As we open today's Advent calendar window, we see it is getting close to Christmas, and as a new dawn arises things appear to be pretty peaceful and calm at Pamela's Victorian Cottage...
But inside those doors there is a flurry of activity going on...
Mother and her little growing family have been busily getting the house decorated and ready for Christmas
A couple of days ago Papa and some of the children went and found the most beautiful Christmas tree in the woods and brought it home to decorate:
Painting by John Sloane, Country Seasons Calendar
And so they brought it in and decorated it as beautifully as they could:
Mother said they had done a very good job of decorating, and just in time, because they were expecting a special visitor!
Papa had gone to the train station to pick up their wonderful Auntie from the city, who was coming to visit for Christmas as per her usual custom each year:
Painting by John Sloane, Country Seasons Calendar
Oh my! There she is now!
As always, there is a great bit of excitement when Auntie comes to visit! She is always full of wonderful surprises and fun!
Mother worries in the kitchen about making sure there is enough food for everyone and that everything looks perfect for their sophisticated guest from the city...
But what Auntie really wants is to sit down and relax in her sister's warm, cozy country kitchen and have a cup of tea and a good visit with her family. She's tired from her journey and from the hustle and bustle of city life, and she just wants to enjoy a country Christmas with the ones she loves.
And so, while the children go out to play in the snow, Auntie and Mother have a wonderful time visiting and enjoying each other's company and catching up on all the news from their busy lives.
The children are having a great time sledding and skating on the pond
Painting by John Sloane, Country Seasons Calendar
And the family looks forward to going to church together while Auntie is visiting, especially because the children have been practicing for their Christmas program and they want their Auntie to see them perform as they sing the Christmas carols and tell the old familiar and wonderful Christmas story once again.
Painting by John Sloane, Country Seasons Calendar
"O Holy Night"
Won't you sing along with us?
Now let us all sing "Silent Night" together
I hope you enjoyed this little Christmas program put on by the family at Pamela's Victorian Cottage.
Here are links to last year's Christmas stories:
https://pamelasopenwindow.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-special-christmas-visitor-at-pamelas.html
https://pamelasopenwindow.blogspot.com/2019/12/pamelas-victorian-cottagea-new-years.html
Merry Christmas from Pamela's Victorian Cottage!
May God bless you all with a very Merry Christmas!
