At Christmas time I spend much time socializing with friends and family. This year is no exception. Its particularly fun to gather friends who live elsewhere in the country you haven’t met for a long time. Recently there has been a lot of that because many of them have come home for Christmas. We are chatting and laughing about all the crazy things we did in our childhood, while enjoying a good meal and a few glasses of wine.

No gathering without music and the top gathering song this Christmas is "Stop Draggin ' My Heart Around” performed by Rob Thomas and Joss Stone. It’s a great rock/soul tune with lots of drive that puts you in rockin’ good mood that you can easily sing and dance to.

Here it is – play it LOUD and enjoy



Rock on \m/

Lisa :o)

So it's Christmas again, and I feel the tickling expectation I feel every time. Everything is ready for the Christmas celebration and I look forward to spend time with family and friends.

I would like to give you a Christmas present that I hope you will like and appreciate. It’s a beautiful Norwegian Christmas song called "En stjerne skinner I natt" (A star is shining tonight) sung by Maria Arredondo. There is an English translation below the video I found at Karis blog



A STAR IS SHINING TONIGHT

This is the holiest hour
Heaven is now in sight
Listen to bells that are chiming
Christmas has come tonight

CHORUS
Sweet are the voices high above
Singing of peace and of love
All of the world is filled with light
A star is shining tonight

A newborn baby is sleeping
Heaven is near, this night
The Lord has sent us to see Him
Under the star, so bright

CHORUS
Sweet are the voices high above
Singing of peace and of love
All of the world is filled with light
A star is shining tonight

Quietly resting among us
On Bethlehem’s golden straw
Night’s given way, as we’re standing
Watching this child with awe

CHORUS
Here, we can dream about that peace
Which has been lost for so long
Heaven has given us this child
And Earth is filled with song


I wish you all a Merry Christmas or GOD JUL

Take care of yourself, family and friends.


Lisa

By Lisa, NetSnacks

King Winter came early this year, one evening he scattered a layer of snow quiet and resolute over the landscape. The King knocked caution, embraced me, and I stretched out my arms to receive King Winter's first kiss while his wind caressed my hair. We were in the very beginning of our love affair.

In the coming months King Winter dominates much of my life. We will have a passionate and strong relationship marked by happiness, anger and grief

I will feel Happiness because King Winter creates so many beautiful sculptures in the landscape, Joy because King Winter allows me generously to ski through his white powdered cape and feel a buzzing happiness of life. Devotion when King Winter is tenderly tickling my face cautious with his snowflakes.

I will be jealous when King Winter is not present and leaves the landscape desolate and lifeless. I will feel the anger when he sends furious snowstorms or an unstopable scatter of snow. Frenzy when he evilly sentences me with a biting cold that is ruining my plans.

The sadness comes when King Winter is getting old, he becomes weaker and weaker until he finally has to give way for the spring. Then I feel the sorrow because I know this King Winter never comes back.

No King Winter is the same. Some are generous, others are angry and evil, while some are gentle and tolerant - every winter a new King is coming.

How King Winter will be this year I can only tell when he has cried his last tears and his white cape is gone.

I am about to move in to my new home on the web. Wished to create my own personal blog for a long time and finally I am about to realize it. Netsnacks is a blog about a many different things and the content will reflect my interests and what I am concerned about for the time being.

By nature I am a talkative person who has a lot to say. Fortunately is my network of friends and family a like, people with different interests and strong views. Discussions are usually lively when we meet and debate politics, economy, relationships, travel and leisure activities.

On the Internet I am an avid forum participant and simply love Social network sites. There are many knowledgeable and fun people on the Internet, so I have a tendency to spend much time posting or comment on others' posts. Internet fascinates me because you meet people from all over the World, and it is interesting to notice that we really are not that different. Most of us are concerned and worried over the same things.

This is what Netsnacks will deal with, people and the world around us. You are of course invited to visit me as often as you like and when you want. I will be very pleased if you take the time to comment or to write your own blog posts.

There are still a few things left before my Netsnacks home is ready to live in. However you know how it is; it’s always easier to refurbish when there is someone around you to task with.

Thanks for stopping by, please come back soon.