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Category: Christmas

Merry Christmas

When I look at this picture I can’t help but wonder if my Uncle Terry could have possibly known that the terrified baby he was holding would grow up to create and maintain an award-winning blog. So from that baby — 27 years later — Merry Christmas, and thank you for whatever amount of time [...]

2010 Christmas Cards :: The Lieu

This weekend I was honored to have two of my roommates ask me to take photos for their Christmas cards. I also had the good fortune to be sitting in the right place as the other two went out to take their own photos for the same reason, and I invited myself to make their [...]

Required Advent Listening: Andrew Peterson

It is fairly safe to say that as each Advent season rolls around, so too will another odfm post about Andrew Peterson and his magnificent album, Behold the Lamb of God. This is that post. The fact that I’m a huge fan of Christmas music is no secret. As each Halloween passes, I’m tempted to [...]

Merry Christmas

The cutesiness of this card is far outweighed by the magnitude of what I celebrated on this day. So, as I celebrate the birth of the Word Incarnate, I thought it acceptable to also share a Christmas greeting card. Feel free to print it up and add it to your collection, or to set it [...]

on Christmas Eve(s)

For over a decade of my life, Christmastime brought feelings of increasing excitement throughout December’s duration as I anticipated the morning when I’d discover what Santa had brought (which was really all I was concerned about… never mind celebrating the birth of Jesus). During much of that decade-plus I also grew excited about the hours [...]