Chapter 22:Christmas-tide in Wonderland!

From a Fairy to a Child

LADY dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heard the children say -Gentle children, whom we love -Long ago, on Christmas Day, Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again -Echo still the joyful sound, 'Peace on earth, good-will to men.'

Yet the hearts must child-like be Where such heavenly guests abide. Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may, Merry Christmas, glad New Year.
-- Lewis Carroll, Christmas, 1887.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Altered Alice! This month the design team brings you their holiday wishes, and we invite you to send your holiday greetings or share a special project with The Altered Alice and to our other readers.

We do not have a sponsor this month, so we are just sharing for the joy of Christmas in Wonderland, and we hope that you will share too. We will have honorable mentions, so play along for the glory if not a prize!

To celebrate the season, we bring you The Lewis Carroll Memorial Window at Daniell Chapel in England. Notice the left panel where Lewis Carroll and Alice kneel to pay homage to the newly born Christ in this wonderful Nativity scene! This month's quote is actually contained within the windows, do you see it?

Click to enlarge - See Lewis Carroll and Alice in the left panel

The window, designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb, is a must-see for anyone who loves Wonderland. A wonderful Christmas poem by Lewis Carroll is shown in the center three bottom panels, which include characters from Wonderland - the White Rabbit, Dodo, the Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, and more! Our own Sue Roddis visited this chapel and gave me permission to show her close-up photos here, click to enlarge:

Here are my Holiday cards featuring The Octopode Factory!

I love how Lily creates her images! You should check The Octopode Factory out, I think you will love her images.

 

My cards are not traditional by any means, but I LOVE them!

 

This one I call...........Let It Snow!

This here is My Little Drummer Boy!

And where would we be without Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum?

How about a little Jingle? Check out the Hare's toes!

The Queen of Hearts

All Hearts Come HOME For Christmas!

 Another shot of the Queen

Hope you enjoyed my Christmas Cards.


Please consider adding your own project to share by Saturday, Dec. 29th. It can be a Christmas project or just something Alice-related that you want to share that perhaps did not fit with any of our other challenges! For this month only,we will allow you to back-link projects that were created before this month, as Christmas-tide is all about giving and sharing!

Share your project by going to The Altered Alice blog!

Merry Christmas to one and all, with great love from 

The Altered Alice!

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