MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2009. The Santa and Snowman carving is encircled in a green wreath.  The green wreath has been a symbol of the Gift of Love that is an unending circle and ever green with its continuous cycle of bringing New Life and Hope to all who discover being in the Circle of Love. CHRISTMAS is the celebration of the Gift of Love in Jesus Christ who is the continuous Love of God encircling all humanity.  Christmas is a celebration of the Gift of Love in family and friends that continues to encircle us everyday.

Christmas is a celebration of Memories, timeless and yet ever circling with the newness of remembering love and friendship in all our relationships.

Christmas is a celebration of having our hearts carved with a lasting tribute of the gift of creativity, be it carving, be it making friendships  or be it in giving love as we have been loved – the art of drawing a circle.

As Edwin Markham said, “He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win; We drew a circle that took him in.”