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Holly is an ancient plant and there is an abundance of folklore about Christmas Holly. The glossy, spiny, green leaves and bright, scarlet berries of the Ilex Aquifolium look joyful at this time of year and epitomize the Christmas colours we know and love. In olden days people would hang it outside their homes for good luck but it was in Victorian times when the holly really began to be utilised as decoration within people’s houses. At that time families really did ‘deck the halls with boughs of holly’. Even now, just a sprig of holly on the table or mantlepiece can really add a festive, finishing touch in the home. It is not surprising, with its prickly leaves, that holly symbolized ‘protection’. Besides Christmas decoration for the home, people have often planted it outside their doors or gateways to offer protection from harm. During November the holly really comes into its own in the woodland. While all the deciduous trees are shedding their leaves, the holly offers protection for the rabbits, foxes, deer and small birds. A sprig of holly, if it offers protection, will also bring good fortune. But beware, that fortune can quickly turn to bad if you do not follow Christmas tradition. Superstition says that the decorations must be taken down by twelfth night (6th January). Otherwise you will have bad luck or even visits from witches.
When I saw this bunch of Christmas lights had red, blue and yellow together I had to reach for the camera.
Merry Christmas everyone.
"Christmas Curiosity"
Week 52
This week's challenge was "break the rules." I broke the rule of thirds on this one by centering my son in the frame. Because I waited to the last minute and you have to do this kind of shot in the dark, I learned that even at 6 am, Gabe enjoyed playing with the Christmas lights.
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On Christmas Day, no one gets dressed till late afternoon. Instead, they play with their presents, and board games, and occasionally get fed a healthy snack or two. ;)
Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, turnips, pasta salad, stuffing, buttered roll, and deviled egg. At my brothers' friend's home.
I just wanted to wish a Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it.
And, for those of you who don't celebrate it. Happy... Whatever it is that you are celebrating.
For my Atheist friends. Have a happy time, not celebrating anything.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Strobist:
SB-900 + Westcott Apollo main camera right, SB-900 + shoot-through umbrella fill camera left, SB-900+orange gel background.
Copying idea from another Strobist member: www.flickr.com/photos/46366504@N06/4257359531/in/pool-719...
not entirely what I had in mind... but close enough :) Merry Christmas!
"The earth has grown old with its burden of care
But at Christmas it always is young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair
And its soul full of music breaks the air,
When the song of angels is sung."
~ Phillips Brooks (1835-93),
American Episcopal bishop,
wrote 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'.
Felt Christmas Stocking, entirely handstitched with sequins, beads, buttons and ribbon.
For sale on Etsy.
Tis the time of year,
When we pull out the boxes,
Decorations and lights,
Tinsel, and garland,
Memories wrapped carefully,
In tissue and paper.
Ready for another year,
To display on your tree,
And CELEBRATE
This special time of year,
With family and friends
And
remember Christmas' of past
But most of all,
Christmas of present.
Christmas candle
A shot of a few candles on a table at christmas time.
Taken with a Canon 6D and a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM Macro lens.
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Focal Length: 100 mm
Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/100 sec
ISO: 400
As the wife decorated the tree so well I thought I'd experiment with using my flash and fixed light to try and get some dynamic photos.
In the end though, just turning all the lights off in the room and allowing the fairy lights do the work produced the nicest picture.
Chuffed that I remembered to stop-down the aperture a bit to get the star-burst affect on the lights.
Christmas must be almost here - the Christmas bells (Blandfordia grandiflora) have appeared in Manly Dam.
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What can I say, I really do love all the lights and decorations this time of year.. ;D
A Christmas Photo Shoot with 8 cousins, a stack of gear, a load of props & 2 photographers (EpicDi & myself).
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We celebrated Christmas 2006 at our home in Richmond, Virginia.
Each year, we exchanged gifts with my Norwegian cousins.
I'm petting my beloved cat, Stabbur, before opening my presents from Norway. He died in 2016. I still miss him a lot!!
This little fellow was out in the Hawthorn at the bottom of one of the fields eating Haws.
Happy Christmas my friends! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday. I'll be back soon.
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Until one feels the spirit of it, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display, so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, the snow, the tree, not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when it returns again.
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This ornament was on a tree to be auctioned. It was created by the owners of a water garden store.
Well the 1st of December has arrived and a Christmas cactus I was given by a kindly new neighbour is flowering its heart out. :)
Will attempt to gradually catch up now our move is finally complete!
I wish you all Merry Christmas and a peaceful year 2015
Ich wünsch Euch Allen Frohe Weihnachtstage und ein friedvolles Neues Jahr 2015
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Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various secular customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. The date as a birthdate for Jesus is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth.
In most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25.
The word "Christmas" is a contraction of two words "Christ's mass" and is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ (Χριστός). Since the mid-16th century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Thus, Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas.
Modern traditions have come to include the display of Nativity scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill and peace.
I'm late getting this on but wanted to wish all my Flickr friends a very merry Christmas and wonderful New Year.
No, I haven't been invited to spend Christmas with Charles and Camilla! This is Prince Charles' shop in Tetbury, the Cotswold town that is near to his Highgrove home. It's also called Highgrove. The doors and windows are painted a lovely duck egg blue which looks gorgeous against the stone.
I took this on my birthday trip to the Cotswolds on 24th November when the window display already looked very Christmassy.
#471 in Explore, 12/8/2007 -- Thanks friends!
Have yourself a most abstract weekend.
The invisible subject is a vase with pine cones and Christmas lights. The very edge of the vase is on the lower right, where ilsebatten has added a note. The lights made a wonderful shadow (the horizontal line) on the night wall. I then used a movement blur at the same angle as the line and increased contrast.