All my heart this night rejoices
As I hear, far and near
Sweetest angel voices
Christ is born, their choirs are singing
Fill the air, everywhere
Now with joyous ringing
Come and banish all your sadness
One and all, great and small
Come with songs of Gladness
Love Him who with love is yearning
Hail the star, that from far
Bright with hope is burning
All my heart rejoice tonight
In the dark there dawns a light
Behold the glory of the Lord
All my heart rejoice tonight
Magic
was spreading everywhere with those words and song filled magic in
atmosphere on holy day of Christmas eve spreading joy ,happiness
everywhere, snow fall covering like white sheet proving Santa Claus has
started his journey and only far away the moment when children will get
their gifts in form of joy happiness ,nature embracing like holding it
close the beauty of nature and its ambiance significant of joyous smiles
and happy hearts ,winds blowing and spreading soft and rhythmic music
,stars twinkling and hiding in clouds playing hide and seek and
twinkling eyes searching for her loved ones trying to find them but its
just like one long wait this time
those
twinkling eyes did glow with candle's reflection in saint Paul church
in Mussoorie hearing beautiful Christmas song with her granny her
beloved grandma with whom she came to church to celebrate Christmas eve
but how can she celebrate without her parents who r not here with her
who promised her to celebrate Christmas with her she felt arms
encircling around her shoulder and she came back to reality on seeing
her granny sitting beside her indicating to sing a Christmas song with
others joyous atmosphere and joyous heart singing song with happiness
and she too joined them with her innocent and cute smile with heavy
heart i wish mom and dad u would be here singing song with me the way
those girls r singing and their parents r there with them she felt her
eyes moist seeing that view where children holding hands of their
parents singing Christmas song and her granny held her hand and she just
hugged her , being little child how could she hide burden of pain in
her small little heart and she let go her heart to flow what she felt
and granny kissed her glowing face and lift her in her arms and they
went out from church to celebrate Christmas at their home
it
was very freezy day and all were get into gear with Christmas
preparation with enthusiasm and happiness so was i this year this
christams will be so awesome i told myself ,mom and dad will be back
from London past days were hard without them its first time when my
parents went for business trip for long time and i stayed alone with my
granny but their arrival will be most wonderful celebrating Christmas
with them will be so much fun i will turn 8 th this year on Christmas
and it will be double celebration with their presence i was happy with
thoughts coming in my mind while collecting stuffs for Christmas , i
will decor Christmas tree myself and will tell granny to order mom and
dad's fav cup cakes and pastries my chain of thought disturbed with
phone ring i hurried went to there and stood beside my granny who
attended call it must be my dad's call i assumed delightedly
Riki,
ur dad wants to talk to u sweety my granny called me and i accepted
call hurriedly making myself ready to throw lots of questions to him
when they r coming? ,what will i do wear? what do i wear on Christmas
pink or yellow i love pink dad and mom also likes my pink dress lots of
thoughts came in my mind when i put receiver on my ears only to hear
shocking news my eyes got moist when my dad informed they won't be able
to come this Christmas they will come after it i so wanted to celebrate
Christmas and my b'day with them but work comes first i thought they r
working so hard for this project i saw my mom and dad working
continuously at night to get success in this project i can't be selfish i
made up my mind, dad was expecting me to reply and i tried to smile not
letting him know that i felt bad ...
its okkk
dad i can understand we will celebrate Christmas once u and mom will be
back how is mom i tried to change topic with this talk she is fine
sweetheart and i know u r hurt my dad knew me so well ,he continued its
just bcz of most imp meeting for us then we will be back soon just for
few days more i gave him understanding talk and after talking with my
mom who suggested me to wear pink i put down receiver only to see two
loving pair of eyes staring at me , my granny who then lifted me in her
arms and we landed on kitchen where she made special chocolate cake for
me she knew me very well how to make me happy
walking
with my granny my mind hurriedly recalled those moments of past she
held my wrist delicately when we walked out from church only to be back
home it was shiny night with white snow fall i felt so pleasant with
such a beautiful atmosphere it was almost late night and we were walking
so calmly way back to home i just recalled story which was left
incomplete last night when granny was telling me and i felt my eyes
heavy with sleep and i asked her warm hug letting myself in her lap to
sleep peacefully i feel blissful in her lap to get sleep
granny
then what happened with princess who asked gift to Santa Claus ? did
Santa gave her gift she wanted ? i asked innocently looking in to her
shiny eyes
yes Santa went to princess and told her u can ask me anything my child but only one condition granny exclaimed
what
condition granny i again asked her with curiosity , he told her he will
gift her what she wants only when she will reply one question and Santa
asked princess which gift is most precious which can give precious and
blissful happiness , princess started thinking she has everything being
princess all kind of valuable clothes and stuffs but i never felt
blissful with those things but then after a pause she replied there was
shine in her eyes
i interrupted between it , granny what did she reply ??
hmmm
let me ask u same question sweetheart what could be the reply ?? granny
questioned back , i was confused with sudden question and i said granny
i dont know u tell me and she told me u will get reply soon from ur
self sweetheart b4 i could ask any question she pointed me that we r
almost at the gate of our house i brushed thoughts aside thinking i will
get answer soon and find it what could be princess's reply
we
entered home only to see candles all around in house , whole house was
decorated i found it strange i didn't decor even i thought b4 going
church to decor it once i will be back from church but i was surprised
to see decorated tree , table was set for dinner with huge chocolate
cake putting on it , my fav food was there b4 i could think much i heard
melodious sound from music room of my dad 's piano was played its his
fav spot where i heard soothing voice of one lady singing Christmas song
i found that voice familiar my eyes blurred with tears when i realized
it has to be my mom's melodious voice i hurriedly ran to music room
finding my parents there with broad and wide smile on their faces i felt
myself numb on seeing them it was almost 1 month i was seeing them
infront of me and b4 i could think anything i felt my mom's warm embrace
her soft hands caressing me her soft lips kissing my cheeks tears in
her eyes too and then i found my dad lifting me up in his arms my eyes
were staring at him and he was smiling seeing my smile it was just like
dream i closed my eyes again and opened to see them there in reality i
was in reality in his arms and my mom was there wishing me Christmas and
b'day i felt my heart beat raised loudly and i hugged them with force
letting my tears from my tiny eyes
and my mom cupped my face to wipe it
mom
and dad u said that u had imp meeting at London then why u both didn't
attend it i asked them while gulping big chocolate cake in my mouth on
the dinner table and my parents laughed ,granny to joined them and my
mom asked do u think anything is most imp than u , and holding my arms
my dad explained sweetheart u r most precious for us nothing is more imp
than u ,we wanted to give u big surprise on Christmas and of course on
ur b'day , we both r blessed to have god's gift in form u ,on saying he
made me eat big piece of cake my lips curved with big smile on hearing
it , and i could only say i love u mom and dad and i hugged them and
granny
i felt so comfortable in my parent's
arms sleeping with them my mom and dad's arms circling around me
,sleeping between them i felt so protected and so safe my eyes felt
burden of sleep and i slept at once
and at
that night Santa came in my dream asking me so princess do u get answer
of my question then i will give u gift and leave , and i said yes Santa i
know answer now most precious and imp gift is to be with loved once to
have happiness with their presence Christmas is all abt to be happy and
make other happy with expressing love for them it makes world joyous
Santa smiled back and kissed my forehead and handed me one beautiful frame
with me and my parents ,granny's pic it was framed with golden and
diamond written tab happy family on it i smiled in my sleep on seeing
it and then santa vanished i woke up with jerk only seeing my parents
holding me close and on seeing their smile i mumbled love u mom and dad
and again went back into my sleep my dreamworld with my family
joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Merry Christmas
A joke and a quote
Q. Why do reindeer scratch themselves? A. Because they're the only ones who know where they itch
Christmas
at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than
anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is
seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven - W. C. Fields
THE JOY OF SPREADING...
She
was just 9 years old' But she had learnt a valuable lesson from her
parents, especially her Mother' She was the apple of everyone's eyes'
she was the life of her parents, who saved her life, and now, were the
guiding light for their little angel' She, Janice D'Mello, was now
staying with her care-taker and guardian Father Patrick' She was a
blessed soul who got to live at HIS abode and serve his creations'.
A
very bright student and caring by nature, Janice had always believed in
spreading love and giving more than what she gets.. This meant, even if
she didn't have the resources to make anyone happy, she had the means
and intention to make people around her happy'. This was her way of
spreading happiness and smile to everyone around her'.
Though
she was a very lucky to go girl and cheerful by nature, she always felt
bad that the Lord took away her parents from her, when she needed them
the most' Every night, she would shed silent tears at his altar after
lighting a candle and after talking to the stars' She believed that her
parents were always there in the vast sky above her and heard every word
that she uttered..
Following
her heart, and living under the shadow of Father Patrick and her
parents.. Janice grew up to be a young lady with a tender and caring
heart' She always remembered the advice her mother had given but had
never got a chance to implement that'. As if her wish was heard, she got
a chance very soon'. It was the season of happiness and spreading love
everywhere, it was Christmas time' She was an active member at all the
events that were happening at the church' She had taken upon her to sing
the prayer at the midnight mass, for which she had got permission from
Father Patrick and the choir members'
After the midnight mass and wishing everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and A VERY HAPPY NEW,
as she came out of the church, she found a group of kids, who were
lonely and starving.. Being the kind lady, that she is, she offered
food, clothing and shelter.. But what she saw in their eyes was totally
different' She saw that these kids were starving for love' she saw that
these kids were deprived of love.. Infact, they had never felt how it
was to be loved for and cared for' She wanted to do something for these
kids, which will bring a huge smile on their innocent faces'
The
next day, she decided to take the kids to the Christmas carnival'. She
got the kids dressed up and told them that there was a surprise for all
them' But they would be able to see the surprise only on one condition'
There should be a smile on their face.. And as soon as she started
getting them, they were off to their destination' Enroute, they danced,
joked, had fun and sang.. The song was song of fun, spreading joy around
them and living their life as per their wish' They had let the sunrays
enter their lives and spread sunshine everywhere' They had allowed the
wind to pass through them and experienced how the cool breeze felt, when
it touched their skin' They had allowed the moon-light to seep in
through them and had learnt to dream' They had realized that dreams do
come true and Life was indeed beautiful' They had learnt to smile...
and
that was what Janice's mother had taught her'
To spread happiness, smiles and love everywhere'
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