behind and use all of the decorations that I already have instead of buying new.

I’m ready to decorate and I’ll start with my coffee table.

A few years ago I purchased a gold tray that I absolutely love.  It will be my coffee table’s centerpiece to be a showcase of stunning Christmas decor.

This gold tray is beautiful, bright and perfect for the Christmas holidays. Something about it sparkles and it says Christmas morning, noon and night.

Now, right in the middle of my gold tray I have placed a glass gold Christmas tree which serves also as a candle. It smells remarkable.

Right next to my gold Christmas tree I placed a tall gold reindeer. He has antlers that make him more than beautiful. Everything about him is gorgeous.

Next, I have added red and gold ornaments to this lovely tray with a few purple pieces to make this masterpiece pop.

To add more color and whimsy I have placed a set of three Starry Night Ribbon Ornament Hurricanes in red that illumine with white lights to brighten my table. I purchased these lovelies  from Valerie Parr Hill when she introduced them on QVC in July. These stunning hurricanes help to set the tone for Christmas and they are truly amazing.

And then there is Santa Claus. He is on the opposite end of my red hurricanes. He is clothed in a red soft winter coat and has some wonderful gifts in his sack. He is ready to make his deliveries.

Well, Christmas Luminaries, I think that’s it for now. My Christmas tree will be going up this week. I’ll be back to share the photos with you.

Decorating our homes for the Christmas season should be joy and love

Happy Decorating and Merry Christmas!

Cyn

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Christmas is Love Peace and Joy

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 Christmas Miracles Happen When Love Enters Into Our Hearts 

Christmas Miracles and Love

Christmas miracles and love.

Christmas is love and when we invite this special time of year into our hearts and homes we get to experience overflowing joy that majestically flows in clothing and warming us with Christmas presence.

Wonder becomes splendor and the two become expressions of love that await Christmas miracles making wishes come true. This happens when we close our eyes to dream.

We open our eyes to see the beauty of the holiday season and we smile.

Gifted to us we receive an abundance of peace and joy and maybe even those things which our hearts desire or that which we need.

Love continuously wraps and warms us and we are given ornaments of grace.

Enjoy Christmas and take time to sit relax and think of the beauty of this sensational holiday season.

There is no time like Christmastime. It is truly a time to love and a time to give and to welcome family friends to gather around and love each other sincerely.

Lasting love endures and Christmas lives in our hearts forever and always. This season why not let joy, all the love and peace become our way of living and speaking. When we do this  Christmas happens everyday because Christmas is love.

 

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone

Cyn

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Christmas Songs That Touch The Heart

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Songs and Sounds of the Wonderful Christmas Season

Christmas sounds and songs of the season bring so much joy!

Adding to my Christmas song list I want to share a song that melts my heart every time I play it. The song was originally sang by Kenny Loggins and it is amazing.

Did you know that Josh Groban released a new version of this heartwarming song in 2020?

When I heard Josh’s rendition of this very special song it melted my heart and tears flowed. I have been playing this beautiful song ever since.

Christmas Sounds and Songs of the Season

The song is Celebrate Me Home. Have you ever heard it? It’s absolutely heartwarming and such a  beautiful song. The song complements the Christmas season wonderfully and joyfully. It delivers an abundance of what it means to be thankful for family and friends.

I hope you get a chance to listen to the miracles and Christmas wishes found in the lyrics that can be found in this amazing song, Celebrate Me Home.

May you enjoy the Christmas holiday season.

Merry Christmas,

Cyndi

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Christmas Is Coming Quickly

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I’m Dreaming of A White Christmas

Christmastime is almost here. Will you be ready?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and I am elated about celebrating the holiday season.
Christmas time brings a multitude and abundance of love into hearts and home across the pond and around the world.

Every year during the holiday season I feel a true sense of deep seated love that gets planted and grows from the moment that I feel a chill in the wind.

As temperatures fall and trees lose their blankets that hug them in spring and summer seasons I embrace new beginnings believing in more hope than any other time of the year.

It is then that I head towards my sofa to snuggle as I sit writing short stories called love.

My pen and pad rest in my hands as I open my mind to receive words that help me to create beautiful Christmas stories. With vivid images in my mind I envision a Christmas collage of vintage ornaments, angels and gold reindeer.

I see log cabins, snow covered roof tops and long winding roads that make me smile.

As I sit writing I smell the aroma of homemade baked goods. Red velvet cupcakes, dark chocolate brownies and of course chocolate chip cookies adorn my kitchen table. They have been lovingly handmade for family and friends.

Scrumptious as ever, each dessert is as good and palette warming as the other. They have been baked to comfort the soul in more ways than one. They also have been baked to share with friends.

Christmastime is almost here 

With each new day springing forth there is love, hope, miracles wishes and great expectations. This is the spirit of Christmas.

Every year I look forward to giving love, receiving love and being that one special angel who opens her heart to all those who need to feel loved.

As we get closer to Christmas I give God thanks for this amazingly wonderful season.

Wonderful, whimsical and oh so beautiful is the Christmas season. It is a very special time that brings out the warmth and love from the hearts of those who love this sensational season.

If you love Christmas as much as I do then you understand the importance of basking in its presence.

What will you be doing to celebrate your holiday season this year? Perhaps you’ll invite friends over to create new memories or maybe you’ll enjoy a cookie exchange with neighbors.

Whatever you do I hope that you enjoy every moment of the season and love on those you love deeper than you ever have before.

Christmastime is almost here.

Merry Christmas,

Cyndi

Let’s Decorate for Christmas

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It’s Time To Decorate the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Christmastime!

Let's Decorate The Christmas Season

Good Day Christmas Luminaries.

Christmas is right around the corner and I’ll be ready when it arrives. I’m ready for the decorating to begin. Are you with me?

Let’s decorate the Christmas season together.

Are you ready to decorate for Christmas? I know I am.

If you’re ready or getting ready, please stay and join me and let’s get started brightening our homes with all things Christmas.

First things first.

I have a gold basket that I fill with white lights. To that design and my family’s delight I’ll add red and gold bulbs. I love this creation because it lights up my entire living room when I turn off the lights at night. The lights in the basket are bright to lend just the right ambiance for the space.

Secondly I will decorate my coffee table. I will add a lovely Christmas runner and build on it. I’ll be adding a gold tray with the perfect pop of colors. Purple and red Christmas ornaments will complement this one of a kind Christmas design.

From there I’ll decorate my sofa table with my gold reindeer large and small. I’ll also add lights to this table with green garland.

I’ll also be showcasing my cute little gingerbread couple and all of my Christmas signs.

Beautiful Christmas Decorations Warm the Heart Morning, Noon and Bright

My living room is where I spend most of my time throughout the holiday season. I will be adding a multitude of lights on my window sill of my picture window and I cannot wait.

When the decorating begins I’ll be playing songs of the season and to name a few will be Jingle Bells, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Holy Night.

Now starting in October, the 15th to be exact, the Christmas decorating will begin. I plan to take photos to post so that you can see how it all ties together.

Please visit often so that you can see my lovely Christmas decor.

Thank you for stopping by.

Merry Christmas.

Cyn

My Christmas Shopping Has Started

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Shopping for Christmas Is A Tradition That I Look Forward To Every Year

 

Shopping for Christmas gifts. Yes, the time has come for me to shop for jingle bells.

I am singing we wish you a merry Christmas as I shop online for Christmas presents. One of the many things that I love about Christmas is buying Christmas gifts for my family.

It’s a wonderful feeling to give and I love to give. It’s my way of living. Seeing the look on my sons’ faces brings me immense joy because they love everything that I buy them.

My oldest son loves a really nice cologne and my youngest son loves anything that is associated with the Los Angeles Lakers. I usually buy him anything with Kobe’s name or number attached to it. Kobe was his absolutely favorite player so I try to buy him Kobe gear.

Both my sons love a nice smelling soft and subtle cologne and so do I.

My two daughters are a little harder to buy for so I always get them gift cards accompanied by a beautifully scented candle.

And then there’s my husband who doesn’t need a thing except for my love and he gets that every single day year round. He gets warmed by delicious homemade meals and great conversation with me doing most of the talking!

I Love To Shop for The Christmas Season

Shopping for Christmas

How can I forget myself? This year I will be treating myself to a new wardrobe. I have already bought a few pieces for myself and will shop more for me.

I’m looking for leggings to help keep me warm when I get out in all of the hustle and bustle that the holiday seasons brings. I found some really nice ones at Macy’s. I also found a few sweatshirts for myself because I get cold easily and since I’ll be running in and out of stores I’ll need to be warm.

What about you; when do you start your Christmas shopping? Christmas comes quickly which is why I start so early.

Do you shop online or do you shop in person? I, personally, do a little bit of both. I enjoy seeing all the Christmas decorations in person. It is so much fun hearing the sounds of the season playing on the speakers in the stores.

When it’s Christmastime in the city or country it’s time to shop. I ready to start shopping for Christmas gifts and the stores are calling my name.

Merry Christmas,

Cyn

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