Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (7) It Was The Night Before Christmas
unloading our car
winter constellations blaze
in dim church light
after midnight
Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (6) Christmas Dinner
clinking silverware
laughter and conversation
holiday celebration
Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2018 (4) Feliz Navidad
“Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad” meaning “Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness“) English verse “I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart”
Christmas Eve
the family goes caroling
through the neighborhood
Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 7 stress
Christmas eve
cold wind tugging my sleeve
as I hurry home
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Christmas sermon
the stress melting away
remembering true gift
Seven Days Before Christmas -Day 6 presents
brightly wrapped gifts
waiting under the tree
child peers in awe
Seven Days to Christmas -Day 5 A Choir of Angels
Christmas pageant
angelic choir of cherubs
delighting parents
Carpe diem – Seven Days to Christmas -Day 4 Christmas Story

star filled night
in a not so quiet stable
a savior is born
Carpe Diem Seven Days to Christmas -Day 3 White Christmas
silence falls
colored lights softly muted
white Christmas
scarves flying
gleeful peals of laughter
Christmas snow
Carpe Diem Seven Days to Christmas 2017 – Day 2 everlasting love