Blog Caroling 2018~Feliz Navidad Mimi!

My family moved to Albuquerque, Nm when I was 16. My dad was assigned to the Air Force base there. One Christmas my paternal grandmother,  Mary (Baker) Hudson came to visit.

Every time we turned on the radio, Feliz Navidad sung by Jose Feliciano was on! 

I remember how much fun she had trying to sing that song. For years afterward, she would great me with Feliz Navidad! 

Mary "Mimi" (Baker) Hudson 

This year, my contribution to Blog Caroling, a yearly event from footnoteMaven  pays tribute to that memory of her.

Feliz Navidad,  Mimi. Wish we could spend one more Christmas together!

What songs bring back Christmas memories for you?



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Blog Caroling 2017-Angels We Have Heard on High

It's time again for the annual Blog Caroling event from FootnoteMaven. Each year she sends out an invitation for bloggers to post their favorite Christmas song with lyrics. We can then join together and sing along as we move from link to link added to the comments on her page.

This year, my carol is "Angels We Have Heard on High".
Our son Reagan passed away in November 2015. He loved this song and singing the chorus. "Gloria" was belted out whether we were singing in church or at home. 
We miss our boy, but memories flood back and bring peace as do the words of this song.
This one's for you, Reagan!

Angels We Have Heard on High

Lyrics

1. 1. Angels we have heard on high
   Sweetly singing o’er the plains,
   And the mountains in reply
   Echoing their joyous strains.
2. Gloria in excelsis Deo.
   Gloria in excelsis Deo.
3. 2. Shepherds, why this jubilee?
   Why your joyous strains prolong?
   What the gladsome tidings be
   Which inspire your heav’nly song?
4. Gloria in excelsis Deo.
   Gloria in excelsis Deo.
5. 3. Come to Bethlehem and see
   Him whose birth the angels sing;
   Come, adore on bended knee
   Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
6. Gloria in excelsis Deo.
   Gloria in excelsis Deo.
7. Text: French carol, ca. 1862
   Music: French carol

Blog Caroling~Heirlooms

It's Blog Caroling time again! Every year, Footnote Maven challenges genealogy bloggers to share a favorite Christmas Carol in a post and then add the link to hers. 
 This year as I think about what the season means to my family past and present, this song by Amy Grant keeps coming to my mind.

Lyrics

Up in the attic,
Down on my knees.
Lifetimes of boxes,
Timeless to me.

Letters and photographs,
Yellowed with years,
Some bringing laughter,
Some bringing tears.

Time never changes,
The memories, the faces
Of loved ones, who bring to me,
All that I come from,
And all that I live for,

And all that I'm going to be.
My precious family
Is more than an heirloom to me.
Wisemen and shepherds,

Down on their knees,
Bringing their treasures
To lay at his feet.
Who was this wonder,

Baby yet king?
Living and dying;
He gave life to me.
Time never changes,

The memory, the moment
His love first pierced through me,
Telling all that I came from,
And all that I live for,

And all that I'm going to be.
My precious savior
Is more than an heirloom to me.
My precious Jesus

Is more than an heirloom to me.

As we remember those who have gone before us and celebrate with loved ones, let us pause and take the time to remember Him whose birth we honor, and the gift of love will bring us all together again.

Have a Christmas Carol to share? Join in FM's Tradition of Blog Caroling!

Blog Caroling~Only One More Sleep Til Christmas

Footenote Maven's Blog Caroling

        Every Christmas Eve, my children-even the adult unmarried ones-have all gathered in one bedroom to watch The Muppets Christmas Carol and have a sleep over in the oldest child's bedroom.  
 When I asked my 24 year son, who is home from college, if they are going to continue the tradition this year he said:
" After all, it's only one more sleep 'til Christmas!"

Want to participate in Blog Caroling this year? 
Here's the link:Footnote Maven Tradition of Blog Caroling

Merry Christmas!

Blog Caroling-Jolly Old St. Nicholas

  Recently my Mom told me that my Dad had a request for my children to learn the song Jolly Old St. Nicholas for our family's annual Christmas Eve program. The reason why? Because he remembered his Mother,Mary Baker Hudson (1920-2010), singing it. 

 Now, I don't know what version she would sing but I found this 1949 version on youtube. My father was born in 1941 so perhaps she was familiar with it and sang it to her children.

Merry Christmas!

© Cheri Hudson Passey

Blog Caroling

 This year I am excited to join FootnoteMaven's tradition of Blog Caroling!
   Every year my family has a Christmas Eve program. It is a fun time to be together, to sing, laugh and feel the spirit of Christmas. Several years ago we discovered that the song "Breath of Heaven" by Amy Grant went exactly with a church video about the Savior. We have shown it at the end of our program ever since. Youtube makes it easier for us now!

Enjoy and Happy Blog Caroling!