Comments on: Kate Hewitt on Christmas Traditions http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kate Hewitt http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52855 Kate Hewitt Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:31 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52855 I love It's A Wonderful Life too, Sharon. I always tear up at the end :) It would be nice if the holiday cheer lasted all year long... one of my favorite Christmas memories was going to the midnight service at church on Christmas Eve. The electricity went out and we all sat in the dark for a minute before someone started singing Silent Night and after a beat everyone joined in, singing acapella. It was lovely. Now I must dig out my Christmas decorations... wait, it's only November! ;) I love It’s A Wonderful Life too, Sharon. I always tear up at the end :)

It would be nice if the holiday cheer lasted all year long… one of my favorite Christmas memories was going to the midnight service at church on Christmas Eve. The electricity went out and we all sat in the dark for a minute before someone started singing Silent Night and after a beat everyone joined in, singing acapella. It was lovely.

Now I must dig out my Christmas decorations… wait, it’s only November! ;)

]]> By: Sharon Kendrick http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52851 Sharon Kendrick Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:25:30 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52851 Typo alert! I meant to say: would WE tire of it? (people chatting to each other in a random way) Typo alert! I meant to say: would WE tire of it? (people chatting to each other in a random way)

]]> By: Sharon Kendrick http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52848 Sharon Kendrick Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:22:33 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52848 I love singing Silent Night too and the echoing sense of silence if you go out in the streets on Christmas afternoon. I like carols at our local Cathedral, roast goose and red cabbage, too much chocolate and watching It's A Wonderful Life - sob! But mostly I like the fact that complete strangers start talking to one another and wonder why it can't be like that all year (or would be tire of it?) I love singing Silent Night too and the echoing sense of silence if you go out in the streets on Christmas afternoon.
I like carols at our local Cathedral, roast goose and red cabbage, too much chocolate and watching It’s A Wonderful Life – sob!
But mostly I like the fact that complete strangers start talking to one another and wonder why it can’t be like that all year (or would be tire of it?)

]]> By: Kate Hewitt http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52844 Kate Hewitt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:21:55 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52844 Sorry, Prisca, I thought you were saying you visited Norway for Christmas, but I looked back and realized you specified Northern Norway. Part of Royal Baby, Forbidden Marriage takes place in Oslo; my daughter visited there last summer and loved it. Kate Sorry, Prisca, I thought you were saying you visited Norway for Christmas, but I looked back and realized you specified Northern Norway.

Part of Royal Baby, Forbidden Marriage takes place in Oslo; my daughter visited there last summer and loved it.

Kate

]]> By: prisca http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52842 prisca Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:49:13 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52842 as a matter of fact i am married to a norwegian and live in Oslo Norway. thanks as a matter of fact i am married to a norwegian and live in Oslo Norway. thanks

]]> By: Kate Hewitt http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52841 Kate Hewitt Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:17:42 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52841 What a lovely tradition with the flame from Bethlehem, Christina. How does a church qualify for it? Merri, I completely understand about being homesick during Christmas! My second Christmas after I married was in England (I'm American) without any other family and it felt so strange! I associate snow/cold with Christmas too so it's strange to think that much of the world has Christmas in the middle of summer!! What a lovely tradition with the flame from Bethlehem, Christina. How does a church qualify for it?

Merri, I completely understand about being homesick during Christmas! My second Christmas after I married was in England (I’m American) without any other family and it felt so strange! I associate snow/cold with Christmas too so it’s strange to think that much of the world has Christmas in the middle of summer!!

]]> By: Christina Hollis http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52839 Christina Hollis Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:59:06 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52839 The book sounds terrific, Kate - a romantic wintry wonderland. I love the sound of your family traditions. We always put mince pies in the fireplace for for Father Christmas, with some carrots for his reindeer. I had Christmas Eve dinner with a Polish family once, which was fantastic - the centrepiece was a big carp (easier to pluck than a turkey). My Dad lived in Holland for a while, where the children lived in dread of getting coal instead of presents, if they were naughty And we always used to make an almond cake with a bean in it - I'd forgotten all about that until now! Must do it again this year. The year before last our church collected a flame originating in Bethlehem, which had been distributed around the world. Ours burned beside the altar all through Christmas. It's a lovely tradition, but sadly we don't qualify this year! The book sounds terrific, Kate – a romantic wintry wonderland. I love the sound of your family traditions. We always put mince pies in the fireplace for for Father Christmas, with some carrots for his reindeer. I had Christmas Eve dinner with a Polish family once, which was fantastic – the centrepiece was a big carp (easier to pluck than a turkey). My Dad lived in Holland for a while, where the children lived in dread of getting coal instead of presents, if they were naughty And we always used to make an almond cake with a bean in it – I’d forgotten all about that until now! Must do it again this year.
The year before last our church collected a flame originating in Bethlehem, which had been distributed around the world. Ours burned beside the altar all through Christmas. It’s a lovely tradition, but sadly we don’t qualify this year!

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]]> By: Merri http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52836 Merri Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:11 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52836 The book sounds lovely—just right for Christmas. I look forward to reading a little closer to the holiday. I once lived in Malaysia for about four years and suffered acute homesickness each Christmas I was away from England. I missed the sharp winter mornings, the crisp crunch of frost coated leaves and the general atmosphere of the winter season. Our family Christmas traditions always include making our own stuffing and Christmas cake, midnight mass and on Boxing Day we all head off to a local beauty spot (weather permitting) to walk the dog and work off the turkey :-) The rest of it revolves around lots of visits with family and friends. The book sounds lovely—just right for Christmas. I look forward to reading a little closer to the holiday.

I once lived in Malaysia for about four years and suffered acute homesickness each Christmas I was away from England. I missed the sharp winter mornings, the crisp crunch of frost coated leaves and the general atmosphere of the winter season.

Our family Christmas traditions always include making our own stuffing and Christmas cake, midnight mass and on Boxing Day we all head off to a local beauty spot (weather permitting) to walk the dog and work off the turkey :-) The rest of it revolves around lots of visits with family and friends.

]]> By: Kate Hewitt http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/11/kate-hewitt-on-christmas-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-52832 Kate Hewitt Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:21:09 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1351#comment-52832 I love all these traditions--Prisca, how neat you've been to Norway and seen some of their traditions! I'm sure about eating the jellied fish, though! ;) Abby, have you participated in the Christmas swim? That sounds... refreshing! And I love how giving back is a part of people's Christmas traditions. I love all these traditions–Prisca, how neat you’ve been to Norway and seen some of their traditions! I’m sure about eating the jellied fish, though! ;) Abby, have you participated in the Christmas swim? That sounds… refreshing! And I love how giving back is a part of people’s Christmas traditions.

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