THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS - GRAND FINALE - A CHRISTMAS COTTAGE TOUR - 2019

This blog has become a job for me. 
 Not a job that I get paid for 
unless you count the numerous friends
 I have made over the years. 
 Not a job that I have to have,
 but one I want to have.

 It is important to me that
 I have crossed all the T's and 
dotted all the I's and 
even that I have 
spelled most words correctly.

 The photos that tell my story, and 
the stories themselves,
 have to come from my heart 
in order to be 
share worthy.

I know this time of year
 things can get sentimental and 
since I fall into the category of
 being a romantic,
 I am guilty of that. 
 I am so proud
 that the blogging community 
has taken me into 
the family and has shared 
their stories as well.

 Kind comments and sweet friendships 
mean more than I can say. 
 I know that there are many 
that I will never hear from. 
 I don't know 
who you are or where you are,
 but I do know that
 you are there and 
that you are reading, and 
I appreciate and thank everyone 
all the same.

My chosen Christmas song 
for the finale is 
one that has special meaning to me,
 especially this year.  
 For the thirty years
 we have lived in our 
beautiful little Cottage,
 we have almost always 
gone down to 
our kid's home for Christmas. 
 It has just simply been
 easier for us to get away. 
 This year, however,
 will be different. 
 They are coming to be with us and 
celebrate Christmas at the Cottage and 
we will be home for Christmas.

"I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"

By Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, 1943

Recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943

It was written from a soldier's perspective serving over seas during World War Two.

In all parts of the Christmas tour,
 I have mostly shown vignettes
 in each room 
so in the finale, 
I will show how each of the 
rooms look all together.  
There is no
 rhyme or reason to it all and 
most things will not be commented on, 
only the words to the song 
will accompany the photos.  
You have seen them all before and 
you know what you are looking at.

"I'm dreaming tonight
 of a place I love

Even more than
 I usually do

And although I know 
it's a long road back

I promise you

I'll be home for Christmas

You can count on me

Please have snow and mistletoe

And presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me

Where the love light gleams

I'll be home for Christmas

If only in my dreams."

~~~~~


This is what started the idea
 for this particular song...

I saw the picture 
in the Country Door catalog and
 knew it was meant to be.  
This is what home 
looks and feels like 
to me.

Christmas has
 different meanings to different people.
  Whether you believe 
it started in a stable 
with the light of a great star
 shining over it, 
or that being surrounded by
 loving family and friends 
is what makes it possible, 
or by living your life 
through kindness and good deeds
 for your fellow man, 
it all has a place rooted in
 the magic of Christmas and 
we are very lucky 
if all those feelings stay with us 
all the year through.


For all 
who will be home for Christmas...
we wish you peace, joy and love...

...for all 
who can't be home for Christmas 
you are...
forever in our hearts,
 tied up with shining ribbons of memories. 
 You will always be 
the greatest 
of gifts.

Gold Country Cottage
 wishes Merry Christmas to all and 
to all a 
very good night.


See you next year!!



...Judy...

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