December 24, 2010

White Christmas.

Everywhere I look, a pristine white blanket covers my immediate surroundings, adding an enchanted feel to this special day.
Today is Christmas Eve and the culmination of the Holiday Season has begun. For the second consecutive year our Christmas is white, a truly rare occurrence in my part of the world and one for the record books for sure.

Nevertheless, the snow creates a truly spellbound atmosphere, a picture perfect reality, so magical and dreamy...

As I savour this ethereal stillness of the early morning, I am transported back to the days of my childhood, when happiness would envelop my entire being as soon as I opened my eyes. The anticipation and excitement was one of the kind and holding onto it through the years, being able to feel this way still - keeps my heart and soul as pristine as the white snow outside.

I would like to wish all of you reading this a wonderful Christmas, spend among your loved ones. I also would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your endless visits here in the past year, always offering words of kindness and comfort, making 2010 a great year indeed.
I am taking a holiday break and will be back shortly after New Year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

53 comments:

Hilary said...

Merry Christmas, my dear friend. I wish you nothing but happiness.

Tom said...

I envy you having a white Christmas - still haven't experienced one myself despite trying for several years!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, Zuzana!

Tom

Keera Ann Fox said...

Let's see. Swedish: Kram. Danish: Knus, Norwegian: Klem. There, you get all three kinds of hugs, Zuzana! Ha en deilig, god jul!

Elizabeth said...

Merry Christmas Sweety!!!!

Elisabeth said...

All that snow, it's wonderful, Zuzana. Happy Christmas. Have a good break and we'll talk more in the new year.

S. Susan Deborah said...

Dearest Zuzana:

I wish you the best and only the best in this lovely season and ever more.

Big hugs.

Enjoy your holidays and come back renewed and refreshed.

Mountains of joy,
Susan

Anonymous said...

A white Christmas is a dream come true. Enjoy this period, dear friend. May it be magical and beautiful.

Loz said...

And as things warm up here in the land of OZ may I wish you a very Merry Christmas Zuzanna and thank you for your visits :)

Phivos Nicolaides said...

The card is wonderful just in the spirit of the season. Tomorrow is Christmas and I wish you all the very best. Enjoy yourself and have fun. Kisses from the Mediterranean region!

Brian Miller said...

how magical a white christmas...thank you for the wonderful card..i am blessed for knowing you zuzana and i appreciate the thoughts and encouragement and consider you a wonderful friend i have met along this journey....merry christmas!

Alberto Hugo Rojas said...

Merry Christmas. my best wishes to you and your family in this special day.
I do not really like Christmas. I prefer to celebrate but the end of the year. has more meaning for me.
But today all my wishes for you happiness and love.
kisses

steviewren said...

There is nothing as peaceful as waking to a bright white day when there is fresh fallen snow on the ground. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year dear friend!

Anonymous said...

Zuzana
Your post are always written with great adjectives and phrases a great author would use in a novel. Thank you for your inspiring posts! You truly are a blessing! It looks as though we too will have a White Christmas. That song is one of my favorites sung by none other than my Rosemary Clooney. Christmas blessings from LadyCat and me. xo
:) The Bach/Lord Thomas of Wellington

Laura said...

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
YOU are LOVED!

D said...

Zuzana, I wanted to be sure and wish you a joyous and blessed Christmas. Thank you for being a part of my 2010. Happy New Year!

Auntie sezzzzzz... said...

I'm so happy your are having a [mostly unusual] Narnia-looking Christmas... Harking back to your childhood...

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's! And enjoy your blogging break.

Gentle Christmas hugs...

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas, dearest Zuzana! I'll 'see you' in 2011! :)
Hugs,
~ Zuzu

Unknown said...

Your surroundings ARE enchanting Zuzana! What a beautiful, magical place to be especially on this day, the Eve of Christmas...
Enjoy your break and have a most Merry Christmas~
Love,
Deb

Julie Hibbard said...

Thank YOU, so much, Zuzana, for being a constant source of JOY to read! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and the HAPPIEST of New Years!

Mood said...

Merry X'mas to you from me and mrs. Wishing you the very best for the new year.
Love and hugs from Borneo!

Sandy said...

Merry Christmas Zuzana! We've in Ohio...its cold, gray and snowy here. We're going to my brother's today for Christmas Eve and tomorrow Christmas Day we will see hubby's twin brothers. I hope you have a lovely Christmas and fun welcoming the New Year in. Your dear friend Sandy.

Reading Tea Leaves said...

Merry Christmas dear Zuzana, and a white one at that! Have a wonderful time and best wishes for the coming year.

Love,
Jeanne
xox

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas! It's sounds beautiful in your part of the world.

Sniffles and Smiles said...

Your beautiful writing and photography say Christmas so exquisitely!!! You enrich my life, dear Zuzana!!! Love you!!! Merry Christmas, dear friend!!! ~Janine xoxo

sprinkles said...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Zuzana!

SandyCarlson said...

A very merry Christmas to you, too, friend. This is a beautiful post.

Holly said...

Merry Merry Christmas Dear Zuzana!! I hope your holiday is wonderful and joy filled!
xoxox -Holly

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the Christmas Candle countdown collage - it's beautiful!

I'm happy you have been able to enjoy having snow the past two years (during Christmas - somehow it just never seems like Christmas without snow!)

Enjoy your week off... I'll be looking forward to the New Year and the new posts -

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my dear friend!!!

((Hugs))
Christine

Absolutely Ladylike said...

Dearest Zuzana,

Thank you so much for the wonderful posts you're sharing here with us all year long. I love stopping by and reading your wise thoughts.

Also, thank you so much for daydreaming together with me this year and become a part of Absolutely Ladylike. I hope my posts has sweetened your days just like a spoon of honey and I hope we can continue dreaming together in next year.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, much love to You: Eve

Unknown said...

Dear Zuzana: You touch a lot of lives with this blog and I always enjoy my visits here to read your thoughtful and heartfelt posts! Merry Christmas, my friend! :) xoxo

Blogaire said...

I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Zuzana. I wish you love, peace and happiness from a freezing Dublin. xx

Baron's Life said...

Merry Christmas Zuzana nd a Happy New Year.
All the best for 2011
XOXOXO

A Plain Observer said...

I have always celebrated Christmas Eve, that is the way it is where I am originally from. It is a night of Celebration with immediate family.

Merry Christmas, Zuzana. All the best for the New Year. May you heal and find happiness.

Kata Wagner Berg said...

Merry Christmas Zuzana!
O,I wish for a white Christmas!

Christmas-etc... said...

Hope your Christmas Day celebration was perfect!
Blessings!
Ann

Anonymous said...

2010 sure was a great year.
Happy holidays and enjoy the snow, things might change again next year

Stickhorsecowgirls said...

Hope your Christmas was the most wonderful ever and wishing you a most joyous New Year!
I missed the actual lunar eclipse, but my husband and I realized that something wonderful and mysterious was happening as we gazed at the hazy halo surrounding the moon in the open sky as we left our daughter's home in the late evening. We won't be on earth the next time it happens--that seems kind of strange to consider!

Blessed holidays

Myrna R. said...

Hope you enjoyed a glorious holiday.

adrielleroyale said...

Zuzana,

This year was made just a bit sweeter, just a bit lovelier, and quite a bit more enjoyable since meeting you here in the blogging community - I thank you for your encouragement and support as well as taking the time to post such beauty in words and pictures on so regular a basis! Your sharing has warmed my heart considerably and I pray yours is warm and filled with joy and love and happiness all the more this upcoming year. Many blessings my friend! Hope your Christmas was food for your soul and as warm as your posts! :)

Bhushavali said...

Hope you had a great Christmas love... Have a fabulous 2011!!!
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Sukanya said...

Merry Christmas and a very happy new year Zuzana :)

Cheers,
Sukanya

Anonymous said...

Take care, Zuzana, and do enjoy that magical, wintry wonderland that you live in. Marvellous!

Rustique Gal said...

Zuzana,
I so feel the same about Christmases past. How I felt so happy on that day!
Not just presents, but loving people surrounding me and showing in so many ways how they cared. Now I try to carry on that feeling too. I swear I channel Grandma L at this time of year. I just found her cookbook with some recipes we have been talking about. Next year....!
Happy new year, friend!
Sherry

s.m. said...

I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!!!

Velvet Over Steel said...

How beautiful! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas & Very Happy & Safe New Years!!!

Hugs & Many blessings!!
Coreen

Rajesh said...

Simply beautiful.
Wish you Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Trotter said...

Hi Zuzana! Have a Happy and Successful New Year!! Wish you all the best!!
Horus and Sobek wait for you at Kom Ombo… ;)
Enjoy!

tony said...

HAPPY NEW YEAR ZUZANA .X

Laura said...

Happy New Year Dear One! May the year to come be rich in blessings for you as you continue to grow in compassion...blending your humanness with your Divine essence...merging, flowing into the ONENESS that we all are.

Titane333 said...

All my best wishes Zuzanna. A real pleasure to have met you on the internet, to have found your blog and such beautiful lyrics. A good year for you Zuzanna and pleasure to continue to email with you. Regards!
XOXO
Christiane!

Anonymous said...

x

SandyCarlson said...

I hope your holidays have been delightful! I love those candles.

Zuzana said...

Hilary, Tom, Keera, Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Susan, ladyfi, Loz, Philip, Brian, Alberto, Stevie, The Bach, Laura, Diana, Amelia, Zuzu, Deborah, Julie, Mahmood, Sandy, Jeanne, Rosie (welcome), Janine, sprinkles, Sandy, Holly, Christine, Evi, Michael, Blogaire, Baron, Myriam, Kata, Ann, artsweb, V and C, Myrna, adrielle, Bhushavali, Sukanya, Tony, Sherry, GS, Coreen, Rajesh, Ian (welcome), Trotter, tony, Laura, Christiane and Sandy - I cherish and value your wonderful wishes.

I trust all of you hade a wonderful Christmas and New Year and I would like to wish you all the very best in 2011.

Thank you all for your friendship, your kind words and endless visits in the past year – you all mean the world to me.

Xoxo,
Zuzana