For many years now, we have hosted a carol sing on or near Epiphany, January 6, the date in the church calendar that celebrates the arrival of the Wise Men or Magi to see Jesus. When we were first married, we had a sing at the beginning of Advent, but after a few years it seemed people were busier in early December. So we decided to move our event to the end of the Christmas season, and it has been quite successful. Guests mention how much they look forward to coming and singing carols one last time. I used to make several kinds of cookies and treats for this party rather than before Christmas; now most guests bring something to put on the table, so I don't make as much. This year I made date nut pinwheels, pecan pie slices, and white chocolate spiced brownies. Thursday night I made cranberry nut brunch cake to take to a potluck on Friday, a meet-and-greet for church staff and council members to meet the pastoral candidate for Trinity. Only one or two slices were eaten, so the cake was added to our party table last night. E and es joined us; ec slept through it. Several people had been ill, so the singing was a bit soft, but still enthusiastic.
I really can't recall if we had a party the year Sarah was born. The old calendar shows "sing?" on December 7, and I don't see anything on the weekend of January 3 and 4, so it looks like maybe we didn't have one that Christmas season. It was a hard time, with Randy out of work and sick, our rental house on the market and me 9 months pregnant. A party may have seemed like just too much work. We hope to celebrate Epiphany next year in our remodeled house!
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