tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post8907068455083538578..comments2024-03-08T09:52:59.827-05:00Comments on Middle Passages: Chiming inLizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-826608663471109452010-12-15T00:29:00.199-05:002010-12-15T00:29:00.199-05:00Hmmm.... makes me think that maybe I need a few mo...Hmmm.... makes me think that maybe I need a few more decorations1Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-60853477638923323882010-12-14T13:49:54.081-05:002010-12-14T13:49:54.081-05:00That's a beautiful memory to keep with your mu...That's a beautiful memory to keep with your music box. I'm not sure I have a similar evocative decoration, but when I finally get around to hauling those boxes out, I'm gonna search! (And yes, I still haven't decorated yet... I've been quite bad this year!)Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286546266415945733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-19703501485161059332010-12-14T13:08:29.091-05:002010-12-14T13:08:29.091-05:00i read like the "dickens" to get to the ...i read like the "dickens" to get to the end hoping that you still had the "parts" of the music box. what a surprise and treat to see the video of it in action. Thanx Ms Liza for the Christmas "gift" of that story...glnrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922837344762102334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-41841492979163591572010-12-14T10:14:25.024-05:002010-12-14T10:14:25.024-05:00Such a precious thing to own. It's beautiful. ...Such a precious thing to own. It's beautiful. And one day it will go to your daughter and she will treasure it, I'm sure. So many memories held in one little music box. <br /><br />How lovely that your husband takes such initiative. Mine loves to see it all up, but he really only participates with stringing all the lights. He'll weather the freezing cold and risk frostbite to get the trees and bushes outside covered in lights, and he'll go as far as covering the Christmas tree with lights, but ask him to hang decorations and he goes running.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-58279044762609223712010-12-14T09:35:41.189-05:002010-12-14T09:35:41.189-05:00I think it is those simple little things that mean...I think it is those simple little things that mean more to us at Christmas. Funny that! For me it is the traditions that make Christmas. Making the pudding and having my children stir as they make a wish has always signaled Christmas was coming.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524878248746427258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-6960166702124398682010-12-13T23:46:12.833-05:002010-12-13T23:46:12.833-05:00Right now my favorites are my daughter's hand-...Right now my favorites are my daughter's hand-made ornaments. I especially like the Santa one- his beard is made from tracing her hand.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-73897558029278433902010-12-13T23:29:20.329-05:002010-12-13T23:29:20.329-05:00I have several Nativity Scenes. The most recent is...I have several Nativity Scenes. The most recent is a Fisher-Price one. That's my favorite because my dad loved to push the angel and make her sing while he rearranged the scene to bug me. I miss him doing that.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-84176546344307017542010-12-13T12:35:01.031-05:002010-12-13T12:35:01.031-05:00It's lovely!
I can't narrow our decorat...It's lovely! <br /><br />I can't narrow our decorations to one favorite. My mother has given each of us (there are 6) an ornament and a musical of some Christmas sort and, just for me, a nativity and a piece of Christmas village (I have 50 pieces now--ridiculous). Times all that by 25 years and, well we have a lot of stuff. And I love all of it! If I HAD to choose, it would probably be my Scottish Santa musical.Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-44625335499031570462010-12-13T11:52:45.510-05:002010-12-13T11:52:45.510-05:00I think that music works exactly like that!
I don...I think that music works exactly like that!<br /><br />I don't have a favorite decoration, I don't think. My favorite memory as a kid was my mother listening to Christmas records while she wrapped gifts. She has a pretty significant collection and they played pretty much non-stop from Thanksgiving to Christmas. And I have great respect for the "old" ornaments that we put on our tree that used to be hers when she was a kid. They were always hung with great care every year. They were not pretty in the traditional sense, but they looked old. From another time. Fragile.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-24657703929755437562010-12-13T11:36:01.553-05:002010-12-13T11:36:01.553-05:00When we were little my mother had cardboard cut ou...When we were little my mother had cardboard cut outs of a snowman, a reindeer and an angel to put in front of our gifts. Of course they were bedraggled by the time we were adolescents and so my brother, made wooden ones out of cheap balsam and painted them. <br /><br />I still have mine and plan on giving it to Monster Baby.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-28248250277871640822010-12-13T11:23:10.673-05:002010-12-13T11:23:10.673-05:00There's nothing like a sound memory to hit us ...There's nothing like a sound memory to hit us right in the core of our hearts.<br />Lovely post!Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-25924576780441330952010-12-13T11:21:28.871-05:002010-12-13T11:21:28.871-05:00That's great you have one special item. We dec...That's great you have one special item. We decorate most rooms, but not too crazy. Think my favorite is still my stocking. Had it since I was little. Hope Santa never busts it!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-13465359145021748512010-12-13T11:05:14.088-05:002010-12-13T11:05:14.088-05:00I love your little music box and totally understan...I love your little music box and totally understand how it transports you to another time. I have one (Swiss works inside) that's a red-velvet covered bell, and I always wind it up first thing when I unpack the Christmas ornaments.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907885067602758337.post-10117503199206662962010-12-13T10:04:49.076-05:002010-12-13T10:04:49.076-05:00I wasn't able to get the video to play. My mom...I wasn't able to get the video to play. My mom and sisters love vintage music boxes. They can be valuable collector items too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com