Merry Christmas to all!

It's been a busy week, getting ready for company for Christmas. I said I was going to post a great song I found earlier this week on Christmas eve, danged if I could even remember what song it was by the time Christmas eve got here.

We had a beautiful Christmas service at our church tonight. We are really blessed with talented singers there and I got to bring home two big, gorgeous poinsettias after the service. Nothing makes a house look more like Christmas than poinsettias. My sister-in-law doesn't know yet that she's going to get to take one of them home with her.

My husband and I had a great time earlier in the week baking the pieces and putting together a gingerbread house that will go home to my grand niece and nephew tomorrow night.

I've got everything done that I could get done until the ham goes in the oven later this morning.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Love your family and celebrate all their little quirks. I know I plan to fully enjoy my family as we celebrate our love for each other and the birth of Christ. Fortunately, we all even agree on politics, for the most part, and we do enjoy discussing the topic.

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Rasmussen: 74 Percent of Adults Support Religious Displays on Public Property

Rasmussen™ reported today that 74 percent of adults support religious displays on public property.

Only 17 percent of adults believe nativity scenes or menorahs have no place on public property.

Government offices and their holders generally back down from law suits as they are so costly. The suits are often a financially lucrative undertaking for organizations, such as the ACLU, under 42 U.S.C., Section 1988, of the United States Code.

It took one complaint earlier this year to cause Circuit Clerk Steve Helms to remove a poster depicting historic scenes, pictures from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the 10 commandments from his County office.

Presiding County Commissioner Dave Coonrod advised Helms to remove the poster, later hosting choirs of Christmas carolers in the rotunda of the County Courthouse. There were no complaints about the carols, sometimes religious, being sung on public property.

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Merry Christmas 4: The Reason for the Season

There Is A Reason

A Living Prayer

It's About the Cross

Go Tell it on the Mountain

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Merry Christmas 3: On the lighter side

For The Birds sing with Leon Redbone's Christmas Ball Blues

And, for the kids: Here's a site where they can decorate their own gingerbread man and send it as an e-card for Christmas!

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Merry Christmas 2

Mindy Smith "Away in a Manger" with Alison Krauss

And The Angels Cried

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Merry Christmas 2008 - 1: Little Drummer Boy Countdown

(These are just my top five picks from the videos I viewed at "YouTube." I certainly didn't view them all! One of my requirements of consideration was that drums had to be featured. It's amazing to me how many versions of The Little Drummer Boy there are that have little or no drums in them. It was difficult choosing between my number 1 and number 2 for the top spot, however, I liked the honesty of my number 1 choice and the depth of the drums so, it won out in the end.)

5. Duncan McCall Pipe Band / Little Drummer Boy

4. Little Drummer Boy, David Bowie and Bing Crosby

3. Little Drummer Boy featuring awesome drum solo

2. Josh Groban Little Drummer Boy

1. Little Drummer Boy - Johnny Cash and Neil Young

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