Thursday, December 17, 2009

The First Noel

The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay tending their sheep,
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
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They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
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And by the light of that same star
Three Wise Men came from country far;
To seek for a King was their intent,
And to follow the star wherever it went.
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This star drew nigh to the northwest,
Over Bethlehem it took its rest;
And there it did both stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
Born is the King of Israel.
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33 comments:

  1. What a great post! I love the Willow Tree nativity. I'm slowly building mine. I'm yet to get Baby Jesus...

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  2. I also love the Willow Tree nativity. That's one I don't have (we have a whole slew of nativity sets around here!).

    Great shots. Love this post!

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  3. Very cool post and lovely pictures!

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  4. What a beautiful post! As you'll see on my page, I have the same nativity scene, just an older version. Beautiful captures!

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  5. I love the unfocused christmas tree photo, neat!

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  6. I also love your nativity!! Great photos all around...

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  7. Love your creativity! And beautiful pictures of course.

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  8. Love this post! Great shots.

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  9. Beautiful! I love the first photo and the nativity scene :)

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  10. Ack, lovely. I love that nativity set. And the last photo really makes me happy. :)

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  11. wow.. those are great shots. I totally love the first and the last one!

    Happy Holidays!!

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  12. love the first and the last...and those in between...goood job!!!

    happy holidays!

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  13. just beautiful-- words, angles, perspective and color!

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  14. Great pictures. I love the angles. My favorite is the one with the shepherd in front.

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  15. Love it! :)

    I have the willow tree nativity and I adore it.

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  16. FIRST OF ALL - I swear to God, this song was in my head when I went to your blog. It freaked me out so much when I started reading your words that were stuck in my head.

    WEIRD.

    Secondly - your photos are AWESOME. Beautifully done, darling.

    Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to have a chocolate mint brownie. :)

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  17. What fun- a theme within a theme! Love all your photos and just in case you're not sick of hearing this yet... I have the Willow Tree Nativity set, too. So many of us with great taste here today :)!

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  18. Lovely photos! Now that song will be in my head. : )

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  19. I love that nativity... gorgeous photos!

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  20. Oh my gosh, that first picture is flippin' awesome!

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  21. Awesome!!! We really need to get a nativity set that wasn't made by Fisher Price or Play Mobil.

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  22. You are SO EFFING AWESOME.

    Just sayin'.

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  23. Love that last photo. I thin it would make a cool framed print.

    I like this post, it made me feel are warm and fuzzy and Christmasy inside! : )

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  24. What a neat idea- to "illustrate" a song through photos! Very inspiring :)

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  25. OMG Erin, beautiful post and lovely pictures.

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  26. This post is put together so beautifully! I really enjoyed it! We were thinking along the same lines as I also captured my Willow Tree nativity.

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  27. I love this. Where did you get those gorgeous stars?

    Bri

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  28. That is an incredible post. I am so totally in awe of that. Thank you - it brightened my day.

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  29. love these. i tried to get one of my tree like that and it didn't work.

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  30. Beautiful and creative captures, Erin. Great post!

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  31. pretty blurry tree...i remember doing that with my eyes on purpose when i was younger!

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