Do certain smells, sounds, sights take you back to winter memories?  The smell of cinnamon quickly transports me back to my friend's house when I was a little girl.  Her mom made the BEST cinnamon rolls ever!  Whenever I see twinkle lights show up in the stores, I chuckle to myself and remember the wad of lights that would be brought down from the attic to undergo repeated tests to find the faulty bulbs. Or I hear the whir of the sewing machine and remember my mom making a new dress to wear to family gatherings.  And then, there is the memory of Christmas Eve when we would turn on the radio and listen to Paul Harvey "broadcasting from the North Pole" as Santa took off for his journey.  One particular time my older brother and I were absolutely, positively sure we saw those lights on Santa's sleigh as the broadcaster describe, flit across the dark sky that somehow was brighter that night with all of the stars shining off the snow.

Festivals of Llight starts on November 26^th and runs through December 28^th. We polled our members asking for a new festival to add this year and we are bringing back those we noticed were favorites for the children last year. This year we are exploring Diwali, Hanukkah, Santa Lucia, Christmas Around the World and Kwanzaa. We hope you will join us!