Whew! It's been a while...

Well, things here have been buzzing along at an alarming rate these last few weeks. So much so that I never seem to get around to posting! I do have some goodies to write about, but I also have oodles of great pictures to share, so these posts today may be a bit heavy on pictures. A picture speaks a thousand words, right?! Anyway, this first picture is a pretty one at sunset over the lakes right in the middle of Copenhagen. Well, I don't really think they're lakes, but that's what everyone calls them. This was probably at about 3:30 or 4:00pm in the afternoon two Sundays ago. Jared had Ruby for the afternoon and evening while I went to a party to make traditional Danish decorations including a holder for a calendar candle and another for advent candles.

After coffee hour was over Jared and Ruby went over to Rådhuspladsen to see the Christmas tree being lit. They didn't quite make it to see the lights being snapped on, but obviously there were still hoards of people around trying to catch a glimpse of the lit tree! As an aside, it is interesting to note that Danes find electric lights on Christmas trees extremely tacky and all use real candles to light their trees while the dance around it singing Christmas carols (no joke!), but I guess that they don't mind blazing lights on outdoor trees. Really, I suppose that the real ones would either get blown out or light the whole tree on fire!

I would have to say that my first attempt at these Christmas decorations was fair at best (especially after the bus ride and walk home!), but it is fun to burn the candle down a bit each day. It's a bit of Christmas spirit and reminds me that the reason we celebrate Christmas at all is Christ, of course, the light of the world. I have really enjoyed the Advent candles as well, though I wish that we had an Advent devotional series or something that we could read along with the lighting each week.