This is just such great news, anytime or Christmas time. The two trends for 2026 is antiques...okay that's good but the best is the new trend of intentional clutter. Behold, this shall be good news unto thee, stacks of books and such is back in style. Could this mean multiple TBR piles to enhance our cozy home? Well, I am ahead of my time cause I already gots all this going on. Good decorating tips rejoice! There is another term for this new trend as well, but I forgot it but it means to have things in your home that you love. When we were working with a designer for our home in Cinco Ranch, I had a difficult time with some of the suggestions that were made. What was what we liked verses what the designer thought it should be. After a bit, I just went with what I liked and incorporated some of the other suggestions. I read this morning if you lived through shiplap, millennial gray, modern farmhouse, customizing Ikea stuff and the like, if you love what is warm, storied and filled with what makes the home your home, go with it. Until I started downsizing a lot of our stuff, our home was filled with quirky treasures that translated into rustic chic...or something. Clutter is in! Well intentional and most of ours is.
Our home is split, on the first floor Christmas Carols and on the second floor, WWII documentaries. Roy is in his WWII history world this winter season. It used to be me that watched all that because I love history but Roy enthralled with this new knowledge of Patton and Monty intersperses WWII with his comments on what his quiet time gave him. I love it!
We just had a lovely surprise, Jon and Audrey stopped by to wish us a Merry Christmas and they brought chocolate.
December 25, 2025
Merry Christmas!
This morning we are taking it easy. A delicious breakfast started us off and I slept till nearly 6:30am. Wow, these days that's some late sleeping in. We have been invited to some friends this late afternoon for Christmas supper. We will be bringing the green beans portion.
Our Christmas Eve service had the angel songs, a new Christmas hymn by the Gettys sung to the tune of Holy, Holy, Holy. We heard the Christmas story from Luke and we closed out the service by singing Silent Night. I only knew three verses for almost all of my Baptist life but there area a total of four. Wow, who knew? We exchanged Merry Christmases with our new friends, then headed home. The moon was in a perfect place to take a pic with the sliver of the moon close to the steeple. With the lights on from inside it made a beautiful pic from my phone. Two years ago we came to the Christmas Eve service at First Presbyterian and found it to be so beautiful in word and presentation of the awe and wonder of Christmas. That being part of the December sermons, awe and wonder.
We ate Christmas dinner with friends from church. There were eight of us invited around the table and what a table and spread of Christmas goodies. Ham, yams, lima beans (love em), corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, homemade bread, deviled eggs and three desserts to choose from. We all were members of the clean plate club. We laughed and shared stories. And the icing on the cake, I got more info on the church book club. As we were leaving their home I looked up and in a moment's time, my Houston brain kicked in with when did a high rise happen? But closer inspection and remembrance of where we live, it was the mountain and all the homes lit up the sky...
Oh happy day of Friday after Christmas. Cooler than yesterday but the bottom should drop out on Monday...I think. We made a trip to Publix this morning. I was happy to find some ceramic Christmas trees half price. All kind of decorative items, more than usual it seemed filled tables and buggies. Kind of like not as many homes had Christmas lights this year. The marketing of clothes for JJill looks as if they misplayed the willingness of customers to pay full price. They held on for as long as they could and the past week or so, prices are cut in half. I took part of those sale items this morning. Nothing special just key pieces like blouses to take the place of items in the closet that are worn out. I have almost all my Christmas clothes packed away. I wore almost every item but December was more of a social month than the past few years. Social was always a big part of life for me and then the quiet came and I loved that season and continuing season of life, but now it feels like a perfect blend. You know not too isolated and not too peopled out.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing, is the Christmas carol line I have thought about so often during the holidays. It holds so much meaning and now finally at this ripe old age it means so much to me. So thankful that the Word came into our world, He is with us always. O Come Let Us Adore Him. Not just in this season but also in the coming one as well.
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