He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith


Our Christmas day in a slideshow. Background music is “Christmas in Our Hearts” (Click here to download- 3.0 MB)- Jose Mari Chan , arranged by Carmina R. Cuya

Not all is calm. Such is life. Things do not happen as planned but it does mean that the Christmas spirit will be affected. Today, I found out that Christmas truly reigns in my heart for all time.

Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man. Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.

Despite the challenges, I honor Christmas in my heart. Never mind if the outside appeared chaotic.

I am gentle with myself and I take care of my tender heart.

The gift we give ourselves is a gift we give to our children what they would want for us: for us to find as much peace in whatever way that we possibly can. If I could give each of you a gift I would want to give you the gift of peace, as much peace as you can possibly find.

Let me share Christmas in Our Hearts (as sang by my two girls and the 1999 Manila Children’s Choir) so the message rings all throughout the year:

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”

To all the Christians, may the spirit of Christmas be always in your hearts. And to all, happy Holidays!

With love, peace and gentle thoughts this holiday season.

Yours truly
Noemi

christmas day

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ~Charles Dickens

How did you spend Christmas day?

About Noemi Lardizabal-Dado

Noemi, Editor of Blog Watch and features editor of Philippine Online Chronicles is a 55 year old mother to three kids and is married to Atty. Luis H. Dado. She loves being a full time mother and homemaker after retiring as a Researcher/Consultant from the UP Institute for Small Scale Industries in 1987. Now that her children are all college graduates, she devotes her time to grief support, blogging, new media events and using her blogs to promote online advocacies. Her personal blog is at aboutmyrecovery.com, which garnered numerous awards such as Best Website, Blog Category during the 9th and 10th Philippine Web Awards. Her blog also won in the Blog- Personal Category of the DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2007 and Globelines Broadband Family Blog Award (in honor of family-oriented blogging) 2007 Philippine Blog Award. Globe also recognized her as Digital Elder in the 2009 Philippine Blog Award.

  • http://mamaisworking.blogspot.com/ Meikah Delid

    Amen to that Noemi. Let’s all have CHRISTmas in our hearts all the time. :) Be blessed! *hugz* :)
    .-= Meikah Delid´s last blog ..PH: Fast (11 Years was Fast!) =-.

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com Noemi Lardizabal-Dado

    yes . always take care of your heart. Merry Christmas!

  • http://archondigital.com/ Archon Digital

    Merry Christmas! and may the joy of Christ and the hope of a New and Blessed Year be yours in great abundance!
    .-= Archon Digital´s last blog ..Merry Christmas to All =-.

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com Noemi Lardizabal-Dado

    thanks for the greetings Archon. Merry Christmas

  • http://rolly07.multiply.com rolly07

    Merry Christmas to you and your family Ms. Noemi! =)

  • http://www.lloyde.wordpress.com Lloyd Baltazar

    Hello! I’m glad you are enjoying your Christmas! :) Dapat lang talaga masaya tayo kasi Birthday ni Jesus Christ our Saviour! :) Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful family!

  • http://www.lloyde.wordpress.com Lloyd Baltazar

    Merry Christmas to you! :) I bet you are a wonderful person with a good heart and strong devotion to God! May God and all his saints bless you and your family this holy season! Mabuhay ka!
    .-= Lloyd Baltazar´s last blog ..Merry Christmas to me and YOU. =-.

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