I continue to decorate for Christmas, and hubby is great about helping me out when I ask him to. Today, he put some small nails in our birdhouse so that it could get a little touch of Christmas --
:-D
-- and another one on the back door.
The sunlight was nice for photos this afternoon. I took some pictures last week, but it was a cloudy day, and the pictures look very flat. See the leaves in our shrubbery around the porch? Our son has been getting leaves up every Saturday for weeks now, but they just keep falling and blowing. Hopefully, we'll be finished with them soon.
You can see my pile of greenery that Hal trimmed from the bottom of the tree. I may use some of it for decorating; I used to put fresh greenery on our mantel at Christmas, but it dried out after awhile and didn't look so good. I also hesitate to lay it on our furniture for fear the sap will ruin the wood. I do love the look of fresh greenery when I see it in people's homes, though, and the fragrance is wonderful.
I added the Merry Christmas graphic to cover our house number. Our Moravian star hangs from the porch ceiling. Do you have these where you live? I've seen them all my life because our town was founded by Moravians. The town was originally know as Salem, and I've written several posts on the historically restored community of Old Salem.
The Moravian star originated in Niesky, Germany, in the 1830's. "The stars were used as craft projects to help demonstrate geometry lessons to young boys attending Moravian school. The stars were quickly adopted by the Moravian church as a symbol of the birth of Jesus and represented the star of Bethlehem. The star is traditionally hung the first Sunday of Advent and remains up until Epiphany, January 6, or the time of the coming of the Magi." source
Moravian stars were traditionally made of paper for years (my parents still have a paper one), but now they're mostly made of plastic. They come in a kit with assembly instructions, but you can buy them already assembled (for an added charge) in some places.
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This is a Moravian star partially assembled. You can see why this would make a good geometry lesson. ;) I've never seen any this color; all the ones around here are usually white.
A 31-foot Moravian Star, one of the largest in the world, sits atop the North Tower of one of our city hospitals, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. I'm hoping to get a chance before Christmas to take some pictures of the Moravian stars around my community because they're so much a part of the history of our town. These are such a traditional part of the Advent and Christmas season for our family; do any of you use them at your home?
Thank you for your visit -- wishing you blessings in this second week of Advent. I'm linking to Amaze Me Monday, hosted by Cindy, and Metamorphosis Monday, hosted by Susan at BNOTP.
Denise
The Moravian star originated in Niesky, Germany, in the 1830's. "The stars were used as craft projects to help demonstrate geometry lessons to young boys attending Moravian school. The stars were quickly adopted by the Moravian church as a symbol of the birth of Jesus and represented the star of Bethlehem. The star is traditionally hung the first Sunday of Advent and remains up until Epiphany, January 6, or the time of the coming of the Magi." source
Moravian stars were traditionally made of paper for years (my parents still have a paper one), but now they're mostly made of plastic. They come in a kit with assembly instructions, but you can buy them already assembled (for an added charge) in some places.
This is a Moravian star partially assembled. You can see why this would make a good geometry lesson. ;) I've never seen any this color; all the ones around here are usually white.
A 31-foot Moravian Star, one of the largest in the world, sits atop the North Tower of one of our city hospitals, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. I'm hoping to get a chance before Christmas to take some pictures of the Moravian stars around my community because they're so much a part of the history of our town. These are such a traditional part of the Advent and Christmas season for our family; do any of you use them at your home?
Thank you for your visit -- wishing you blessings in this second week of Advent. I'm linking to Amaze Me Monday, hosted by Cindy, and Metamorphosis Monday, hosted by Susan at BNOTP.
Denise
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