{"id":6516,"date":"2019-11-22T01:34:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T06:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2020-11-21T21:02:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T02:02:46","slug":"sts-clem-cecilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/sts-clem-cecilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sts. Clem & Cecilia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And now, on the approach to Thanksgiving, comes St. Cecilia’s Day and St. Clement’s Day. Cecilia is celebrated on the 22nd of November; she is a patron saint of music and musicians. Old Clem is celebrated on the 23rd; he is a patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.<\/p>\n

Come, all you Vulcans, strong and stout,<\/em>
\nUnto St Clem I pray turn out;<\/em>
\nFor now St Clem\u2019s going round the town:<\/em>
\nHis coach and six goes merrily round.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a time to go “Clementing” in ages past: like trick or treating, only on the 23rd of November. Kids would knock on doors, hoping for treats in exchange for singing rhymes like this one:<\/p>\n

Oranges and lemons,<\/em>
\nSay the bells of St. Clement\u2019s.<\/em>
\nYou owe me five farthings,<\/em>
\nSay the bells of St. Martin\u2019s.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is an old, mostly forgotten tradition of New York in which kids would go door to door at Thanksgiving. My mom remembers doing this when she was a girl. I often wonder if there is some connexion between this and the Clementing of November 23, especially since, some years, Thanksgiving falls on St. Clement’s Day. Be that as it may, we don’t see much of either tradition these days (and some of us are still eating our Halloween candy from trick or treating!).<\/p>\n

St. Cecilia’s Day on the 22nd is, of course, a fine day for music. And it is a traditional day for music: concerts in honor of St. Cecilia’s Day are known to have been performed since at least 1570 in France. Here in our home, we’ll soon be dusting off some music for the Advent season, that time of preparation before Christmas. St. Cecilia each year reminds us that it is time to do this.<\/p>\n

It is, by the way, a good time to order Advent candles and calendars from our Convivio Book of Days Catalog<\/a>! Especially if you feel a bit rushed by Christmas, even before Thanksgiving has come. A simple thing like an Advent candle that you light each night or an Advent calendar that you open a door on each day can really help bring some perspective to things. Ours are the traditional kinds, made in Europe, where these traditions began, and it\u2019s all part of what we call the Slow Christmas Movement. And we offer free domestic shipping when you spend $50!<\/p>\n

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COME SEE US!<\/strong>
\nWe\u2019re popping up at quite a few local South Florida venues in the next few weeks!<\/p>\n

Sankta Lucia Festival & Julbasar (Christmas Bazaar)<\/a>
\nSaturday November 23 from 11 AM to 3 PM
\nat First United Methodist Church
\n625 NE Mizner Boulevard in Boca Raton
\nOur pop-up shop will focus on traditional European advent calendars and advent candles, plus handmade Christmas ornaments and decorations from Sweden, and my mom\u2019s famous candy wreaths. It\u2019s a beautiful event, complete with a Lucia with a wreath of candles on her head! Brought to you by SWEA, the Swedish Women\u2019s Educational Association.<\/p>\n

Harvest Makers Marketplace<\/a>
\nSunday November 24 from 10 AM to 4 PM
\nat Florida Atlantic University
\n777 Glades Road in Boca Raton
\nWe\u2019ll be transitioning toward Christmas with a pop-up shop of traditional German advent calendars and advent candles from England, plus handmade Christmas ornaments and decorations from Germany, Sweden, and Mexico and our full line of Shaker herbs & teas and more (like my mom\u2019s famous candy wreaths). Plus there\u2019s live music almost all day: Rio Peterson from 10 to 1 and those three amazing triplets,\u00a0The Lubben Brothers<\/a>, from 1:30 to 4 PM.\u00a0It\u2019s going to be a good one! Look for the blue & white MAKERS MARKETPLACE signs on FAU campus roads.<\/p>\n

Real Mail Fridays: Winter Card Writing Social<\/a>
\nFriday December 6 from noon to 6\u00a0PM
\nat Jaffe Center for Book Arts in the Library at Florida Atlantic University
\n777 Glades Road in\u00a0Boca Raton
\nThere’ll be a mini Makers Marketplace at this annual event so you can do a little shopping, but also bring your Christmas cards and Hanukkah cards and New Year cards and get the task of writing them started (or tackled) in a festive environment with other like minded souls. Great fun!<\/p>\n

Christkindlmarkt<\/a>
\nSaturday & Sunday December 7 & 8 (2 to 9 PM on Saturday; 1 to 8 PM on Sunday)
\nat the American German Club
\n5111 Lantana Road in Lake Worth
\nConvivio Bookworks will be part of this old time German Christmas market in suburban Lake Worth. At our booth you\u2019ll find traditional handmade German Christmas items, and we\u2019ll throw in some other handmade items from our Swedish and Mexican collections, too, as well as Shaker herbs & teas, some letterpress goods, and my mom\u2019s famous handmade candy wreaths.<\/p>\n

Undiscovered: An\u00a0Inclusive Arts Festival<\/a>
\nSaturday December 14\u00a0from 10 AM to 4 PM (but we have to pack up by 3!)
\nat Palm Beach Habilitation Center
\n4522 South Congress Avenue in Lake Worth
\nWe’re so excited to take part in this inaugural arts fair at the Hab Center, which does such wonderful work helping folks with disabilities become more independent through training and employment. There are art projects that EVERYONE can participate in, and there’s a pop up market;\u00a0we’ll be there with lots of great artisan goods from our catalog.<\/p>\n

Holiday Night Market<\/a>
\nSaturday December 14\u00a0from 4 to 8 PM
\nat Social House
\n512 Lucerne Avenue in Downtown Lake Worth
\nIt’s always a special night at Social House. We’ll be showing our Christmas artisan goods and Shaker teas (and my mom’s famous candy wreaths). One of our favorite places!<\/p>\n

Midwinter Makers Marketplace<\/a>
\nSunday December 15\u00a0from 10 AM to 4 PM
\nat Florida Atlantic University
\n777 Glades Road in Boca Raton
\nIt’s full swing yuletide and we’ll be showing our\u00a0handmade artisan Christmas ornaments and decorations from Germany, Sweden, and\u00a0Mexico and our full line of Shaker herbs & teas and more (like my mom\u2019s famous candy wreaths). Plus there\u2019s live music almost all day: Ella Herrera from 10 to 1 and Rio Peterson from 1 to 4.\u00a0Look for the blue & white MAKERS MARKETPLACE signs on FAU campus roads.<\/p>\n

Revelry Sip & Shop<\/a>
\nSunday December 15\u00a0from 1\u00a0to 6\u00a0PM
\nat Revelry Lake Worth
\n17 South J Street in Downtown Lake Worth
\nFind us in the courtyard with our handmade Christmas artisan goods and Shaker herbs and teas and more (including my mom’s famous candy wreaths again!). They’re serving\u00a0mimosas!<\/p>\n

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Image: St. Cecilia by Guido Reni. Oil on canvas, 1606. <\/em>[Public domain<\/em>] via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>\n

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