Happy New Year! -Postcard Friendship Friday #294

Happy New Year Friends.  Isn't this a beautiful postcard?  I love this lady.  She stands in beauty upon the snow with a dove in her hand.  So perfect for the New Year.  Peace on Earth--it is my prayer for the world this new year.

These past months have been slow.  Without the precious company of my sweet husband, the Love of my life, it was the hardest year of my life.

This coming year will be filled with additional changes and challenges.  But with help and strength from the Lord, I will make it through.  My husband always said our life was an adventure--and it continues to be.

Happy New Year and Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!  May God give you the desires of your heart and fill the coming year with His joy and peace.

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A Glad New Year -Postcard Friendship Friday #200

This is my 200th Postcard Friendship Friday!  It seems appropriate to put up this New Years Day card given to me by my darling little Grammie.

I still miss her with all my heart.  One day I will see her again--then we will have all eternity to laugh and plant flowers together.

Happy New Years and Happy Postcard  Friendship Friday!

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Christmas and New Years Greetings

I enjoy pictures and drawings of Christmas as it is celebrated in far lands.  This lovely Christmas postcard depicting a family celebration of Christmas from across the ocean, just blesses my heart.

I was wondering, what game are these two playing?  I am so very curious.  If you know, I 'd love to hear from you.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

UPDATE:  Thank you Irene!  This appears to be an Asian version of the game of dreidel.  It is a game played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top.  Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which together form the acronym for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, meaning "a great miracle happened there."

According to ancient Jewish tradition, there was a time when the people hid in caves to teach the Torah.  Legend has it when the teacher would hear soldiers approaching, he would instruct the children to hide their Torah scrolls and take out their dreidels instead. 

So--now you know!