SINGING IN DECEMBER

Hark! 

I crawled out of my editing Bat Cave yesterday and saw I have no December blogpost! WT...!

I have an excuse (ahem) what with the editing and the holidays and the angels singing carols in my brain (I have not been drinking!) I simply forgot. And now I remember. This is what I was listening to this morning. (I tend to listen to Christmas music in December, remnant of my brief years as a choir girl.)

We Three Kings of Orient Are : Lyrics

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy Perfect Light

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light

Frankincense to offer have I
Incense owns a Deity nigh
Prayer and praising, all men raising
Worship Him, God most high

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes of life of gathering gloom
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light

Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and Sacrifice
Alleluia, Alleluia
Earth to heav'n replies

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

10 Things I Love About December so far:

1. The crisp, evergreen morning air that greets me the first time I step outside the house.

2. Reading in front of a fireplace that goes on and off with the press of a button.

3. Being home alone watching The Holiday for the 500th time.

4. The busy, busy, busy-ness of the last month of the year that has me rushing to cram as many seconds into it as possible because with the snap of a finger the year will be lost forever.

5. The sudden need to stop and smell the holly wreath because a new beginning approaches fast.

6. The joy, the giving spirit, the festive smiles that permeate a winter wonderland.

7. The jingling of bells outside a store by a graciously charming Salvation Army Santa.

8. A NYC cop on a magnificent black stallion stopping to allow a bunch of kids to pet the horse.

9. Piping hot swiss cheese fondue that burns your tongue and melts your frozen bones.

10. Carols, the Nativity and the History Channel showing the history of carols and the Nativity.

That's my favorite carol, what's yours?