Merry Christmas! May God’s Love indwell you today and always.

1. Beautiful (and humorous) embroideries.
2. Zentangle + pottery.
3. A quilter grows through the years.
4. An Andy Warhol exhibit from two years ago. I missed this article when it was first posted, but I was happy to come across it now.
5. The story behind Handel’s Messiah.
6. I love libraries. Here are how some decorated for Christmas.
7. The story behind “Silent Night.”
8. A quilter photographs her many quilts.
9. The prettiest Christmas cookies I’ve ever seen.
10. Verdigogh always looks so Christmasy to me. Here’s how several artists interpreted it.
11. This blog definitely gets the best reader comments. You guys are all going to have to step it up on ARHtistic License. (Let that be one of your New Year resolutions.)
12. This might be too late for you, so you might want to bookmark it for next year: how to sew gift bags.