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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas πŸŽ„ // Buon Natale! πŸŽ„

This year for Christmas/Advent, my sister π“Œ’π“ˆ–π“π“ made our Mom 𓅐𓏏𓁐 an advent calendar of beautiful π“„€ homemade ornaments for the Christmas tree 𓆭𓅓𓆭 using pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏦 from past Christmases! One of the pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏦 she chose was a picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 of us at the MET with Hatshepsut π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“ŽΉπ“π“„‚π“π“€Όπ“ͺ! This picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 definitely qualifies as β€œChristmas Themed” because my sister π“Œ’π“ˆ–π“π“ is wearing a Santa hat, plus this was actually taken during Christmas 2015!Β 

My Nonno loved Christmas and he loved spending Christmas together π“ˆ–π“Š— as a family 𓅕𓉔𓅱𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏦. Christmas 2019 was my Nonno’s last Christmas, and I’m so glad we got to spend it with him. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (we celebrate both days) are very hard now that he isn’t here with us. I miss him so, so much. 

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ – this time it will be Christmas πŸŽ„ themed vocabulary! 

𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼 – Star

𓆭𓅓𓆭 – Tree

𓄫𓂝𓏺 – Gift, Present

𓅐𓏏𓁐 – Mother 

π“ˆ–π“π“ˆ–π“€• – Baby/Infant

π“Œ™π“²π“π“…‚π“›π“‹Ύ – Shepherd

𓄫𓄣𓏏/𓄫𓏏𓄣𓏺/𓄫𓄣𓏺/π“„«π“„£ – Joy, Happiness (Wide Heart)

𓉔𓂋𓏏𓏛 – Peace

π“‰”π“ˆ–π“‡‹π“„Ώπ“Έπ“¦ – Sweet Food

π“Šƒπ“‚‹π“ˆŽπ“²π“ˆ—π“ˆ˜π“ˆ‡ – Snow

π“ˆ–π“Š— – Together 

𓅕𓉔𓅱𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏦 – Family

From me 𓁐 and my family 𓅕𓉔𓅱𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏦 to yours, I hope you all have a joyful 𓄫𓄣𓏏, happy 𓄫𓄣𓏺, and Merry Christmas πŸŽ„! 

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The Five-Pointed Egyptian Star

The star 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼 design is one of my absolute favorites to see. As someone who has always been fascinated by space and astronomy, I love how the Egyptians π“†Žπ“π“€€π“π“ͺ incorporated astronomical concepts not just into their language and religion, but into their art as well. I even have this star 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼 design as my phone case!Β 

This design appears on the ceilings of tombs π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰π“ͺ (Seti I’s π“Šͺπ“π“Ž›π“£π“‡Œπ“ŒΈπ“ˆ– tomb π“‡‹π“«π“Šƒπ“‰ comes to mind), temples π“‰Ÿπ“π“‰π“ͺ (Hatshepsut’s π“‡‹π“ π“ˆ–π“ŽΉπ“π“„‚π“π“€Όπ“ͺ temple π“‰Ÿπ“π“‰ at Deir el-Bahri 𓂦𓂋𓂦π“₯𓉐) and even on funerary objects π“ˆŽπ“‚‹π“‹΄π“π“π“Š­ like canopic jar cases! The star hieroglyphic π“ŠΉπ“Œƒ symbol 𓇼 was used very frequently in words as well and there are different variations of star symbols (𓇻, 𓇽). 

Today π“‡π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“‡³ I chose to highlight the star 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼 design because a five 𓏾 pointed star 𓇼, just like the hieroglyphic π“ŠΉπ“Œƒ symbol, appeared over the manger in Bethlehem when Jesus was born and guided the Wise Men to his birthplace. Known as the β€œChristmas Star” or the β€œStar of Bethlehem,” this star 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼 was seen as a sign that the Messiah had been born. I have always loved Nativity scenes, and the symbolism behind the star 𓇼 shining above the Nativity. The star is even mentioned in The Bible: 

Matthew 2:9-10 : …and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

I love this verse because I too feel overjoyed when I see stars 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼π“ͺ – whether it’s the stars in the sky 𓆼𓅑𓋴𓇼𓇼𓇼, stars 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼π“ͺ on top of Christmas Trees, stars 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼π“ͺ on Egyptian art or in hieroglyphic π“ŠΉπ“Œƒ inscriptions π“Ÿπ“›π“₯. Stars 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼π“ͺ are the light in the darkness – and I hope your holidays are filled with light and love. 

Merry Christmas Everyone / Buon Natale a Tutti!

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