In this darkest part of the winter, at the end of what has been an extraordinarily turbulent and threatening year, I can’t think of anything we and our world need more than peace this Christmas. So this is what I wish you all, with gratitude for your friendship and the deep pleasure your blogs give me.
Here in our corner of Mid-Wales the baking is finished, the presents are wrapped, and the suitcase is packed, ready for an early start tomorrow, as we head off to spend Christmas with DS and his family. Wherever you may be spending your Christmas, may it be full of joy and peace.
Image: Nativity by Duccio di Buoninsegna (c1255/60–c1318/19 Siena, Italy)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Carol: Stille Nacht
Words by Josef Mohr (1792-1848)
Music by Francis Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
