Fifteenth day of Advent - Visiting

Fifteenth day of Advent

"...fairies flit through the trees and meadows carrying gifts of sweets and desserts to friends and relatives"

The Illustrated Fairy Gazette, A Christmas Celebration

Fourteenth Day of Advent - Snowmen

Fourteenth day of Advent 

Fairy snowmen, with wings!

Thirteenth day of Advent - Sleigh Ride

Thirteenth day of Advent

"We're riding along with a song 

of a wintry fairy land."

(In truth it is cold, we are expecting a heavy snowfall this weekend and perhaps not all will be merry.  But it will be pretty, which I will try to notice through the tunnel of my parka hood between episodes of shoveling snow and scraping ice off the car window.)

Twelfth day of Advent - Letters to Santa

The Twelfth day of Advent

How does Santa get it all done?  With help from the fairies, of course.

The Eleventh Day of Advent - More Bells

Eleventh day of Advent

More bells, with helpers!

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Tenth day of Advent - Bells

Tenth day of Advent

"And all the bells on earth shall ring, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day..."

(I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In)

 From the "Festivals and Fairs" edition of the Fairy Gazettes, fairies ring in the May festival with a song that Girl Guides may remember: 

"White coral bells upon a slender stalk,

Lilies of the valley line my garden walk.

Oh how I wish  that I could hear them ring,

     That will only happen when the fairies sing." 

Anonymous

Ninth day of Advent - Tiny Dancer

Ninth day of Advent

"The earth has music for those who listen", George Santayana

Another small skating fairy from the Christmas "Fairy Gazette", copies of which are available here.