Tag Archives: Christmas

Best 100 Pound Christmas Commercial Ever

Posted on December 5, 2019 by annetbell

  This will warm your heart. . . .    

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Handel’s Messiah

Posted on December 16, 2018 by annetbell

The New Music Hall on Fishamble Street, Dublin where The Messiah was first performed 1742. George Frederic Handel For many people attending a performance of The Messiah is the beginning of the Christmas Season.  The ancient scriptures set to the … Continue reading →

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Lights in the Dark Winter Night

Posted on December 10, 2017 by annetbell

Richmond Virginia Dominion Garden Fest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical  Phoenix Botanical Garden, Scottsdale, Arizona “Las Luminarias”  The Lights Here are but two botanical gardens thousands of miles apart lighting up the dark winter nights of December. The two … Continue reading →

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Christmas Shopping in New York

Posted on December 18, 2016 by annetbell

This is the Rockefeller tree which stands  just above the famous ice skating rink. My favorite part of Christmas, as a little girl in Virginia, was driving to New York on Christmas Day to spend a week in this magical … Continue reading →

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A Roman Surprise. . . . . .

Posted on December 24, 2015 by annetbell

Let me take you back to the Roman Christmas my family had. David had taken students to spend the fall semester in Rome and the children and I were to fly over and meet him for Christmas.  The apartment he … Continue reading →

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Two of the Beauties

Posted on December 20, 2015 by annetbell

Photo by Lea Gonyea, Syracuse NY Yesterday, we got up early to drive three hours to my son’s in Central New York for a busy, busy Saturday before Christmas. The first stop  was a Middle School  in Auburn for Parker’s … Continue reading →

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“Go Tell It on the Mountain” Tommy Walker Music Monday

Posted on December 14, 2015 by annetbell

Toe tapping, jazzy rendition  of an old favorite filled with the joy of the season !  

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Napoli, Italia

Posted on December 13, 2015 by annetbell

This is Napoli in Italia and what a sight to see, not far from Vesuvius , and right on the Mediterranean.There is very high density housing and the word is that if Vesuvius erupts, it will be  “arrivederci, Napoli.”   … Continue reading →

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Christmas Hallelujah Celtic Thunder

Posted on December 24, 2014 by annetbell
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“You Came”

Posted on December 19, 2014 by annetbell

words of hope for this dark world. . . . . .

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