My Friday photoblogs usually feature images I’ve found online. But this time I didn’t have to look so far. I just grabbed my phone and began chronicling how my wife beautifies our home, especially during the Christmas season. Which starts for me the moment she begins decorating. Oh, sure, I help with the tree and by stringing up a few lights outside, but 90% of it is from her hands. And 100% of it is from her heart.

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“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ~Dr. Seuss

“A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;

It makes no noise at all,

But softly gives itself away;

While quite unselfish, it grows small.”
~Eva K. Logue

     “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” ~Roy L. Smith

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” ~Bob Hope

“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’.” ~Bing Crosby

     “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” ~Charles Dickens

“Peace on earth will come to stay,

When we live Christmas every day.”

~Helen Steiner Rice