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A veritable mountain of bokeh, May peace and light be with you, now and always. Lord knows we need it.
Christmas can be many things for many different people. When I was a kid, Christmas was that wonderful day when we got many presents and ate many sweet things. Regrettably, it took me a while to understand that not all had had so many presents or eaten so many sweet things, but that is another story.
Later, it became the season when we spent days and days shopping for presents to give to family, friends, office colleagues and, and, and… Once in Japan, Christmas was the day when I had to play Santa (what has this got to do with Christmas?) and eat sushi, which, even though a delicacy, made me feel very very homesick.
Now, my children married and living away, it became the day when my wife and I have some special treat, like pork sirloin roasted in the oven or some special codfish recipe. A glass of champagne is mandatory, a few drops for my wife who can drink no alcohol. The old tree keeps us company.
What is, after all, Christmas? We are taught it is the day when we celebrate the birth of Christ. But is that all there is to it, or is there anything more? There must be. Christmas centred on a Santa Claus reinvented by Coca-Cola is so different from the christian celebrations of my youth around the Christmas creche that there must be a common thread somewhere.
We first note that Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December although the birthdate of Christ is known to no one. Then you read about the first christians building churches on top or near old temples to easily gather around them people who went to the temple of old. Next we hear that there was sometime around the longest night of the year a major pagan gathering to celebrate the new year reborn from the dead of winter, and you are mesmerised at the sagacity of early christians. After all Christmas might be the celebration of the birth of Christ but it is essentially all about redemption of our sins (I would rather say faults) and, now cleansed, rebirth.
Christmas is for me the time when we look back and forward, into our heart and soul, and outward to the world we created, and, maybe with a humble heart, approach our relatives, our friends, neighbours, our fellow men and wish them "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".
Wishing all my friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy , Healthy and Prosperous 2012.
Eucalyptus caesia ssp. magna
This is called 'Silver Princess' and flowers just down the road from us.
Perth, Western Australia
Je vous souhaite un joyeux Noël *
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas *
5th Place, Indoor winter photography Contest on 1X.com,
Stockholm, Sweden, December 2024
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Many thanks for choosing this photo as the cover photo for the anemone group !
January 2025
Neiman Marcus
San Francisco, California
From 1850 - 1976, this department store was called the "City of Paris". The stained glass ceiling depicts a ship on the waves with the Latin words "fluctuat nec mergitur"
fluc·tu·at nec mer·gi·tur ˈflu̇k-tu̇-ˌät-ˌnek-ˈmrsrer-gi-ˌtu̇r:
It is tossed by the waves but does not sink --
Motto of Paris France though it could hopefully serve as a motto for San Francisco as well.
We did a lot of shopping on Christmas Eve. My wallet is so light, but my wife is smiling with joy. My heart is so full. Merry Christmas! I hope our love will continue to last forever.(◡‿◡*)❤
Green story
SINCE 2013
Rain.Rest.Romance. Photo.
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Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY
Luca
[Deadwool] Polar coat - Legacy - caramel
[Deadwool] Dean jeans - (full) - Legacy - vintage blue
[Deadwool] Kojima keychain - Gianni
[Deadwool] Ankle boots - Legacy M - tight - brown
WINGS-ES0715-HAIR
[ kunst ] - Feather Necklace (M)
[Deadwool] Blue moon - platinum/cream - 41 mm - mat. ON
Lulu
Addams // Layla Boots (long socks) // Maitreya X Addams // Layla Fur Coat Parka // Maitreya X
Addams // Layla Leather Zipper Skirt // Maitreya X
Addams // Layla Sweater for jacket // Maitreya X
ORSINI Jewel Care CASSY Earring
ORSINI Jewel Care CASSY Necklace Maitreya
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Pose
Secret Poses - Christmas Eve (posestand)
PSC-Rockwell 1.9
.:Bee Designs:. Christmas tree - Adt-Complete
Here she is again, my beloved Christmas Fairy, and she wants to make all your wishes come true. I have had this glitzy little lady for 20 years, and she has been the crowning glory on my Christmas trees through the years, both artificial and real :-)
View from our hotel room at Northcote Manor Hotel in Umberleigh, Devon on a foggy Christmas Day morning.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my Flickr friends! It has been a joy viewing your excellent images throughout the course of 2015. I look forward to viewing your new works in the year to come. Thank you for all of the views, favorites, and comments on my images. They have been much appreciated! I look forward to sharing new and exciting works with you in 2016. Until then... Enjoy the Holiday!
Peace
Christmas time is the most wonderful time of year. Its close to the end of one year, where we can reflect on what has happened and think ahead to the future. Bringing loved ones together and enjoying each other over a wonderful holiday of giving.
I'd like to start with this amazing DIY Gacha Ornament set by THOR at Tannenbaum There are many more in the set, so please run over to the Tannenbaum Holiday Market and try your luck for some lovely Christmas ornaments for your tree.
..::THOR::.. Clay Tag - Hope
..::THOR::.. Clay Tag - Peace
..::THOR::.. Clay Tag - Family
..::THOR::.. Clay Tag - Believe
..::THOR::.. Paper Pop-Up Star
..::THOR::.. Reindeer Wood Tag - Rudolph
These ornaments were set on the Apple Fall Heritage Christmas Tree - Flocked
Merry Christmas 2021. Time goes by and brings another year to its end. So let me wish you a nice Advent, peaceful and calm Christmas and successful New Year. Merry Christmas!
An older photo but the sentiments remain the same whatever year
Have a as good a Christmas as you can everybody Peace & Love xoxo
Wishing all my Flickr friends a Merry Christmas and Happy holiday. Thank you for all of your Fav's and comments.
I was playing with an interesting process for this Pano. I shot 10 vertical groups of 30 images, total 300 images. I did this using my intervalometer to fire off 30 shots for each of the 10 segments of the Pano. Why might you ask? It is just my nature to experiment and play with technology. Anyway, I was interested in a pseudo "long exposure" effect for cloud movement. without shooting an actual long exposure. This works well when its bright and sunny and you just can't get a long exposure, even with a ND filter. The wind was blowing, and the clouds were moving in the distance. By shooting 30 shots continuous one after another I captured the clouds in a slightly different position due to their movement with each shot. Then back in Photoshop there is a process called (Smart Object Stack mode, mean) where you load all your images as layers in Photoshop. then you convert all 30 into a single Smart Object. then you use the Stack Mode and select mean. Photoshop processes them all together into a single image rendering the different cloud positions as a fluid movement as if it was a single long exposure. I did this for each of the 10 segments.
If you look at the Sky, it has movement, but the mountains are sharp. I shot these at 1/400th of a sec. (This is not a Photoshop or AI blur effect)
Ok,Ok, so much for my lesson for the day.
Bilder vom "Christmas Garden Berlin" im Botanischen Garten Berlin. Dieses Event kann man nach einer Verlängerung noch bis zum 08.01.2017 besuchen. Nähere Informationen bekommt man unter www.christmas-garden.de
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr
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Leeds is a wealthy city, and there are, in the centre, many arcades that you can walk through to get from one main street to the next.
They each show off their decorations each year in different styles!
They are stunning all year but extra for the festive season!
Have a happy day and thank you for viewing, M, (*_*)
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Christmas, "Victoria Quarter", Leeds, Yorkshire, arcades, decorations, architecture, street, covered, lights, natural, colour, horizontal, "magda indigo"
My ornaments have come out of their hiding spot in the attic once again and are waiting for their time in the spotlight. Traditionally in Austria, the tree does not get decorated until the late afternoon or evening of the 24th. The "Christkind", the Christ Child, brings the presents, not Father Christmas or Santa. We will read the story of christmas from the bible, light the candles on the tree and then sing the most famous Austrian Christmas song, Silent Night. If you don't know the story of the song, it is a nice one. Here is a clip at a church which has a similar celebration to the one here in my town.
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, full of love from my family to yours.
Apologies for being rather quiet. I'm in a new job and it's not leaving me much time for much else. Hope everyone is well. :)
My cat Pepper loves her new spot under the Christmas tree. It's her favourite place for hiding, resting, and relaxing. Also if she gets bored, she can entertain herself by playing with the decorations.
As the year comes to an end I reflect on this years ups and downs. Sadly its been more downs than ups, but overall I can't complain. I'm so thankful for my family and good friends that made this Christmas so wonderful. Hope you had a lovely Christmas too.
The Christmas tree have to go tomorrow, but I will as always keep my ornament heart until next year. Its a symbol on what's most important in life.
"Love is all you need" xxx.
Thank you for all your views, faves and comments. I really do appreciate it very much :)
© by Anita Price Foto
Gift available in the world store.
There are also more gifts available.
Merry Christmas.
Lola's Closet
Temperate House
Christmas at Kew
13 November 2024 to 5 January 2025
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London
"Christmas is a telling, time-wondering time. Wonder enough about it, and you'll know, and you'll tell me about it..."
- Roy Rogers
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Christmas magic is silent.
You don't hear it, you feel it.
You know it.
You believe it.
Kevin Alan Milne
Il Natale è la luce che spezza la notte oscura dei secoli.
Juan Maria Canales
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXx_1pZV8tE
Best wishes to all my Friends!
Carissimi auguri a tutti i miei Amici!
I would like to wish all my amazing Flickr friends a very merry Christmas.
SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm f2.8 ED [IF] SDM
This photograph is taken from inside my last office, the opening of a store was being celebrated across the street...