I hope those celebrating had a happy Thanksgiving! I'm
very grateful that I was able to celebrate with my extended
family, having recovered from a bout of influenza just in time
to be around people safely. The tiredness, however, is
lingering so I actually fell asleep whilst working on
this. So I may revisit the first section next time since
I intended to offer up a few more. But for now, I hope
everyone reading takes a few moments in the chaos to relax...
maybe even borrow some ideas from the list below... and that
you take care of yourselves.
God bless,
Jenni
Whose
Holiday Prep Is This?
Everyone
prepares for Christmas and the other winter holidays a bit
differently. Try to guess which Dyeland story
characters' preparations are being described below. The
answers are at the bottom of the page.
1. Finding a good book or two or three and a nice cup of
tea (or bottle of wine). Getting lost in the book while
listening to classical Christmas music. Occasionally
prying their eyes away from their book to gaze fondly at their
soul mate dozing across the room.
2. Making breakfast in bed for their nursing wife and
French toast sticks for their four-year-old. Helping plot
out the track list for the Friends' annual Christmas show.
Running to the grocery store and getting spotted by a fan
shouting "Look! It's Hot Jesus!" leading them to discover
that there's a contingent of regulars who refer to them as Hot
Jesus and the Other Guy as Legit Jesus... little knowing how on
target the latter is.
3. Snuggling up with some buddies and/or family members
and an abundance of fleece blankies. Avoiding the snow and
ice while some sucker leaves food at their doorstep.
Multiplying like rabbits.
4. Overseeing the assembly of a massive Christmas tree
while sipping on a steady stream of coffee and tea.
Organizing a party for friends, keeping tabs on five kids, and
still making time for dancing with their anam cara who could be
returning from work anywhere in the world.
5. Getting cozy with their wife, in the only home they've
ever known, and reading Dickens aloud to her. Advising on
winter festivities for their community and marveling at the fact
that their son is soon to turn fifteen on Christmas Eve.
6. Watching Christmas movies late into the night with
their soul sister, distracting their youngest siblings when
presents need to be wrapped and hidden, and jotting down notes
about goings on amongst family and friends that might one day
find their way into a book series.
7. Downing lots of coffee while baking cookies for their
anam cara's shelter and their food truck. Decorating their
house and occasionally getting weepy and nostalgic about their
little boy who is now a teenager. Joyfully singing off-key
carols.
8. Hiding children's Christmas presents in their
workshop. Working on carpentry orders so they're completed
in time for Christmas. Watching soppy Christmas movies in
bed with their anam cara while feeling very grateful.
Dyeland Christmas Tree Jigsaw Puzzles
And then I slipped downstairs to take a
few photos of the Dyeland Christmas tree to finish this
newsletter out... which ended up being a good thing since it
made me remember I had laundry in the dryer! Anyway, see
if you can pick out what the various ornaments represent
although, full disclosure, some are just mine that didn't
really fit anywhere else.
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(Photo Credits: The photographs used on this
page are from Touched by an Angel and owned by CBS
Productions, Caroline Productions, and Moon Water
Productions. They are not being used to seek
profit.)
