Wishing you and yours a blessed day of celebration.
Michelle Ward/GreenPepperPress Blog
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Wishing you and yours a blessed day of celebration.
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Today we prep for a roast beef + Yorkshire pudding dinner, and bake breads for the neighbors, then frost a cake for baby Jesus. My large Nativity has a Mary who is holding the baby, so we resort to another infant Jesus who lays in a straw manger, made of plastic, to be set in a ring of candles and sung to Christmas eve. It belonged to the kids so they could play with the Holy Family. We used to make a cardboard stable, and pretended to act out the famous story….with the kings arriving after following the star. There were several years where couldn't locate the plastic Jesus and frantic-ness ensued to get him recovered and placed on the cake in time to celebrate his birthday. I began the tradition when our oldest was just over a year old. Getting gifts on your birthday is something we all grow up with, so it was the perfect way to explain Christmas to our children. So we don't lose Him, plastic baby Jesus spends his non-birthdays in our silverware drawer. He's never far away to visually remind us of His presence…..and today we honor Him as we exchange our presents.
My favorite track from the Very Special Christmas album series is by Stevie Nicks, with guest Robbie Nevil. This is the best video I could find. To see the 'making of', click HERE.
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Today we prep for a roast beef + Yorkshire pudding dinner, and bake breads for the neighbors, then frost a cake for baby Jesus. My large Nativity has a Mary who is holding the baby, so we resort to another infant Jesus who lays in a straw manger, made of plastic, to be set in a ring of candles and sung to Christmas eve. It belonged to the kids so they could play with the Holy Family. We used to make a cardboard stable, and pretended to act out the famous story….with the kings arriving after following the star. There were several years where couldn't locate the plastic Jesus and frantic-ness ensued to get him recovered and placed on the cake in time to celebrate his birthday. I began the tradition when our oldest was just over a year old. Getting gifts on your birthday is something we all grow up with, so it was the perfect way to explain Christmas to our children. So we don't lose Him, plastic baby Jesus spends his non-birthdays in our silverware drawer. He's never far away to visually remind us of His presence…..and today we honor Him as we exchange our presents.
My favorite track from the Very Special Christmas album series is by Stevie Nicks, with guest Robbie Nevil. This is the best video I could find. To see the 'making of', click HERE.
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This year Bergdorf Goodman took on ICE as their running theme throughout the holiday windows. The fabricated icicles look real, and even slightly wet, and must have been a huge project. Frosty finishes might have been easier, but BG always goes the extra mile with amazing detail. Their icy items are clear – amazing. Halloween was my favorite – with the actual BG building as the main star, formerly a Vanderbilt mansion. If you visit their blog, you can read more about the festivities of opening night, where they actually had a 'reveal' celebration of pulling back the curtain, with aerial acrobats descending the facade of the building. Finally! I love to see that they've claimed the event as an EVENT.
The large and perfect photos I'm presenting here have been borrowed from the BG blog – credits to Ricky Zehavi. I always wondered how she was able to get non-glare, non-skewed, stellar photos of the full windows. Details about how she does it are shared HERE.
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This year Bergdorf Goodman took on ICE as their running theme throughout the holiday windows. The fabricated icicles look real, and even slightly wet, and must have been a huge project. Frosty finishes might have been easier, but BG always goes the extra mile with amazing detail. Their icy items are clear – amazing. Halloween was my favorite – with the actual BG building as the main star, formerly a Vanderbilt mansion. If you visit their blog, you can read more about the festivities of opening night, where they actually had a 'reveal' celebration of pulling back the curtain, with aerial acrobats descending the facade of the building. Finally! I love to see that they've claimed the event as an EVENT.
The large and perfect photos I'm presenting here have been borrowed from the BG blog – credits to Ricky Zehavi. I always wondered how she was able to get non-glare, non-skewed, stellar photos of the full windows. Details about how she does it are shared HERE.
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While Mom and Dad visited for Thanksgiving, us girls spent a day in the city for a fun meal, a Broadway show, and of course viewing the holiday windows. First up is Tiffanys. They have smallish windows in comparison to other stores on 5th Avenue but they manage to step out of the little (blue) box. One year they popped out from the frames as if a carousel was emerging from the facade - an amazing spectacle. This season they covered the entire buiding with a decal, yes….a press-on sticker, to alter the architectural impression. Amazing! Clever! The dispays behind the glass were simply enchanting. Tiny rows of white brick homes, with glowing street lights and warmly lit windows. And of course, the jewels.
Next: Bergdorf Goodman
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While Mom and Dad visited for Thanksgiving, us girls spent a day in the city for a fun meal, a Broadway show, and of course viewing the holiday windows. First up is Tiffanys. They have smallish windows in comparison to other stores on 5th Avenue but they manage to step out of the little (blue) box. One year they popped out from the frames as if a carousel was emerging from the facade - an amazing spectacle. This season they covered the entire buiding with a decal, yes….a press-on sticker, to alter the architectural impression. Amazing! Clever! The dispays behind the glass were simply enchanting. Tiny rows of white brick homes, with glowing street lights and warmly lit windows. And of course, the jewels.
Next: Bergdorf Goodman
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