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This blog is dedicated to Malta - my island home. My aim is not to bore you with history but to share my thoughts and a few facts together with a photo or two. For a more in -depth background of the island please go here. The purpose of this blog is not to point out the short-comings of the island. There are plenty that do that already. My wish is to show you the beauty of an island at the cross roads of the Mediterranean, a melting pot of history; a place where fact and fiction are sometimes fused to create unique myths and legends; a country that has been conquered so many times that our culture is a mish mesh of the lands that surround us and of lands far away. I confess that my greatest desire is to make you fall in love with this tiny enchanting island.

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Monday, 23 December 2013

Merry Christmas

I am realising that, the more time passes, the harder it is becoming to find the time to write both here and at Stories and Scribbles. I would like to maintain both blogs, but this one may have to be on the back-burner for a while and I may have to post here even less often than I am already. I will try to work things out. In the meantime, I would like to wish my regular readers and all my occasional visitors a very Merry Christmas.

The Barracca Bridge and Castille (34)-001

Mdina Glass Christmas Tree at Auberge de Castille, December 2012

I will leave you with a traditional Christmas carol from Malta. It’s called ‘Ninni La Tibkix Izjed’ which roughly translates to ‘hush, don’t cry and go to sleep’. It was written in 1846 and is one of the best-loved Maltese carols. More about its origins here.

Keep warm, keep safe and enjoy this beautiful time.

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4 comments:

  1. cieldequimper24 December 2013 at 08:30

    That's a lovely carol. And a gorgeous Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!

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  2. Kayni28 December 2013 at 04:08

    Merry Christmas, Loree! Happy New Year!

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  3. Champagne Macarons30 December 2013 at 06:10

    I hope you had a very merry Christmas and wishing you a wonderful New Year! May 2014 bring you many blessings! xoxo, B

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  4. •°°• IcyBC •°°•1 January 2014 at 14:42

    I think we are all spreading too thin with everything going on, and you will to do what you have to do.

    Happy New Year, Loree!

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