Day 15 and 16 | From Old to New in my Heart

Last night we celebrated our Christmas party at my local Home Church. 
Nothing better than to sit around a table of the best home cooked food, holiday plates and napkins, with some of your favorite people in the entire world.
With much focus, a little push and rush, our first Christmas Party of the Holiday season. How am I today? Aah, the tinsels and bows, magically hung in all the right places. The first gifts exchanged and hiding underneath another tree. Its time for BAKING, yippee! 

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I received this treasure last night. Can we say awe...
From the dearest of friends, the hard part was, which tree to hang it on??
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Day 14...

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Yesterday Advent Drawer was so special Day 14 

A couple of take away's that help me to keep-moving-forward.

3 Simple Prayers for yourself:

1. Ask for help and acknowledge when help has arrived!
2. Rearrange importance, Has to be done, On hold, Throw in trash. 
3. ​Let go of upsetting energy/thoughts/emotions and embrace peaceful energy/thoughts/emotions in its place. 
4. Practical Note:Have a back up plan to rescue your thoughts. Music, movies, favorite walk, file folder of affirmations, etc. 

My big help was my husband Don, who rose to the occasion brilliantly.  Note to Wives: God's greatest desire is answering your simple prayer while living vicariously in your husband's footsteps. I only had to ask him once there was a special grace "on" his life to deal with me, A Miracle. 

 We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually pursued is not a goal, at best it is a wish, and wishes are little more than self-delusion. -Jim Rohn 

The Wexford Carol, sung beautifully by our friends, guitar and pan flute, It lifted all our hearts last night. The lights twinkled from the tree, the food, the fellowship was excellent. I was greatly touched by something so Old, that today it has made a New place in the Christmas history of my heart. Enjoy the different renditions below.
Comment which is your favorite and why?
​Happy Christmas See you tomorrow. Kristen

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Lyrics: Wexford Carol 

Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear

'Prepare and go, ' the angels said
'To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our saviour Christ behold

Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife

Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son

With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Derek Holman / Irish Traditional MelodyWeb results
Wexford Carol 
What our good God for us has done, In sending His belovèd Son. ... There was a blest Messiah born. ... To find a lodging in the town. But mark how all things came ...
Copyright: Public Domain
First Line: Good people all, this Christmas time
Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) - Mainly Norfolk

a beautiful modern take on The Wexford Carol 

History of the Wexford Carol 

The Wexford Carol is one of Ireland’s oldest Christmas Carols and is one of the oldest surviving Carols in the European tradition. Dating back to the 12th century the Wexford Carol is also known by its first line “Good people, all this Christmas time.”

History of the Wexford CarolThought to have originated in Co. Wexford, hence its name, many traditions have arisen around the poem and song for example it was said that only men should sing it and this seems to have been the way for many years for example it has been sung by the likes of Tom Jones and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir although since regaining popularity in the 1990’s it has been sung by women like Alison Krauss and Julie Andrews.
Putting an exact date on the origin of this Carol is difficult as although it is also sung in Irish the words seem to be translated from the English version and it seems unlikely that an Irish worded Carol would originate from English speaking Co. Wexford.
The Wexford Carol is also known as the Enniscorthy Carol, this is due to Dr. William Henry Grattan Flood (1857 – 1928) who was the organist and music director at St. Aiden’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
He was said to have transcribed it from a local singer and had it published in the year of his death in 1928. Credit, Your Irish Culture, direct from Ireland. 
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Wikipedia: The Wexford Carol 

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Credit: Visit County Wexford

Wexford Welcomes You with Open Arms this Winter
Places to visit in Wexford this Winter
​Winter is a magical time, so make it even more special with a visit to County Wexford 
Winter is the most wonderful time of the year and what better way to celebrate the holiday season this year than planning a festive trip to County Wexford? Wexford is known for:

• the best trails, among the fresh woodland walks and long beach strands
• its cosy hotels with incredible leisure centres and spas
• its restaurants to enjoy local produce
• the family attractions for the little ones 
• its heritage and culture

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