I heard that Martha, over at Beyond the Literary Horizon,
was going to do a Christmas themed blog party and, since I love
Christmas, I quickly agreed to join. There are just 4 of us bloggers so
you should have time to visit us all each day. And there is a giveaway. I
hope you'll join us every-other-day for more Christmas fun! Let's get
started! Snow
I love snow. Unfortunately, I live in the area of the country where we don't usually get a lot of snow. So when it does snow, I want to enjoy it. But just because it doesn't snow here, it doesn't mean I can't add snow to my stories and put snow in my Christmas decorations.
And if you've read many of my Christmas books, you've probably noticed that almost every one has snow in it. When we were younger, there was a great sledding hill just up the street from us. It was perfect, and the neighborhood kids (and some dads) would often gather there when we did get a good snow and spend hours flying down the hill and then trudging back up again.
The winter I was 12 my best friends and I went down the hill together, but when I rolled off the inner tube at the bottom, something happened and my right arm, up near my shoulder, started hurting. I told my friends I had broken my arm, but they didn't believe me. But I had. That's the only time I've ever broken anything.
Today I wanted to share one of my own Christmas stories. (Authors are allowed to promote their own books on their own blog, right?) You can find The Old Mansion's Secret by clicking the title.
Taking a shortcut on a
lonely country road, Daniel, Esther, and their cousin, Moni, stumble
upon a mystery! A glimmering, sparkling, brightly lit Christmas tree is
framed within the window of an old, long-abandoned, dilapidated mansion.
The children are determined to solve the mystery and discover the old
mansion's secret–before Christmas.
Don't forget to check out the other blogs who are participating in this fun Christmas party! And enter the giveaway!
Have you ever read this story?
Do you like sledding?
What is a snow memory you have?
Do you like sledding?
What is a snow memory you have?
Ooh, fun! A snow memory I have is of trying and failing (miserably) to construct maple sugar candy like what Laura Ingalls wrote about in her books. But instead of taffy, the result of my experiment was only a pile of sweet brown slush. I ended up writing a short story based on the incident. 😂
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting memory. I've always thought it would be fun to make maple sugar candy, but we live too far south.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read that story. :D
Thanks! You can find it at the link below. :)
Deletehttps://musingsbyellen.blogspot.com/2019/01/musing-15-maple-sugar-candy-supposedly.html
Hope you enjoy it.:D
DeleteOooh, that jar is pretty! I love to fix up snow scenes using cotton fluffs. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Martha. :) I wanted to put a different house in the jar, but that's the only one that would fit in the lid. ;)
ReplyDeleteYes!! I love snow, and where I live we have a bit of it! So that is fun!
ReplyDeleteSnow is one of my favorite winter things. One year we got enough snow to dig snow tunnels and go sled riding through them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, Mindy! Oh, fun! It snowed almost all day yesterday but it didn't stick. It was pretty coming down though.
ReplyDeleteWow, Natalie! That sounds like so much fun! One year my dad and us kids started building an igloo in a neighbor's yard. They thought it was fun and joined in. Soon we had at least 3 or 4 families involved in building it. But we had to fill sleds with snow from other yards and drag them over because we didn't have enough. :) I will say that the igloo did look a little funny standing in a yard with now snow left. ;)
I love your snow lamp!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Katja! It was fun to make.
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