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Monday 3 December 2007

Christmas is near / Se acerca la Navidad


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Every year, early in December, I remove some of my books from their shelves and I build a "belén." Michael, what do you think of my "belén"?























Michael

In English Belén is called Bethlehem.
So I guess a "belén" is literally a "bethlehem."
I think your bethlehem is a wonderful thing.
Look at the way the little shepherdess is looking at it.




Michael

I love to see the look on people´s faces when they are seeing something beautiful.

I want to show you something too. These are some Christmas greetings I got from friends. The first one is from Monica Dear Roland. It´s really sweet and in a heavenly shade of blue.







And the second one is a really cute one with a snowman and bells and St. Nick and a snow-covered Christmas tree and it´s from Veronica Warden and Miriam and Amanda Trustworthy River.




The third card I got is from Laura Ferdinands, and I love the dark blue and the silver and the green and the little nutcracker in this picture.



And the fourth is the cutest teddy from Dew Queen Roderick.


The fifth card I got is from Virginia Saintson. It has a lovely picture on the outside...




and another lovely picture on the inside.



and a message on the left side.



I wish all these girls a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too! And before I go, I want to announce that any day now my father wants to tell us a Christmas story. Like most things that interest him, it´s about his favorite footbball team, the Drogheda. It´s a little unusual for a Christmas story, but I think it´s worth hearing.

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