Comments on: The Robin’s Christmas Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Melissa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443513 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:48:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443513 Merry Christmas! Thank you for the gifts I find regularly in my inbox…hope you have a blessed new year!

]]> By: gkbowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443223 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 17:07:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443223 Amazing how well those colors have stood the test of time. Those “Oil colours” make this a very special Christmas Tale. Thank you and have a Happy Christmas and a Better New Year.

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443220 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:18:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443220 What lovely illustrations!

Like Mary, I found Hans Christian Anderson’s Christmas stories devastating. I like the spirit of this little tale.

Merry Christmas, and a safe and healthy New Year, G.A.
You are the gift that goes on giving, day after day.

Warmly,
Jenny

]]> By: Ann V https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443219 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:01:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443219 What a lovely little tale. My favourite Christmas book is ‘The Wise Robin’ by Noel Barr. My copy dates back to the early 1950s when I was very young, has been read many times and is well loved. Wishing you GA and your readers a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy 2022.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443215 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:16:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443215 Christmas wishes are coming to you, dear GA, from Toronto.

Thank you for yet another year of interesting and entertaining first-thing-in-the-morning reads (here in N. America, anyway).

Thank you for providing such wonderful visuals each day: watercolours, sepia-drenched prints, rich oil paintings by so many artists you have introduced to us, cigar/can/crate labels and matchbook covers, a cornucopia of jazzy art.

Thank you for sharing Spitalfields, and yourself, with us every day.
Please stay well, and have a very Merry Christmas!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443199 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:13:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443199 GA, You are the gift that keeps on giving. You feed your entire flock every day, nourish us with stories, photos, images, lore — and enrich us with optimism and insight.

Wishing you and everyone you love all the joys of the Season.
And rumbly purrs to Mr. Shrodinger, from two furry kittens in the Hudson Valley.

Stay safe, all.

]]> By: Chris Webb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443196 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:38:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443196 Do robins really sleep standing on one leg?

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443191 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:35:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443191 *** FROHE WEIHNACHTEN! ***
*** MERRY CHRISTMAS! ***
*** JOYEUX NOËL! ***

A very nice story. And I feel confirmed in my doing: I feed the wild birds all year round….

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Mary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443189 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:28:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443189 How lovely to have a Victorian tale with a happy ending.
When I was very young I wrote to Father Christmas and although he was so busy, he kindly replied and also sent me a story. It was The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen and sixty plus years later I still remember being inconsolable when I read it. Obviously, it was not the effect that Father Christmas intended!
May I please take this opportunity to wish you, dear G.A., and all your followers worldwide, my best wishes for a happy Christmas and a healthy and peaceful 2022.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/23/the-robins-christmas-eve/#comment-1443173 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:09:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190124#comment-1443173 This is a charming tale which I will forward to my friend Caro who has a thing about robins and always has them on her Christmas cards every year.

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