We do Christianistmas at our house the whole-hogged Waldorfy way, with the wreath and Advent candles and calendar, and every evening we sit around after dinner and read a dorky Advent story and sing a carol (the choice rotates to each in turn, beginning with the youngest), and finish with the number of verses of “People, Look East” corresponding to the week of Advent we’re in.\n<\/p>\n
\nWe also observe the Twelve Days, so, apart from what the fat man brings, we get to take advantage of the post-Christmas deals.\n<\/p>\n
\nMy favorite Christianistmas carol is “The Holly and the Ivy,” perhaps because of that deep-dyed, lingering Celtic strain of paganism, or perhaps because I have a delicious internal snigger everytime I get to belt out “the playing of the merry organs.”\n<\/p>\n
\nWhat’s your favorite, and why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We do Christianistmas at our house the whole-hogged Waldorfy way, with the wreath and Advent candles and calendar, and every evening we sit around after dinner and read a dorky Advent story and sing a carol (the choice rotates to each in turn, beginning with the youngest), and finish with the number of verses of “People, Look East” corresponding to the week of Advent we’re in. We also observe the<\/p>\n