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And So He Came

I saw a commercial this morning on the In Touch Ministries website that showed a dad calling each one of his family members down to the living room. They had no idea why he wanted them all together, but they soon found that the reason he took the time to interrupt their routines was so that they could all rediscover why we celebrate such a beautiful holiday… he said "Last year I woke up the day after Christmas, feeling like I'd missed something."

I'm ashamed to confess that I've felt that very thing before.

So before the season is once again past, I'm going to take the time to remember and celebrate what I should have been dwelling on all along: not frenzied shopping and repetitive list-making and seeing to it that all the sticks of butter are at room temperature so I can bake all those cookies, but rather the One whose birth was the first Christmas gift to us all.

Please enjoy this complimentary chart from my heart to yours. And Merry Christmas!

Click here for the printable chart, and not on the images: Download Christmas Ornament 2014 PRINTOUT

(Pictured below are some different fabric options, just to give you an idea of what you may want to work with.)

Christmas 2014 Examplar

Christmas 2014 Black

Christmas 2014 Conf Gray

Christmas 2014 Olde Towne

And if you haven't taken the time yet to read the "story" of Christmas, here is something else you may want to either pull up on your tablet/laptop/computer, or print out. The link to print is at the bottom of the image.

This is Christmas

Download This is Christmas

43 Comments

  • Tiffany

    This post is part of the reason you are one of my favorite designers! Thank you for the thoughtful stitch, looking forward to doing it over my Christmas break. God bless you and yours this Christmas season – may all His joys be yours to behold. 🙂

  • Ellie

    Palette thank you so much hope you and your lovely family also all the fur babies have a wonderful christmas and all my best wishes to you for 2015
    Hugs
    Ellie xx over the pond!!!

  • Lori

    Thank you, Paulette, both for the chart and the thoughts! Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas and a Merry New Year!

  • Vonna

    Thank you Paulette! Something that I try to treasure every day is what has been given for us. Your generosity is a blessing to all of us stitchers!

  • Cathryn

    Thank you so much, Paulette, for your generosity. I really love this chart. It is so kind of you to share your life, your talents, your gifts (photography, designing) with us so freely. God Bless you and yours. Merry Christmas. Cathryn

  • Robin in Virginia

    Wishing you and your family a season filled with blessings! Merry Christmas and best wishes for a bright New Year.
    Thank you for sharing your talents with us!

  • Maggee

    Wonderful reminder of the reason we are in such a frenzied state… Time to stop, reflect and revel in the joy of His coming for us! Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

  • Joanie

    A blessed Christmas to you and your family. May the peace of the season and the birth of our Savior bring you happiness and joy this coming year!

  • Marilyn Brown

    Thank you Paulette for the great new Christmas freebie, Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thank you for all of the wonderful designs you have created for us over the years! Not to mention the great pictures of your pets and the captions to go with them! Best Regards, Marilyn

  • gingercat

    Thank you Paulette. I have a 5 year old granddaughter that currently attends Catholic school. She is so excited this year because of the birth of Jesus that some of the secular aspects of Christmas have been thankfully “drowned out.” It is good for us to have this small child leading us back to Christ. I hope that her enthusiasm never wans, but we are prepared to help her remember as she gets older and the secular aspects have more “pull.”
    Merry Christmas to you and your family!

  • Pam Lacey

    Thank you, thank you for the post and contents for the true meaning of Christmas! Love the freebie. Merry Christmas and blessings to you and your family!

  • Margaret

    Thank you, Paulette. It’s funny cause my son and I were talking about this exact thing the other day. I told him I was going to be sure to have DH reinstate our custom of reading the story of Christ’s birth from the Bible before we open presents this year. It’s so nice to see you were thinking the same thing. Thanks for the chart and for the This is Christmas pint out. I might use it on Christmas.

  • Margaret Foster

    Thank you, the most important thing in our lives is not a thing, but a man sent from a loving God to pay for our sins. Margaret

  • Avril Baxter

    Thank you and Jesus is the only reason worth celebrating. I am going to enjoy a quiet day by myself after the church service. Great.

  • Hazel

    Beautiful post! It is good to be reminded of the real reason of Christmas. Jesus! Thanks for all your inspiration and for your freebie. x

  • Lynn Jones

    Thank you so much Paulette for your lovely ornament. I love the first line from O Holy Night which is a favourite Christmas song of mine. Thank you also for sharing the joy of the Christmas Story. I am amazed at how many have never heard these words before.
    A very blessed Christmas to you and your family and a wish for peace, health and happiness for 2015.

  • Frances N

    Thank you for a lovely post!
    Thank you, also, for the wonderful chart! It will be a joy to stitch!
    And thank you, finally, for all the beautiful charts you’ve designed!
    Merry Christmas to you and your family!

  • Theresa

    Merry Christmas Paulette to you and the family! what a lovely post. I never fail to be inspired when I visit your blog (no matter how often you post — little or lots!) love, love, love your posts. What a great year you have had with so many releases (your most productive and creative year yet? and can’t wait to see what is ahead for you…) Hubby’s breaks a leg, daughter goes to her 1st prom, another daughter transitioning/helping with moving into a new place…and you just keep pressing on! May 2015 be a great year for all of you!

  • Barb Simmons

    Thank you so much for the wonderful pattern. May you and your family have many blessings and a very Merry Christmas!

  • Olivia

    Thank you for the lovely freebie…and the perfect reminder. Our celebrations are over so fast but His gift is everlasting.

  • Julie

    Thank you so much for the gorgeous chart and the printout of Christmas. Both are so beautiful and such a wonderful reminder of what Christmas is really about. Have a very happy and blessed New Year!

  • Lorene Frischknecht

    Thanks so much for this chart! This is exactly how I believe and it is the only reason to celelbrat Christmas!!!

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