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Christmas

‘Tis the Season

December 15, 2020 by Lanita Boyd

Yes, ’tis the season to be jolly—for children to be in school Christmas programs singing “Up on the Housetop” and “Away in a Manger,” for tree lightings and Christmas walks through town, for Christmas Eve services where people joyously sing the “Hallelujah Chorus,” for raucous family gatherings of parents, siblings, and dozens of cousins.  But … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas Tagged: Christ is born, COVID-19, family Christmas, Newport-Kentucky, pandemic. 2021

Santa Sighting

December 19, 2017 by Lanita Boyd

My mother loved Christmas, but she especially loved Santa Claus. She told us of her delight as a child at getting an orange and a dime in her stocking, and I think she wanted us to have that same kind of delight. So here’s an account that I wrote in 2005. A true story! “I’m … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas Tagged: children staying up for Santa, country Christmas, midnight visitor, Santa Claus, seeing Santa, Tennessee

Christmas Review

January 3, 2017 by Lanita Boyd

Of course Christmas was as wonderful as I expected. And it started early in December when we went to a Christmas production starring our two oldest grandchildren, Kinley and Knox. The night before Christmas, the three oldest grandchildren led our annual reading of the Luke 2 story of Jesus’ birth. Even Finn, the first grader, took … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas Tagged: Christmas, family, gifts, jigsaw puzzles, Kentucky Derby, Luke 2, nativity scene

A Christmas House

December 21, 2016 by Lanita Boyd

My mother’s house always seemed to be the best Christmas house ever. I never lived there because she and my father built it after I’d been married seven years. He lived to enjoy it only 12 years, but she lived there 37 years and relished every moment. Her house seemed perfect for Christmas because the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas Tagged: Christmas decor, Christmas house, memories, nativities, red

The Scrooge

December 2, 2014 by Lanita Boyd

The Scrooge is dead. Long live the Scrooge! The Scrooge I refer to is my precious husband. He has always said he dislikes Christmas, but I believe it was just the preparations he disliked. Once Christmas arrived, he participated as joyfully as anyone else. He’s never minded spending money on people. In fact, he is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas Tagged: Christmas, generostiy, Scrooge

Ol’ Tennessee and a Colorado Christmas

December 16, 2010 by Lanita Boyd

My grandfather, Luther David Ralph, was quite a storyteller. Between chewing his tobacco and spitting it into the spittoon when Grandmama was watching and into the fireplace when she was not, this is a story he’d tell. In the year I became old enough to vote, I took off for points west. I ended up … [Read more…]

Posted in: Christmas, Colorado, mining town

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

I enjoy my roles as wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, speaker, writer, sister, niece, aunt, and friend. As the title indicates, these are just the musings I might share with you over a cup of coffee.

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