RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (91712)

Daytona Beach, Florida • Age 68

Joined myLot 10 years ago

New York City is my hometown. I have now relocated from Riga, Latvia to Daytona Beach, Florida along with my cat Sid. I am passionate about poetry and writing.

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RasmaSandra's Discussions

The Christmas Song

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 11 Dec

“The Christmas Song” is subtitled “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” and is a Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Torme. When American singer Nat King Cole recorded this song, it became a big hit on both the...

another christmas favorite

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Deck the Halls

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Dec

This is a traditional Christmas carol. It has a Welsh melody and dates back to the 16th century. It belongs to the winter carol “Nos Galan,” with English lyrics written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, 1862. Deck the...

are your halls decorated

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White Christmas

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 Dec

This Christmas song was written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical “Holiday Inn.” It is sung by American singer and actor Bing Crosby. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Crosby’s version remains among the...

christmas song

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O Christmas Tree

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 8 Dec

Interestingly, neither the text nor the music of "Tannenbaum" started as a song associated with Christmas. Tannenbaum means "fir tree" not "Christmas tree." In 1820 a preacher and folk music collector, August Zarnack published a...

o christmas tree with cats bonging ornaments

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Jingle Bells

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 7 Dec

On this second Advent with memories crowding in I would like to share another favorite Christmas song. “Jingle Bells” was written by James Lord Pierpont and was published under the title of “The One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1857....

jingle those bells for christmas

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Joy to the World

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 6 Dec

“Joy to the World” is an English hymn and Christmas carol that was written in 1719 by the English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts. The tune to the carol is by German-British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, and the lyrics...

christmas carol

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Saving the Brush-tailed Bettong

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 6 Dec

I know you want to know what this is before saving it. Well, it is a miniature kangaroo with a pouch for its young. It does have a strange side to it. When a predator threatens, the bettong ejects its joey from the pouch and...

miniature kangaroos

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 5 Dec

Another favorite Christmas carol. This first appeared in 1739 in the collection “Hymns and Sacred Poems.” This carol is based on Luke 2:8-14 in the Bible. It tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God. I think it is a...

christmas carol

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O Holy Night

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 4 Dec

Another favorite among my Christmas song repertoire. This is a sacred song about the night Jesus was born and is often performed as a Christmas carol. It is based on the French-language poem “Minuit, chretiens” written by the poet...

christmas carol

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Away in the Manger

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 3 Dec

“Away in the Manger” is another favorite Christmas carol. It was first published in the late 19th century and is one of the most popular carols in Britain. It has two common musical settings one by William J. Kirkpatrick and one...

christmas carol

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Silent Night

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Dec

christmas carol silent night

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Three Minutes of Pure Christmas Joy

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Dec

Bumped into this YouTube video online of Animals of YouTube singing “Jingle Bells.” It is a pure delight to see all of these animals to to imagine they are truly singing. It will lift your mood, make you smile, and put you into...

cats and dogs and jingle bells

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Little Snow Covered Fir

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 1 Dec

This is a poetic meme I wrote to this photo the last winter I spent in Latvia. This little adorable fir was a favorite of mine in all seasons growing right at the spot where we passed to walk into the woods. I hope it has remained...

poetic meme

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Merry Little Christmas

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 1 Dec

Another of my favorite sad and nostalgic Christmas songs is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” The song became a Christmas favorite when Judy Garland sang it in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Now this musical includes...

sad christmas song

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Blue Christmas

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 30 Nov

Now that the presents have been wrapped and the memories come rushing back here is another of my favorite sad Christmas songs. “Blue Christmas” was written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson back in 1948 and first recorded by Daye...

elvis blue christmas

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Pretty Paper

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Nov

One more day and here comes December. Oh, all those aching memories. The holiday always started with the First Advent, which is tomorrow, and Martin and I would go into the woods to get evergreens to make an Advent wreath and...

a sad christmas song

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Love Never Dies

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Nov

I know, I know, the more some people hear this, some sigh, some groan, and some, like me, terrible romantics, just love it. Well, I do believe love never dies, so after I wrote about the great music and movies about the Phantom of...

phantom of the opera

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The Talking Horse

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 27 Nov

While my mind should have been occupied with reading, writing, and arithmetic, I was thinking of my favorite TV shows. I couldn’t do my English grammar very well and let’s forget about adding one number to another. The one thing...

mr ed the talking horse

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March of the Penguins

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 Nov

On July 23, 2005, a French-filmed documentary called “March of the Penguins” came out. It was all about emperor penguins in Antarctica. Once it was shown in theaters all over the U.S., the movie got lots of awards and even won an...

march of the emperor penguins

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Sleeping on a Dead Body

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91712) • Daytona Beach, Florida 24 Nov

As much as this sounds like a horror story or something that comes from a Hollywood movie, unfortunately, people have found themselves sleeping on dead bodies. So when you are traveling and you arrive at your destination, check...

always check under the mattress

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