A little cultural treat

and for a change a bit of canadian history .
"the priest visiting on a friday before christmas catching some 'quebecois' peasants having meat for dinner !"
notice the fellow in the foreground feeding his meat to the dog - could also be the hamburgers feeding bailey and cleo at table against "strict orders" of you know who ... ... <GRIN>



by cornelius krieghoff circa 1850 .
krieghof was a "commercial" painter selling his paintings to feed his family -
now the paintings sell upwards of $100,000 !

this looks so tempting



Christmas market in Strasbourg

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/france_strasbourg_christmas_market.htm

love this thread

but every time i see it i read it as "a little cultural threat"

Glad you revived this thread beth. Id forgotten about it, I could sure use some cheering up.

Farmerman, that chestnut wagon is for you.

farmerman :

if quebec cuisine cheers you up , look at the treat i prepared for francis , but better stay away from it if you have a "delicate" digestive system .
it was not christmas time , but mrs h and i thought it was quite a "culinary arts treat" .
hbg

http://able2know.org/topic/125972-2#post-3504757

Christmas decoration in Buxtehude! Close to hamburger's hometown...

They wait
Wide eyed and expectant
In a season where good things come
From the darkest places

They know
From the dull comes excitement
From frowns comes laughter
And soon those who oppressed and restricted
Will join and smile and encourage and play.

He stands
Before them and smiles
Allowing their hope to grow
Filling their hearts.
Behind their eyes he can see it
A joy unmistakable
Waiting
Shaking
Leaning forward
Ready to breakout across their faces with one word:

“Christmas!”

thanks , cj !
i know buxtehude well . a schoolbuddy of mine lived there . took some pictures of the old houses (fachwerkhaueser) .

here is a picture of a monument to honour the "fishwives" in nearby STADE an der elbe . in the olden days there were many fishing families - the men went fishing in the north-sea and the wifes sold the fish (in assigned spots) .
i still have a soft spot in my heart for the "fishwife" that would deliver fresh fish to my parent's house weekly . it sure was a hard job pushing one of those handcarts loaded with fish and ice for hours on end going from customer to customer .

Dietrich Buxtehude: Kyrie from Missa Brevis

Ah that sounds so beautiful, ehbeth. You gave me the idea to look at youtube
for some Advents song to play. My daughter just lit all candles, and a song
will be nice along....

Apropos fishwife: do you know "Agnes Browne"? A tale of 2 fishwives in
Ireland. Great, great movie with Angelica Houston.

Ah here is one song. Hamburger can you still sing along....?

Not my favourite Buxtehude, but certainly seasonably appropriate



Dietrich Buxtehude - "Befiehl dem Engel, dass er kommt"


(I do love the cello in there)

Listening to this Kyrie as I write.
Just beautiful.

Gaudete Sunday today. Rejoice!

Friday night I enjoyed



"our" second piece was an audience participation version of



This event is one of the highlights of the season for me.

Gonna make coconut macaroons this week . Im losing the battle on girth control.

From the Dresden Christmas market.

Some handmade Christmas tree decoration



And some Christmas cookies, sweets ...

Wooden 'toys' for the boys ...




and 'Plauer Spitze' for girls

The 13th of December we celebrated St. Lucia in Sweden

http://www.okej.de/img/wordpress2/sankta_lucia_2007_05.jpg

One of these days I'm going to get to those Christmas markets, and those cafes - and then look for a white Christmas somewhere! I just want to see it before I check out.

Seem a bit strange, though - no cricket, no mangoes, no beach! Odd sort of Christmas!