Smells Like Christmas

Christmas has a very nice smell, don't you think?

In fact, my house is smelling very Christmas-y at the moment.

It smells like cookies, warm, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

It smells like candles, holiday favorites. Fresh from Yankee Candle, North Pole, Red Apple Wreath, and Mistletoe scents.

It smells like sharp clean air that blows in from the outside and whistles around the house.

It smells like evergreen trees and wreaths.

It smells like a fresh hint of snow every time I step outside the door.

It smells like scotch tape, wrapping paper and multicolored ribbon.

It smells like the season, advent wreaths of purple and pink, and the the thought of hay in a manger and gifts of frankincense and  myrrh.

It smells like Christmas :)

(images via google images)

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONTEST {season III}

Yes I know I haven't posted in forever.

Life = crazy.

So be it.

ANYWAY......

This is my third Christmas blogging, and as always, I'm celebrating by holding a contest! A Christmas carol contest to be specific, but of course you already knew that from the title of this post, didn't you? ;)

This contest is broken into two sections. The first is naming the carol from which twenty or so lyrics come from, and the second is a bit of guessing of my favorite carols. Please be fair and use your brain, hymnals, songbooks, and your family to figure these out. Don't just copy/paste the line into google and see what comes up. That's LAME.

Please either SEND me your answers at TREBLECLEFBLOG@GMAIL.COM or COMMENT with your answers and I won't publish them until the contest is closed.

Whoever has the most correct by Christmas at midnight is the winner!!! They will have the chance to guest post here on Treble Clef and also have their button/ad displayed on my sidebar for one month. Let's get to it!

PART A:

(below are several lines from Christmas carols. Please state what carol they come from.)

1. I knew that God has sent that little boy to remind me
   what Christmas is all about.
2. Oh, Christmas Carols, by candlelight
3. Twenty, ten, five and let it freeeeEEEEEEeeze!
4. And folks dressed up like Eskimos
5. And then with a roar they were both on their way
   Each knowing they'd meet on some other day.
6. The Child, the Child, sleeping in the night 
7. So frequently to vanquish all 
   The friends of Satan quite
8. The rainbow has an end,
   And you'll be there my friend someday.
9. Hang a shining star 
10. Raise, raise the song on high
11. And time would heal all hearts
    And everyone would have a friend
12. Had roll'd along th' unbroken song
13. Oh, won't be the same 
    If you're not here with me 
14. Nor thorns infest the ground
15. Christmas day is in our grasp
    So long as we have hands to clasp
16. God with man is now residing, 
    Yonder shines the infant light
17. Once bitten and twice shy
18. The blind will see.
    The deaf will hear.
    The dead will live again.
19. And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging
    chimes of doom
20. In all our trials born to be our friend.
21. With the dawn of redeeming grace
22. Oh, some like it hot, but I like it
    REALLY hot! Hee hee!
23. Thou shalt find the winter's rage
    Freeze thy blood less coldly
      

PART B:

(guessing game!)

See if you can guess....

One or more of my top favorite RELIGIOUS carols

And also see if you can guess....

One or more of my favorite SECULAR carols

(All of these may or may not be answers to Part A)

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GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY! :)

i desperately need another vacation

i'm stressed out and tired. therefore i refuse to use capital letters. ha. 

four days (including today) since i got back from vermont. three of actually not being on vacation.

and already i need another one.

sunday....

-got up early because of church, but was tired because of the late trumpet party saturday night

-went to church, sang in choir, actually listened to the sermon....just kidding, i usually do that

-went home and began to work on my homework

-was distracted in homework because people in my family decided to be loud talkers

-finally finished long boring homework

-put up christmas decorations around the house. wanted to find specific decorations, and of course, didn't 

-went with my brother to game night with youth ministry

-played intense games of sardines, which was fun

-found out that vegan cheese is gross; therefore never going vegan

-was informed that i no longer had a joseph for my christmas pageant, obviously a major problem

-went home, began to decorate tree, but stressed out about joseph problem

-stressed out about pageant, annoyed that vacation was over, resulted in a very bad restless night

monday....

-woke up early, already very tired because of aforementioned sleepless night

-got ready for school, groggy, monday-after-vacation-ness

-went to school......nothing exciting happened....except for getting a pile of homework and a large inscription on my english teacher's board that said 'warning! intense work week!'

-went to jazz ensemble which was fun, except for the fact that i really wanted to go sleep the entire time

-went home for about two seconds

-went to church to have conversation about joseph problem, and semi-resolved it

-went and had good but hard trumpet lesson....brain was completely fried resulting in forgetting that fourths and fifths were not major and minor, but augmented and diminished....

-went home and ate yummy kale and bean soup whose broth was addicting

-did pile of homework.....worked hard.....went to bed at a reasonable hour

tuesday..........

-woke up late (6:00)

-was very very rushed getting ready for school and was out the door a few minutes later than usual

-had even longer day at school and was given about fifteen piles of homework

-went to jazz band, jammed out on trombone, had fun

-dashed home for about two seconds (literally)

-went to friendly's with my mom and brother for a florida trip fundraiser, goofed off with anna

-went to handbell choir and regular choir at church for very long, tiring rehearsal, not looking forward to homework when i got home

-got home at nine o'clock, the homework commenced

-worked crazy hard for a really really really long time until i had finished literally everything

-finally fell into bed at midnight

and so today was a long tiring boring day and now i want to sleep. bye.