We are at the end of Advent, the Christian season that looks forward to Christ’s nativity. Today I am not going to tell you what you most probably already know about Advent, its significance and [more…]
Merry Christmas. A day of celebration. The Prince of Peace is Born. This is one of my favourites – I love the Renaissance. Detail from the Mystic Nativity by Sandro Botticelli : This is owned [more…]
Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. One of my favourite carols : Merry Christmas! OldTrout 2018
The fourth Sunday of Advent – #Peace. Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308–1311 [more…]
The third Sunday of Advent – #Joy. A traditional English carol from the 16th century or earlier. OldTrout 2018
In Part 1, I briefly mentioned the 12 Days of Christmas without expanding on what these 12 days are and what they represent. Depending on where you look and what you read, this period can [more…]
The second Sunday of Advent – #Love. Bonsall Moor, Derbyshire. This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This [more…]
What is Christmas? When can we put the Christmas decorations up? When can we start talking about Christmas? Should we start Christmas shopping now? All of these examples of questions have become all too familiar [more…]
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is time to light the first candle. #Hope. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of [more…]
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