Serendipitous Stitching: Advent Calendar

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Monday, 24 December 2018

2018 Online Advent Calendar

Here is our Online Advent Calendar, it will be updated every day.

Scroll down to see the latest picture and a link to the poster's blog.

This year I have asked each participant what their favourite Christmas song is.

It could be a traditional carol, a hymn or a more modern song.

Pop over to each blog to sing-a-long with our stitch-a-long!

Saturday 1st December

Aimetu's Stitching

♬ O Little Town of Bethlehem ♫

Sunday 2nd December

Dragon Stitches with Astrid

♬ Must Be Santa ♫

and

Wicked Stitcher

♬ O Holy Night ♫

Monday 3rd December

Kitten Stitching

♬ The Little Drummer Boy ♫

Tuesday 4th December

Miniz Diary

♬ Jingle Bells ♫

Wednesday 5th December

Ishkabibble

♬ O Holy Night ♫

(with added Hawaiian lyrics)

Thursday 6th December

Tickled Pink in Stitches

♬ Move Me Closer (A Shepherd's Prayer) ♫

Friday 7th December

Le Coeur Celtique

♬ Fairytale of New York ♫

Saturday 8th December

Needles, Pins & Dragonflies

♬ Carol of the Bells ♫

Sunday 9th December

Tales of a Stitching Mouse

♬ The Little Drummer Boy (Peace on Earth) ♫

and

Tiffstitches a Blog
♬ The 12 Days of Christmas (Muppets and John Denver version) ♫

Monday 10th December

Oh Sew Crafty

♬ Every Day is Christmas ♫

Tuesday 11th December

Beth's Needlework Stash

♬ Emanuel ♫

Wednesday 12th December

♬ I'll be Home for Christmas ♫

and

Mary

♬ The Christmas Song ♫

Together RJ and Mary are:

Stitching Friends Forever

Thursday 13th December

The Easily Influenced Stitcher

♬ Mary, Did You Know? ♫

Friday 14th December

Jeremiah's Mom

♬ I'll be Home for Christmas ♫

Saturday 15th December

Ariadne from Greece

♬ White Christmas ♫

and

Mary's Threads

♬ What Child is This? ♫

Sunday 16th December

A Stitcher's Story

♬ The Christmas Shoes ♫

and

The Flashing Scissors

♬ So this is Christmas ♫

Monday 17th December

Jocondine

♬ Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ♫

Tuesday 18th December

Sewing After Seven

♬ Last Christmas ♫

Wednesday 19th December

Books, Crafts and Other Procrastinations

♬ Gaudete ♫

Thursday 20th December

Elfin Stitches

♬ If Every Day Was Like Christmas ♫

Friday 21st December

Crafting Ramble

♬ Hark the Herald Angels Sing ♫

Saturday 22nd December

The Alchymyst's Study

♬ Sans Day Carol ♫

and

Yellow Flower Meadow

♬ God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ♫

Sunday 23rd December

Stitch Bitch

♬ Silver Bells ♫

and

A Patchwork of Crafts

♬ It Feels Like Christmas ♫

Friday 24th December

Needle, Pen and Sword

♬ December Song ♫

Hope you enjoyed the Advent Calendar this year! Remember to leave comments on each day to let people know you have visited too.

I have to say, the idea of asking for Christmas Songs was a genius idea, though I say so myself! It's been so much fun listening to all the songs everyone has shared while I read and comment. I shouldn't pick a favourite really but I did love the video of the Silent Monks performing the Hallelujah Chorus that Deborah shared on her post. Here it is again:

Sunday, 24 December 2017

2017 Online Advent Calendar

Here is our Online Advent Calendar, it will be updated every day.

Scroll down to see the latest picture and a link to the poster's blog.

Pop over to each blog to see how they celebrate.

This year I have asked bloggers about their plans and traditions for Boxing Day.

Having sent out the emails to all the participants I then learned that not every country has Boxing Day traditions! So I thought I would start this post by sharing a little of the history of this day.

Boxing Day is 26th December, the day after Christmas Day and it was the day that "post-men, errand-boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas-box". This is usually a cash gift and nowadays may be given to paper deliverers, milkmen and refuse collecters as a little thank you for turning out every day in all weathers to provide us with essential services. It is a dying tradition however.

You can read more about Boxing Day here - Wikipedia - Boxing Day

There are three more usual ways to spend the day in the 21st Century:

1. with the side of the family you didn't see on Christmas Day

2. going mad in the Boxing Day sales or being forced to work to serve those mad folk

3. sitting on the sofa watching TV and having a diet of leftover turkey and Quality Street sweets.

Of course, for us stitchers, it's more likely to be playing with our stash and maybe a new start? I'll be doing the 12 Days of Christmas SAL again. Starting Just Nan's 12 Days of Christmas on Christmas Day, stitching Day 1 on Day 1, Days 2 and 1 on Day 2, Days 3, 2 and 1 on Day 3 and so on.

So follow the Advent Calendar Blog Hop and learn more about what our international friends will be doing on that day.

Friday 1st December