It's Christmas Time In The City

         My all time favourite Christmas song is Silver Bells- we learned it in choir when I was maybe in grade three or four. Miss Simms our choral teacher- who was really the only woman in our town who could actually sing- tought us the music and lyrics and we sang it at our school concert. This would have been back in the day when public schools still had Christmas concerts and they may or may not have had religious undertones- hello 1985! Regardless- Silver Bells has always stuck in my heart as the quintessential Christmas song.

        I often have Silver Bells running through my head on my personal sound track at this time of year- when the rain is falling sideways and people hustle by with their umbrellas on the busy side walks- city sidewalks- dressed in holiday style. As I age I have this ridiculous habit of getting emotional and choked up about any old thing- this song is having a profound effect on me for some reason this year. Perhaps its the nostalgia- remembering a much younger me who was totally enamoured with city living- now it's my life- my own adult feet hurrying along the city sidewalks.

     

City sidewalks busy sidewalks .

Dressed in holiday style

In the air

There's a feeling

of Christmas

Children laughing

People passing

Meeting smile after smile

And on every street corner you'll hear

Silver bells silver bells

It's Christmas time in the city

ring- a- ling hear them ring

soon it will be Christmas day

Strings of street lights

Even stop lights

Blink a bright red and green

As the shoppers rush

home with their treasures

Hear the snow crunch

See the kids bunch

This is Santa's big scene

And above all this bustle

You'll hear

Silver bells, silver bells

It's Christmas time in the city

Ring-a-ling, hear them ring

Soon it will be Christmas day

     Friends it is Friday again- the days are starting to fly by faster than ever before- I have decided that perhaps this year I can't do all of the crafts or all of the making and I'm learning to be OK with that- my goal for this weekend is to get our Christmas cards into the mail and wrap up the tail end of my custom orders. It's a busy year this year for me! I hope- dear friends- your weekends are filled with light and love and wine- lots of wine- Happy Friday!