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At the traditional Vienna Magic of Advent, the Rathausplatz becomes a shining fairytale land. The 150 or so sales stands offer Christmas gifts, Christmas tree decorations, sweets and warming drinks. The trees of the surrounding City Hall park are festively decorated and radiate in a sea of lights. There are lots of offers here for children in particular.
Not far away is the Christmas village on Maria-Theresien-Platz, situated between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum. 70 stands offering traditional handicrafts and original gift ideas are set up here during Advent. The romantic Christmas village in the Old AKH is also a popular meeting point during the run-up to Christmas, especially for the younger crowd. There are also two areas for playing “ice stock sport”, an Alpine game similar to curling, right in the Christmas village.
The Old Viennese Christmas Market on Freyung in the city center is committed to tradition. A Christmas market was held here as early as 1772; today, it is a place to buy handicrafts, glass decorations, traditional cribs and ceramics. Festive Advent music can be heard on the square from 16:00. Top-quality handicrafts can also be purchased a couple of steps further along at the Am Hof Advent Market.
The cultural and Christmas market in front of Schönbrunn Palace offers romance in front of an imperial backdrop, and is converted into a New Year's market after Christmas. The atmospheric market offers traditional handicrafts, hand-made Christmas decorations, Christmas concerts and an extensive children's program, including Christmas workshop. The Christmas Village at Belvedere Palace enjoys an impressive baroque background. The unique palace gardens provide an ideal site for a tranquil Christmas market.
Children in particular also really appreciate the Christmas Market on Karlsplatz. In addition to an extensive children’s program, the market is above all noted for handicrafts. There are also numerous stalls full of artisans’ wares in the idyllic tiny alleyways at the Christmas Market on Spittelberg and numerous other vendors with unique culinary gift ideas.
Entertainment is the word at the winter market on Riesenradplatz. There are children's adventure rides, musical live acts and a humorous show program here until 6 January. The Christmas market at Stephansplatz focusses on contemplation and tradition, with 26 booths offering high-quality products from Austria.
An Imperial and Royal Christmas Market will be held on Michaelerplatz this year for the first time. Austrian producers, some of whom are descendants of former Imperial and Royal Court Suppliers, will offer their high-quality goods in radiantly white market booths.
Merry Christmas slightly early! That hat was surprisingly hard to sew. If you look carefully you will see a small squirrel on that shelf in the back.
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The street lights in Toronto welcome the holiday season. Toronto's downtown core is always buzzling with activity.
Christmas Cookies (cinnamon stars) from the Cake Project
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Unedited shot of a singing Christmas tree in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1.
Yesterday was a bit of a shit day at the office, so I was glad to get out of there and to bike off the stress and frustration of the day, and luckily on the way home I came across this human singing Christmas tree that was standing outside the Amstel Hotel, singing Christmas songs for the entertainment of the rich people entering the Hotel, but us poor people passing by stopped as well and enjoyed the show for a while. The singer lady was really sweet and lovely, together with her pretty voice, this created a beautiful, Christmas'ish atmosphere, people sat down on the ground and sang along, everybody was snapping some pictures or movies of the whole event, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who left completely happy, with a big smile on his face, and a lot less worries on his mind. Thank you so much for making my crappy day a great day dear singing Christmas tree lady, and if I was rich, I would hire you to stand in my street and do your thing all month long, you rock :)
Of course I've made a movie of the singing Christmas tree as well, check it out on my YouTube page, thank you :)
Christmas decorations inside Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Plan a visit at www.romanticasheville.com/biltmorechristmas.htm
Christmas lights and decorations on a house on the corner of 166th Street and 23rd Avenue in Whitestone, Queens, New York.
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this photo is simply to show how long my hair is getting. haha. i'm trying to find picture from this time last year to see how much it's grown. i'm growing it out.
christmas eve night, went to 3 parties. that is all
this is all messed up because it was too many MBs to upload.. so its all thin and ew
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Christmas decorations inside Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. Plan a visit at www.romanticasheville.com/biltmorechristmas.htm
this little guy was looking very festive, with temps in the 50's I dont think he'll be seeiing any snow this year.