Simply..enchanting....

8/12/2019

Gold coins (chocolate!) spilled out of a mystery parcel as I unwrapped it. There inside the tissue paper were cinnamon sticks, tiny wooden trees. stickers and these Swedish Angel Chimes. As the cherubs spin merrily around in the heat from the candles they make the sweetest tiniest tinkling sound.

I put out the lights to enjoy it better and it made me think of simpler times when this might be the main, or even only ornament in a simple home apart from branches of pine or a small tree from the forest, and perhaps some paper stars...It may have been made by a family member and passed down through the family. It may have only been lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day itself.

After the excesses of the city lights (and I do enjoy the city lights) this unexpected gift made me want to make my own Christmas this year even simpler.

Thank you M!

15 Comments

Linda

8/12/2019 02:21:36 pm

An aunt of mine had a set of these when I was a child, and she absolutely loved them.

Freda

9/12/2019 01:09:19 pm

Oh, nostalgia :-)

Julia

8/12/2019 02:55:17 pm

OH!!! Now i have to get some angel chimes, Freda! We had them when i was a child..and yes, simpler times. They were the highlight of Christmas. They were absolutely magical! I had that set for years until they fell apart...now for a new set! Thank you for the reminder...

Freda

9/12/2019 01:10:57 pm

Memories of Christmases past!

Swissrose

9/12/2019 01:55:52 am

I‘m so pleased the parcel arrived in good time for the season! Delighted you‘re so happy, have a lovely Advent :) x

Freda

9/12/2019 01:11:33 pm

You too Swissrose!

cathy

9/12/2019 05:31:08 am

oh...I had these years ago. I loved hearing the tinkling sound as the angels twirled.

Freda

9/12/2019 01:12:51 pm

Twirling, twinkly, tinkling...so sweet.

Mary

9/12/2019 05:33:50 am

A memory from childhood. We always had one on display at Christmas. I loved it when my mother or father would light all the candles so we could hear the twinkling sound.

Freda

9/12/2019 01:13:42 pm

This is bringing back memories.

cath

9/12/2019 08:02:58 am

They are new to me and they are so sweet.
It seems to me many of us are in search of the essentials for Christmas. Maybe the tinkling remembered from childhood is one of them.

On a sidenote: I wrote a little more information about the book I mentioned yesterday in yesterday's comments.

Freda

9/12/2019 01:14:33 pm

An escape from the hype.

Grace Falconer

9/12/2019 12:59:31 pm

What an enchanting gift indeed ! And wasn't "enchantment" your chosen word for 2019? There's a little Swedish shop very close to my school. I must have a look to see if they have any ...

Freda

9/12/2019 01:15:43 pm

Indeed it was - and a very good word it proved to be. I'd love to visit the Swedish shop!

Grace Falconer

9/12/2019 08:54:26 pm

I will take you there next time you come.

Simply..enchanting....

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