merry and bright

red hot christmas followed by karaoke, mad men bash, shopping for my secret snowman, lunch date with jessa, amazing church concert, wrapped all of my presents, mi cocina with highland park lights on display, and one week until kiki gets here. :) december, i heart u.

Do I need to write much more than that?

promise fills the sky with light, 

stars and angels dance in flight; 

joy of heaven shall now unbind

chains of evil from mankind, 

love and joy their power shall break, 

and for a newborn Prince's sake, 

never since the world began 

such a light such dark did span.

-Ursula Vaughan Williams 

(the words above were one of my favorite parts they sang tonight at the performance.  And see below for an advent lullaby I discovered.  Hauntingly beautiful!)