Winter officially arrives on Sunday and serious sub-zero weather is expected too. Another snow arrived overnight - inches and inches of a white Christmas. The presents are wrapped, the packages sent, and now it is time to enjoy this beautiful time of year.
Tomorrow we celebrate the reason for the season at my favorite Christmas party. Most of the neighborhood fills a neighbor's house as we sing together the beautiful songs of the season. You should hear our rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas- too funny. Those assembled come from many lands and the evening ends in darkness with just the candles on the spinning German Christmas Pyramid burning as together we sing Silent Night in English, Polish, Spanish, and as it was written all those years ago in German.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Rotary holiday party
Christmas is for the children. Here are my favorite wee ones celebrating with Santa at the annual Rotary Club of Northbrook Holiday party.
Mimi and Papa enjoyed watching the children watch the choir and then watch as their eyes lit up when Santa came into the room. 
Blessings come in all sizes - these are ours! Who could ask for anything more!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Do you think?
Could it be that The Cinnamon Bear is the reason I chose the silly Styrofoam bear for the top of our tree all those years ago? Did the Crazy Quilt Dragon influence my choice of a quilted bow? I wonder.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The Cinnamon Bear
I was just watching two early Christmas videos, Hard Rock, Coco and Joe and Suzy Snowflake. Maybe you remember them too. Every time I see them, I am taken back to my childhood.
Arcadia, the publishers of the Image of America Series, put together the following YouTube video for a 2007 book about Christmas memories and State Street. You will catch a mention of my favorite childhood memory in the video. Christmas on State Street 1940s and Beyond.
My favorite childhood memory is not available on video. If it were available on video instead of in my mind, I'd be a happy lady. However, since he captured my attention before we had a television, The Cinnamon Bear is in my mind because I had to imagine him since his story was on the radio - and he was in the hearts of children across the land. My children couldn't quite get into the story. Maybe they were too old by the time I found tapes of the show, or maybe their magic memories are visual from the days of television instead of in their imagination.
The Cinnamon Bear story was first broadcast in Portland, Oregon in 1937 and still plays on radio stations throughout the country. The radio show we listened to was sponsored by Wieboldt’s Department Store. They also sponsored the short-lived puppet TV show of the Cinnamon Bear in the 1950s. According to Wikipedia, Wieboldt’s sold a stuffed teddy bear version of the Cinnamon Bear for $2.98 in the 1950s. Santa would give out free Cinnamon Bear buttons to children visiting Santa. Wonder what they’d cost on E-Bay today? The Cinnamon Bear was magic to me and my sister!
For those of you who don't know it, the story is about twins Judy and Jimmy Barton who go with the lovable Cinnamon Bear to Maybeland in search of the Silver Star that belongs at the top of their Christmas tree. Each day between Thanksgiving and Christmas we listened to a 15-minute adventure, as they met unforgettable characters as they traveled to the Lollipop Mountains, the Magic Island, the Picture Forest, and the Wishing Woods and on the Root Beer Ocean. Their adventures finally take them all the way to the North Pole in search of the elusive Silver Star. We even saw The Cinnamon Bear in a parade one year.
You too can meet Jimmy & Judy, Paddy O' Cinnamon, the Crazy Quilt Dragon and others on their adventure to find the Silver Star. The magical story is available online at: http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/cinnamonbear.htm
Arcadia, the publishers of the Image of America Series, put together the following YouTube video for a 2007 book about Christmas memories and State Street. You will catch a mention of my favorite childhood memory in the video. Christmas on State Street 1940s and Beyond.
My favorite childhood memory is not available on video. If it were available on video instead of in my mind, I'd be a happy lady. However, since he captured my attention before we had a television, The Cinnamon Bear is in my mind because I had to imagine him since his story was on the radio - and he was in the hearts of children across the land. My children couldn't quite get into the story. Maybe they were too old by the time I found tapes of the show, or maybe their magic memories are visual from the days of television instead of in their imagination.
The Cinnamon Bear story was first broadcast in Portland, Oregon in 1937 and still plays on radio stations throughout the country. The radio show we listened to was sponsored by Wieboldt’s Department Store. They also sponsored the short-lived puppet TV show of the Cinnamon Bear in the 1950s. According to Wikipedia, Wieboldt’s sold a stuffed teddy bear version of the Cinnamon Bear for $2.98 in the 1950s. Santa would give out free Cinnamon Bear buttons to children visiting Santa. Wonder what they’d cost on E-Bay today? The Cinnamon Bear was magic to me and my sister!
For those of you who don't know it, the story is about twins Judy and Jimmy Barton who go with the lovable Cinnamon Bear to Maybeland in search of the Silver Star that belongs at the top of their Christmas tree. Each day between Thanksgiving and Christmas we listened to a 15-minute adventure, as they met unforgettable characters as they traveled to the Lollipop Mountains, the Magic Island, the Picture Forest, and the Wishing Woods and on the Root Beer Ocean. Their adventures finally take them all the way to the North Pole in search of the elusive Silver Star. We even saw The Cinnamon Bear in a parade one year.
You too can meet Jimmy & Judy, Paddy O' Cinnamon, the Crazy Quilt Dragon and others on their adventure to find the Silver Star. The magical story is available online at: http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/cinnamonbear.htm
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