A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-9,10,11-05...From East to West Freepers Decorate Best

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, Dutchess, DollyCali, Mama_Bear, GodBlessUSA ~

Good morning, FReeper FRiends! We're Christmas'ing all this month at the Finest, and this weekend you are invited to join us on a tour of the Finest Homes, where many of our regulars are going to share their decorations with you in their posts throughout the weekend. In addition, we would love to see your Christmas trees, your outdoor lights, favorite decorations, recipes, Christmas traditions in your home.

Because the thread may get really *graphics-heavy*, I ask that you keep your photos a reasonable size (both physical and in bytes), but do hope you will feel free to post as many as you like, and drop in often to see the offerings of others. I will start with a little bit of Christmas in my kitchen, which helps get me in the mood to bake cookies and other goodies we don't need but think we can't do without. :)

As we share our photos and traditions with others, I'd like to share a link to a wonderful Christmas album: "Merry Christmas With love" by Clay Aiken, who has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. My favorite song is #6: "Mary Did You Know". I've been listening to it over and over and over, but you should be able to listen to all of the songs on that CD.

Clay Aiken ~ "Merry Christmas With Love"

Mary Did You Know

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know.. Ooo Ooo Ooo

The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am.

From My House to Yours.....

Merry Christmas, Ya'll!

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[WVNan]

Oh, I missed Dave's instructions somehow. Now, how do I turn off the flash on my digital camera? It's pretty basic.

[deadhead]

Thanks, Billie :-) Put lights on the outside of the house today.....same old problem with lights. Tested them, they all worked fine, put them up and plugged them in. All worked fine, for about 10 seconds. LOL, fixed them...all OK now :-)

[deadhead]

Great photo of Christian, he looks so grown up in the photo.

[WVNan]

I still haven't been able to get sound on the link to that song. I may try rebooting here before long and see if that helps.

[WVNan]

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am snugs. I'll be checking the mail every day until they arrive. I've never received a gift from across the pond. BTW, that knitted Nativity is precious, and more so when one realizes that they were done by an 80 year old woman.

Snugs, I was a bit worried about you late last night when I refresed my screen one "last" time before going to bed, and learned about the explosion of the oil depot. I didn't know if it was near you or not. I assume that you are not affected.

[GodBlessUSA]

Stop it Wolfie, you are scaring me.

[snugs]

The oil depot is nowhere near me I live 60 miles from London and Hemel Hempstead is well the other side of London so I am probably over 90 miles from there.

Thanks for your concern though, the chocs should take about a week to get to you.

[dixie sass]

I love that song, I sent the words to myself and have been singing along with him all afternoon. Now you know where you can find me - online singing along with Clay Aiken to "Mary Did You Know"!

Sigh, I've got to get a life...

[dixie sass]

Wolfie, you get better looking every year!

[dixie sass]

Was she related to the Skinners on James Island?

[DollyCali]

Hwy sweetie.. I am at a "remote" listening to the music FINALLY on s friend's computer. wow. nice. thanks. MY expensive new computer wouldn't do it but his el cheapo did! HA!

what a lovely thread dear sistah.... love to you all this snowy(yeah, we are getting more)... Lord's day.

Had my second viewing of Chronicles.. a DELLIGHTFUL movie. And I will see it a few more times on big screen.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Oh, wolfie! I love your Christmas decorations.

Thank you, doll. : )

Do you have some hot chocolate inside -
it's cold and snowing outside. :)

Wolfie has many things inside his den, c'mon in. AhhhhhRooooo!

Oh, yeah, hot chocolate too. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thanks, Diver!

Rams sputtered again, no playoffs this year. : (

[Victoria Delsoul]

Merry Christmas everyone.

[Alberta's Child]

Merry Christmas, Victoria.

I love that graphic. If we get a white Christmas, there's a town down here that looks exactly like the one in that graphic.

[ST.LOUIE1]

This is from dutchess

Very pretty, very special, and poignant.

(((((((dutchess))))))))

[Army Air Corps]

Nice Christmas card...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Nice town! I love old fashioned Christmas cards.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Stop it Wolfie, you are scaring me

LOL!

Better stop putting ideas into the elf's head. : )

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

Be back a bit later... need to make dinner. :-)