Here are the final stops on the tour:
Gretchen @ A Ten O'Clock Scholar
Kelly @ The Written World
Carl @ Stainless Steel Droppings
Kendra @ My Greenwood Life
Before we close off for 2011, we want to say a super special thank you to Carl from Stainless Steel Droppings who has supported the Virtual Advent Tour right from it's inception six years ago! Thank you Carl. Kelly and I both appreciate your continued participation and hope you will be on board again for next year!
We would also like to thank everyone who participated in the tour this year, whether it be by posting, or commenting, or tweeting or anything.
We hope you enjoyed the tour. We are already thinking about ideas for next year, and if you have any feedback or ideas to make the tour better we would love to hear them!
My final quote for this year's tour comes from a novella in the Holiday Kisses anthology - This Time Next Year by Alison Kent. It seems a fitting way to end seeing as so many of our advent tour are about sharing traditions.
"You're pretty good at that. the cookies. The tree." He dipped up more glaze.
She shifted the pan again, nudging her hip against his and staying there. "Mostly I'm good at Christmas. I love it. The corny songs, stringing popcorn for the tree. Eating as much as ends up on the needle and thread."
"You do it by hand?'
"Gran and I do. Some folks buy finished strands, or fake plastic ones. But stuck fingers and Bing Crosby is our thing."
"What's Christmas without traditions, right?"