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1, Having a warm house with the heating on.
2, Switching on the twinkly little lights, a candelabra in the window, and lighting lots of battery candles around the house. It is a good cosy feeling , dispelling the Winter darkness with bright lights!
3, Putting up the Nativity Scene with ' Baby Jesus and the Holy family' on display.
4, A Christmas Tree (I can take it or leave it) I just have a little tree in the corner of the living room.
5) Going to the Church/ Cathedral for Mass with Carols.( or watching it on TV!)
6, A Traditional Christmas dinner!
7, it is the celebration of the birth of our Messiah Jesus who came to show us the way to God the father.
Happy Birthday Jesus!
At the end of this week it will be the short break from studying Academic English L185 and language studies. I will be off for a day out in town, for last minute shopping in preparation for the Christmas, although
I do already have most things bought, including food, which I have previously ordered in advance on line.
I am not going to get overly stressed or anxious about anything. In fact everything is cool and under control!
As for the family, everyone is catered for including the meat eaters and the vegetarians! The food will be cooked the day before then just heated up on the day.It will be a nice quiet, family occasion.
Studies -
Holiday Reading
Today, I did some reading, at the moment I am reading "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, and "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. I often read 2 books together or one after another! I have read these books before in the past, but I wanted to revisit them again, as I hope it will help me to improve my English skills.
I am still reading french novels in the french language, and will soon begin another book from the "Maigret" french detective series. As well as that, I will be casting a quick glance over the coursework before starting TMA 03, which should be interesting as the topic is "Health Studies". I have studied the subject of health before, but this is much more recent up to date study, so I am looking forward to reading that, and will be taking some notes.
So my brain will still be a bit active over the holidays!
However, I will mostly be relaxing with the family at home, and enjoying the Winter holiday feeling.
It will also be my birthday, but the least said about that the better! lol! 😄
Happy Christmas Holidays Everyone !
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Can you help?
Hi Gillian, would you mind translating this to French for my?
He had once been her sanctuary.
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Jim, This one is a bit of a conundrum. I had to change it around a bit but it is the nearest I could get.
"Lui -meme avait été autrefois sa sanctuairee."
Becomes "He himself was once her sanctuary"
Gill
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Thank you so much Gill. I can imagine how hard it is due to it's poetic nature.