Merry Christmas (2025) to Everyone Who Celebrates!

Merry Christmas 2025 book friends! I hope you and your loved ones are well, and that your celebrations are memorable. I think of those who might be grieving a loss or fearing for their safety or well-being.

As I reflect on 2025, I realize that blogging and sharing book reviews with you has brought me a tremendous amount of joy in a difficult year.

For those grieving this Christmas, I think C.S. Lewis expressed it best: “The absence of our departed loved ones is like the sky, spread over everything.”

I greatly appreciate your support, comments, likes, and shares! Thank you! I treasure the virtual friendships that blogging has brought into my life!

At Christmastime, we have HOPE and JOY and whatever your traditions, I wish each of you healthy and safe holiday celebrations.

I’ll be back in a few days with my most memorable reads of the year post. Until then….here are a few of my favorite songs….

Luke Bryan, O Holy Night

Josh Groban, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

(my fav verse)

And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!

Do you love Flash Mobs?

“Hallelujah Chorus”