Advent Calendar 2019 Day 9

This year I have the ninth day of December and day nine of the Advent hop hosted by Jo over at serendipitous stitching.

As usual we share some themed stitching or crafted items and then answer a question posed by our host.

This year I had a little kit for gift tags. A set of eight little cross stitches to complete on a Christmas theme along with eight tags to pop out and stick them on.

I used them for Sunday stitching for several weeks however, with the advent in mind did not share them at the time

I was not sure about using them as gift tags.

I wondered about using them as decorations for the Christmas tree

Then I came across some little black cards in a charity shop and that settled the matter.

Cross stitches on the tags and the tags tied to the cards by the striped cord that came with the kit, so that the tag would swing.

Oh and that means the recipient can always take them off  and use as tags or make new cards of even put them on the tree!

It is a bit difficult to see on these pictures as the background is so dark.

The labels came as a sheet of the decorated card with the labels to be popped out.

That left patterned windows, frames?

If you have visited with me before then you will know I like to use stuff up.

Waste not want not and make do and mend.  I blame the Wombles and the Mice from the Marvelous Mechanical mouse organ.  So the frames, cut apart and stuck onto more little black cards were just the thing for small trees made with very small scraps and bits of thread to finally find a place.

Moving on to the question of my favorite Christmas film.  Well once I would have answered Its A Wonderful Life (which has already made an outing in the Advent this year) which I persuaded a younger friend to watch so she would understand all  the cultural references made to it in more modern American films and TV shows as she did not "do" black and white.

or perhaps The Bishops Wife with the magic tree decorating  ice skating and jolly taxi driver (which again has received a mention thus far)

or maybe some of the jolly musicals with famous songs,, which I shall not name as they have not occurred as yet and someone may be waiting to add them as their choice. I do think those amazing red Christmas dresses had something to do with my fondness for one of those films in particular.

None of those.

Perhaps if you participated in last years blog you will suspect based on my favorite Christmas song what my choice is...yes it is

 The Muppet's Christmas Carol.

I love the light hearted telling of this story. The colours, the little jokes that make me smile and that song, of course that song and the way it manages to make it feel like Christmas.

I hope you all have something that can trigger that feeling for you in this season of giving (as the song calls it) and always throughout the year.

For the rest of Advent at least we all have the hop and the potential of discovering a Christmas film we have not as yet encountered.

And to quote Tiny Tim..God bless us one and all.