It's getting close....

Today is my Mother's birthday. She would have been 94 today - Happy Birthday Mum!
Befitting the day, I thought I'd add some pics of a few Angels to go with the answers for the Christmas Carol Quiz. (How did you do - could you get all of them?)
I have a small collection of angels which decorate my kitchen at this time of year, a few of my favorites are shown here. The first one was made by my best buddy Sue a number of years ago, I love her quilted wings. The rest of the collection are a variety, including Willow Tree, Jim Shore, some from far away lands and a host of others picked up here and there over the years. Perhaps I'll share a few more another day.
Things have shifted into high gear here the last few days. Shopping is done, except for a few things for Mark which I cannot get 'til he is home tomorrow. Check. Cards and letters are 98% done, will be finished tonight. Check. Decorating is done, except for the main tree which is now up, and will be finished up tonight. Check. Stitching gifts finished. Check. So this weeks focus is wrapping and baking and a few quick sewing projects. I'm beginning to feel like I'm gonna make it!!! :)

Here are the answers to the Quiz -

1. Colorless Yuletide White Christmas
   
2. Castaneda Seed in a Conflagration Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
   
3. Singular Yearning for Twin Anterior Incisors All I Want for Christmas is my 2 Front Teeth
   
4. Righteous Darkness O Holy Night
   
5. Arrival Time: 24:00 Hours/Weather: Cloudless It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
   
6. Loyal Followers Advance Oh Come All Ye Faithful
   
7. Red Man En Route to Borough Santa Claus is Coming to Town
   
8. Ecstasy Toward The Orb Joy to the World
   
9. The Gross Square Root Festive 24 Hour Intervals The 12 Days of Christmas
   
10. Jocund Elderly Martyr Lacking Five Cent Pieces Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
    
11. Musical Clanging Objects Composed Of A White Malleable Element Silver Bells
    
12. Oh Yuletide Tall Woody Plant Oh Christmas Tree
13. Boreal Ice Crystal Homo Sapiens Frosty the Snowman
    
14. Female Ancestor Collides with Rangifer Tarandus Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
    
15. Expect My Arrival at My Domicile this Yule I'll Be Home for Christmas
    
16. Perambulating in Terrain of Awe 12/21 to 3/19 Walking in a Winter Wonderland
    
17. Listen, the celestial messengers produce harmonious sounds Hark the Herald Angels Sing
    
18. Quiescent Nocturnal Period Silent Night
    
19. An emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good given to the terrestrial sphere. Joy to the World
    
20. Seraphim We Aurally Detected In The Stratosphere Angels We Have Heard on High
    
21. The Christmas preceding all others The First Noel
    
22. Small municipality in Judea southeast of Jerusalem Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
    
23. The Slight Percussionist Lad Little Drummer Boy
    
24. Omnipotent Supreme Being who elicits respite to ecstatic distinguished males God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    
25. Tranquility upon the terrestrial sphere. Peace on Earth
    
26. Obese personification fabricated of compressed mounds of minute crystals. Frosty the Snowman
    
27. Expectation of arrival to populated area by mythical, magical masculine perennial gift-giver. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
    
28. Natal celebration devoid of color. White Christmas
    
29. In awe of the nocturnal time span characterized by religiosity. O Holy Night
    
30. Geographic state of fantasy during the season of Mother Nature's dormancy. Winter Wonderland
    
31. In a distant location the existence of an improvised unit of newborn children's slumber Away in a Manger
    
32. Proceed forth declaring upon a specific geological alpine formation. Go Tell It on the Mountain
    
33. Our Desire Is Your Yuletide Cheer We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    
34. Celestial messengers from splendid empires Angels from the Realms of Glory
    
35. Ovine Caretakers Supervised Their Charges In The Period Past Twilight While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
    
36. What Offspring Abides Thus What Child Is This?
    
37. Song Of Joy From Harmonic Hollow Metallic Devices Carol of the Bells
    
38. Are You Experiencing Parallel Auditory Input? Do You Hear What I Hear?
    
39. I Auditorily Perceived Clapper Containers At The Peak Of The Yuletide Season I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
    
40. I Observed A Trio Of Vessels Returning From Yachting I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing
    

Peace
Linda

"Christmas, the time of year that has the impact of a childhood story and the dreams of the future all rolled into the presents that we give our loved ones." ~ Joseph Kalinger