tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post2204445495731625515..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Festive traditions, there and back againnappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-60587588983152847822015-01-06T17:09:08.424-05:002015-01-06T17:09:08.424-05:00oops lost my comment. Can you believe i just tried...oops lost my comment. Can you believe i just tried to type the code 10 times,About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-15195843726755464622014-12-29T00:32:59.526-05:002014-12-29T00:32:59.526-05:00Nice Post..... I like it...Nice Post..... I like it...Turkey Tour Packages From Indiahttp://www.namasteturkey.com/index.php/must-do-turkey/historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-66680031314371534652014-12-28T12:18:47.957-05:002014-12-28T12:18:47.957-05:00Our kids' school does Vespers, which incorpora...Our kids' school does Vespers, which incorporates Xmas, Hannukah, Kwaanza and a trip round the world it would seem. This year the 11 year old was singing a lovely song in Swahili, but managed to get yet another cough and cold and missed the entire last week of school. <br />I went very natural and sophisticated this year with my outdoor deccies - two large planters full of winter greens with some red stick things in the centre. Very nice. Couldn't be bothered to get the lights out as I have been known to do. Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-26872065281873135052014-12-23T05:06:57.210-05:002014-12-23T05:06:57.210-05:00Iota - no, we never heard that version of the song...Iota - no, we never heard that version of the song. (It sounds vaguely dodgy - seeing as it's the Hispanic Christmas song!) I remember a house like that with a radio station when we were visiting friends in San Diego. Clearly not an East Coast thing.....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-43516576154962093782014-12-20T01:16:54.378-05:002014-12-20T01:16:54.378-05:00Did your boys used to sing the "Police stole ...Did your boys used to sing the "Police stole my car" version of Feliz Navidad?<br /><br />Like you, I missed the nativity years with my daughter. She was an angel in a play the first year we came back here, so that kind of made up for it, though it wasn't a traditional nativity. I really missed singing "Away in a Manger".<br /><br />I love all the good old-fashioned English Christmas carols. We sang one the other day, and I noticed that it had been written in the 4th century or something (Of the Father's Love Begotten). I missed all that sense of tradition and history, when we lived in America - words like "yule" and "wassail", that speak of a celebration that's hundreds of years old. So yes, I'm glad that my kids are learning all the old faves (Hark the Herald, O Come All Ye Faithful, etc). <br /><br />I miss the decorated houses too. Where we were, it wasn't as classy as it sounds like Long Island was. Lots of inflatables, and brash lights - often flashing. There were a couple of houses where you could drive by, tune your car radio to a frequency to enjoy a light show synchronised to the music. Totally tacky, but quite fun (and something to show the rellies when they visited). There were certain streets that were noted for being good at decorations, so those were always worth a drive-through too. I always wondered if you were told when you moved in that you had to make a big effort at Christmas - or maybe you were told when you were first viewing the house.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-67647780835124478152014-12-18T13:42:17.698-05:002014-12-18T13:42:17.698-05:00'fraid to say we always giggle when we get Chr...'fraid to say we always giggle when we get Christmas cards from American friends, as the photos all seem to have an element of the Tony and Cherie Blair about them! Around us, there seem to be more houses smothered in Christmas lights than the last couple of years...but in other places people just don't bother so much. I love a good Christmas carol (and a bad one truth be told) in English or Latin!Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.com