Christmas in Ohio, Places to go
Celebrating
Traditions
These pages share the Ohio Heartland experience of
hristmas
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he page of Christmas Places is a loose compilation of some of the things we can do during the Christmas season to enjoy the festivities of our community. This usually involves going someplace. While everyone has differing levels of tolerance for a dizzying social whirl, most people have to make choices among the many opportunities offered. I've listed a few things our family has enjoyed at different times, some years we've included a number of them and some years we just had a quiet celebration at home. It is wonderful to have the choice!
A Christmas wish for Jewish friends [click]
May Your Holiday Be Filled With Light
Such a land and such a history
Always longed for so earnestly,
oh Israel, what a price has been paid.
But you've claimed our love,
and you've made us brave.
And what a source of pride you have become,
For your land has blossomed like a new former flower.
Some call it hard work and toil!
That is true, but it is a miracle too.
Once so barren, and now your deserts bloom.
And your cities, your cities live again.
Your ancient Wall echoes with the prayers
of the people throughout the years.
And your soil, it is so rich in minerals,
But far richer still in blood and tears.
The elders say you are not really free
outside these boundaries.
That is why you fight to keep your liberty.
Some will never return,
and others bear the marks of pain and misery.
But oh, much rather to die for freedom
than to live in captivity.
I hope one morning soon when I am about to rise,
I shall hear the shofar's call piercing through the skies.
I will laugh and God knows I will cry
because this will be Messiah's time.
I will sing and I will dance knowing
True peace, true shalom is here at last.
true shalom
~by bob van der werff
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Christmas Wreaths: make your own
Ido make my own evergreen decorations each year. I guess that is my Scotch thrift. For a fraction of the cost you can have a very pretty wreath for your door.
The most economical, of course, is cutting your own branches of pine, juniper with its berries, fir ( or whatever is native to your yard!),even magnolia and pepperberries if you live in warm parts of the country.
Then on a wire circle, bought from a craft store or made with a wire coathanger, lay the branches along the circle (in one direction) and tie in with fine florist wire. I buy bundles of evergreens at the store and use those to make the wreaths (although I used my own cuttings one year).
