Lanark County Christmas Quotes

“Our memories - those thinly veiled fragments from a time long ago, those wisps and threads of a Christmas past arrive without warning, and beckon us back to earlier years like persistent waves lapping along the shores of a familiar lake.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Christmas

“These elusive memories, appear out of nowhere like a portal to our past, from deep within the passages of our minds. They rise to the surface, stretching out their hands to guide us back to another time.....and we are young again, and it is Christmas.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Christmas

“Long before the arrival of Old Man Winter skies overhead are cool and silent as most of our songbirds have taken their leave travelling to warmer destinations in the south. Days grow shorter, night falls early, and even though the last few wisps of sun glow pink and gold along the horizon they bear no warmth in these briefest days of our longest season.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Christmas

“As our little corner of the world prepares for a lengthy winter slumber, many of our animals are already snug in their deep dark burrows sleeping peacefully, while those of us not destined to hibernate remain awake throughout the long dark months that lie ahead.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Christmas