It's hard to find Thanksgiving songs! I thought about songs with the words "thanks" or "thank you" in the title, and songs about feeling thankful or happy. That brought me to "My Favorite Things." "My Favorite Things" is, of course, from The Sound of Music (1965). In the musical, the Von Trapp children are scared of a thunderstorm. Their governess, Maria (Julie Andrews), sings a song to them about how she always fights off fear by remembering her favorite things. Then there is a wonderful list of things that are her favorites. There are some really lovely lines in this song, like "Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings" and (my favorite!) "Silver white winters that melt into springs."
This song - and movie - are on my favorite things list. I love The Sound of Music. It is the movie I've seen most in my life, from the time I was very little, and it never fails to make me feel happy, comforted, and uplifted.
Are you a Sound of Music fan? Do you have a favorite song about being thankful, or a song for Thanksgiving? I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my shop! I am listing new items daily at eBay - Birdhouse Books on eBay. If you prefer Etsy, I also have a smaller shop there: Birdhouse Books on Etsy.
These vintage cards will all be on eBay by Sunday evening. There are some cute ones featured!
1960's vintage Christmas card featuring little drummer boys and a bold Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum
Older vintage Christmas postcard featuring little girls reading a picture book. The card is trimmed in older (dark) glitter.
Vintage Christmas card with a gel finish -- a hand-tinted photo of a little boy and girl making a snowman.
Adorable English Spring Spaniel puppy dogs with holly trim - early 1900's vintage Christmas postcard.
This 1950's die-cut Christmas card for a child features a little girl holding a stocking full of toys.
This 1920's vintage Christmas card has an illustration of a little girl by Charles Twelvetrees.
This lovely vintage Christmas card is die-cut around the harp and opens up to show a beautiful Victorian angel.
This 1960's vintage Christmas card features Santa Claus and a beagle puppy.
This vintage Christmas card features a little drummer boy - and some friendly birds.
This vintage Christmas card features a Mid-Century door decoration with greenery, pinecones, and bells.
This lovely vintage Christmas card features a stained glass window.
Vintage Christmas card featuring poinsettia flowers, a trumpet, and sheet music
And old fashioned country Christmas is depicted in this vintage card, with farm house, church, and covered bridge.
I hope you enjoyed these vintage cards. I'll be listing lots of Christmas items during the next couple of weeks. Have a wonderful weekend!
Dear Friends, I am on the run this week. It may be this way the next few weeks; I help Momma with her work a lot over the holiday season. This keeps me very busy, helping to list vintage children's books, Christmas cards, and ornaments at her store. (It's Birdhouse Books on eBay, if you want to take a peek.) By the way, I was the one who found the cute dachshund postcard that you see above! I will try to keep in touch each Friday over the holiday season, but some of my posts may be short and sweet. My friends Ginger Rose and Fergus sent me a really cute video last week that I thought you would enjoy, so I'm sharing a Friday smile with you. The little dachshund puppy in this video is playing a game on iPad. I asked Momma to find out what app this was, because it looks like fun. For some reason she doesn't seem to think I should play on her iPad. I'm not sure why! I would love to hear from you, especially with any questions for future Dear Abby posts. Anything related to dogs, life, vintage topics, retro pop culture ... I would love to answer your questions here. Have a great weekend! Love and xoxoxo, Abby
Did you have marbles when you were a child? I did. Even as a little girl, I was always very visually oriented, and I loved the glass marbles with variations of color and design. I remember flicking them around a bit but not really playing games with them as much. I collected them in a jar and just enjoyed how pretty they were. If you played with marbles, what types of games did you play? (A nice link with some info on old fashioned marble games here: LandofMarbles.) I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.
