Sunday Favorites...No. 128

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Welcome to the 128th "Sunday Favorites" Party 

"Sunday Favorites" is a Sunday meme designed to give bloggers a chance
 to share a favorite post from the past!
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For more information on how to republish a past post just click HERE.

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Hello my friends!

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Welcome to the 128th run of "Sunday Favorites"
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I hope that you're having a wonderful weekend!  Wow...where does the time go to?
  The "Christmas Countdown" clock is ticking away....tic-toc...tic-toc!  Hehe!
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  I have been busy...busy!  I'm sure that all of you have been busy as well...with
 Christmas preparations and all of the fun things that this season brings.  Honey and I
 have just decided that we will be driving to Texas to spend Christmas with my three
 daughters and all my grandchildren.  I am soooo excited!  It has been a very long
 time since we have all been together for Christmas. 
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Sunday Favorites Cancelled for Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st.
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In light of my absence and because Christmas falls on a Sunday this year...
I will be cancelling the December 25th Sunday Favorites party.  I know that
 everyone will be busy with their families anyway.  I am also cancelling the Sunday
 Favorites party scheduled for January 1, 2012 as well.  I'll just be getting home
 from our travels.  I will miss all of you and your wonderful reposts.  We'll
continue to the regular Sunday Favorites schedule for January 8, 2012.
  So I'll see you then! 
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Today for Sunday Favorites...I am revisiting a Christmas post from December
 2010...called "The Magic of Christmas".  I hope that you enjoy!
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 Well my friends...I'm looking forward to seeing your Sunday Favorites
 posts this week and visiting with you!  You can sign up for the party at the
 end of this post!

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Have a super Sunday!
Chari
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Sunday Favorites My favorite post from:
December 23, 2010
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~The Magic of Christmas~
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Hello my friends...I hope you're having a joyous Christmas holiday!
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Earlier in the week when I posted about my Christmas dining room...I thought that
 it would be my last post until after Christmas. And then...I remembered that I had taken
 photos of my dining room buffet at night when it was all lit up...so I thought I would
 share a few of those photos with you today. I hope you enjoy!!!
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In the dark of night...when the Christmas lights are all-a-sparkle...
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I am reminded of the true magic of Christmas!
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My Christmas Buffet
December 2010
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Before I show you my Christmas buffet all lit up...I thought I would
 share just a few photos of what it looks like during the daylight hours.

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I won't get into all the specifics here but if you would like to see more of
 my Christmas buffet and the decorating "how to's" you can just click HERE.
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~The Magic of Christmas~
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At Christmas time, I go all out with the decorating!

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It's something that I really enjoy...and after all...
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it's a time of great celebration!

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A time to celebrate the true magic of Christmas!
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It seems like magic...
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That from the beginning of time...God had a plan!
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A plan...so that we...could spend eternity with HIM!
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It seems like magic...
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That a young woman named Mary...who was a virgin...conceived a SON!
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It seems like magic...
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That Mary's son...JESUS...a baby boy born in a lowly manger...
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would be called The King of Kings,
 The Lord of Lords,
 The Savior of all mankind!
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Yes, it seems like magic...that God had a plan from the beginning of time...
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for His only begotten son...Jesus...born of the Virgin Mary.
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That Jesus would give His very life for us...that we might be reconciled to God...
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so that we could spend eternity with HIM!
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It seems like magic...
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That such a gift...
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of unmeasurable love...
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unfathomable peace...
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and overwhelming joy...
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a gift of eternal salvation...
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was all wrapped up in that little bundle born on Christmas day!
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Yes...it seems like magic...

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but it is sooo very real!

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God had a plan...through his prophets of old...it was told...

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"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
 upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty
 God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace..." Isaiah 9:6
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Yes...it seems like magic...that all of our hopes were
 realized that Christmas night...
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"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he
 shall save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
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It seems like magic...but the gift of Christmas given to you...
and to me...is very, very real!!!
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I give thanks to my Heavenly Father...for Jesus...his Christmas gift to me!
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Well my dear, sweet friends...I'm so glad that you came by today! I am also
 thankful for my gift of YOU and your sweet friendship! May each of you have a
 wonderful and blessed Christmas!!! I pray that you experience the greatest
 gift of all this Christmas...God's gift of Jesus!!!
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Warmest Christmas Blessings!

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Sunday Favorites

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Guidelines for Participating in Sunday Favorites

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Add a "visible" link for the Sunday Favorites party to your blog post or add
 the Sunday Favorites button from my sidebar.
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 your post...not "Parties Here" or "Find the parties that I am linking to in my
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 search for the parties you are joining.

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 actually published to your blog.  If you are participating in Sunday Favorites,
 please be sure to add your permalink and not your general blog address.
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 the guidelines.  Please read the instructions and try again.
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Thank you so much for your participation!!! I am going to really enjoy going
 through your "Sunday Favorites" posts!!!
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***Just a little note: Sunday Favorites Criteria***

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When I first started the Sunday Favorites meme, my initial thought was to
 offer a solution for getting a post out on the weekend without having to spend alot
 of time doing so...weekends are just a busy time for most of us! Copying and pasting
 a previous post is so quick and easy. Not only is this a quick and easy solution to
 the busy weekends, but it's also an opportunity to dig back into our blog archives
 and share a favorite "past" post once again! Many of us spend alot of time and
 effort creating a post and it just seems a shame that it is viewed only once
 and then forgotten about!

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I would like to reiterate that Sunday Favorites is a meme about sharing or
 revisiting a post from the PAST!  Please do not add a freshly published post
 to the Sunday Favorites party...it is NOT what this party is about.

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Thank you!!!
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