Advent Calendar 2015 - Day 18

The Julbock or Yule Goat is Scandinavian and Northern European Yule/Christmas symbol that is made of straw. Its origins may predate Christianity. In the pre-Christian days, and in modern Pagan time, goats are associated with Thor, the Norse god of thunder, who rode a  chariot that was drawn by his two goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjostr.

Advent Calendar 2015 - Day 4

Gifts in boxes to pretty to open

unless you carefully lift the top

to reveal the token of love

that is felt for you

Advent Calendar 2015 - Day 2

The Nutcracker bear wants to dance for us. Showing hi great leap in the air as if to say " I can dance and leap as well as any human." So with leaps of love let us dance with the Dancing Bear from The Nutcracker.

Boston Ballet's Dancing Bear

(Boston Globe )

Advent Calendar 2015 - Day 1

  This is  a tradition that I would like to start for Misha's Blue. This is truly my favorite time of year, even when I don't have the Ho, Ho, Ho spirit or whatever you would like to call it. I guess when it's 80 degrees outside when it is supposed to be in the 60's can make one feel that way. But I feel that the closer it gets to Yule/Christmas the better things will be.

  This first days Advent calendar entry is something I would love to do some day...see a lot of snow and have a nice fire outside to sit by. It would be my first time so I may not know any better.