Merry Christmas!

 

My list is mostly complete, just a few last minute things to do. There's enough time for a quick blog post to wish you all a most Merry and Joyous Christmas. That's me in the above photo, on the right, along with my sister and brother, all of us in outfits sewn by my mother. The tree was likely cut from the forest by my father. 

While visiting the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna a few years ago, I was entranced with the paintings by Peter Bruegel the Elder. His paintings hold so many stories of everyday life at the time. I recently became acquainted with another "The Census at Bethlehem," painted in 1566, in which he sets the story of Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem in his own time. Everyone is going about their business, and the young couple do not make much of an impression. I imagine that's how it really was. I'm enjoying looking at all the details of ordinary people, such as we are, while into their midst comes the Infant Jesus. Something to ponder. 

Wishing you a most Merry and Joyous Christmas! 

I'll be taking a blog break until the new year! Thank you for your visits and comments.