Creative Arts Christmas Weekend 2023
Get in the mood with some Christmas weather...
Thursday morning in the USA and it's time for another weekend of creativity. Christmas Eve is fast approaching so hang your stockings, put out the milk and cookies and post some photos or other works of art. No flags for Ukraine and Israel this time, but a tribute to our Creative Arts participants.
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Thanks, A. MAC
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And now, for me it's Christmas in Chongqing. First of all, on the street...
And in the department store across the road from where we live...
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It seems that Christmas in China looks the same as Christmas in the West. Nice photos and thanks for sharing.
There are probably about 100 million Christians living in China, but for the retailers it isn't religious, it's the market.
My sister-in-law gave us this Santa. He is a merry old soul.
Did your sister-in-law drop it down your chimney?
Morning... Santa having a smoko break...and putting his feet up on the Esky...not my photo...
Three guesses as to what's in the cooler.
Naturally it would be soft drink..😁😁 couldn't have a drunk Santa is charge of six white boomers... Reindeer can't hack the heat..
LOL. Australian Santa, I love it. Is his home at the SOUTH Pole?
Nah still the North Pole that way he visits the Great Southern Land first..so we get the best stuff..
Well, that may be illogical because it gives his biggest heaviest load a longer trip than necessary, but where does he do a "change of horses" like they did in the old stagecoach west in America, changing from reindeer to kangaroos?
It's all magic..soon as he hits Oz they magically change from reindeer to boomers..
Once he leaves the WA coast line they change back to reindeer..
Everyone knows that..😁😁🦘🦘
Morning...my Christmas tree...
What does everyone else's look like around the world??
Little tree, little picture.
Morning...ahh nice John..was trying to think of a small tree for my mum who has gone into aged care..that would be perfect..
Merry Christmas to you..
My little tree is not that dark, but the camera on my phone is not the greatest or rather, I never took the time to learn how to adjust it. I dont take a lot of pictures. .
Merry Christmas to you Shona.
If you make the picture bigger, the tree will look bigger.
Gave this 4 1/2 foot tree to my mother when she went to assisted living and eventually to long term care. Each ornament is a pewter town ornament that they make once a year. When she passed it made its way to my family room.
Morning right..that is a lovely way to remember your Mum at this time of year..
My only Aunt passed away in May but I kept last years Christmas card from her, plus my only Uncle and grandparents who passed away 40 odd years ago...
I put their cards out every year..
That is also all I use..my mobile camera and only know the basics.. it's enough to get by with...🎄🎄🎄
Pewter looks like silver, might have a bit of silver in it, but is supposed to shine like silver, so I guess that would make one think of the Christmas song "Silver Bells".
That's a really nice thing to do, Shona.
No tree in our home, but we do have a shrine to the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy.
Doesn't matter Buzz... everyone just does their own thing.. it's what makes the world go round..🎄😁🎄😁
via LunaPic photo editor
Thanks for telling me about LunaPic. I can open it and I'm going to start exploring the possibilities.
The same to you, JR.
Town Center, Ocala Florida.
Fantastic!!!
Arvo Kavika...wow they really do a great job with the lights..
Christmas lights in my town..we use a Norfolk island pine as the centre piece..
I think that the biggest decorated Christmas tree I ever saw with my own eyes was the one at Rockefeller Center in NYC.
The Norfolk pine is approx 120 years old so it is a decent size..
My tiny office Christmas tree next to the shallow aquarium...
Nice, I'm sure the fish enjoy it.
Two from early this morning, after the rain.
(© G. Gam)
Top photo is beautiful. What is that in the second picture - looks like a flame?
The sun through the clouds.
Ah yes. To me it looked a little like a candle flame.
It's a work in progress... I'm not in love with it yet, but it's starting to take shape. I've only been working on it for 3 years now.
Comes the darkness of December
I smell it in the wind
I hear on the stair
Comes the darkness of December
I see it on my window
I feel in my bones
Comes the darkness of December
Mother Skuld walks the night
Lady Skadi brings the snows
Morning... Merry Christmas everyone..
Christmas day is here and will be gearing up for Christmas lunch and tea...will have the usual pork ham and seafood...
Enjoy your time with family, though for my rellies and I, it will be a time to remember many Christmas past as my aunt is no longer with us this year..but we have fantastic memories which we will never forget...
Happy Christmas and enjoy the day when it arrives...
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From our worlds to yours -
That was really fun to read - thanks for that post.
Morning...Christmas is all over for another year and it's Boxing Day here...well Christmas night was a first last night..
Quarter to midnight just dropping off to sleep when there was a thump and scrabbling at the back door...it went on for ages..so got up and it was as I thought..
A koala was trying to get in..ahhh joy..turned the light on and opened the back door..he just sat there looking at me..it was raining and he was all wet...was tempted to get him a towel but thought better of it..
He had been trying to climb over the gates but because they were wet he couldn't get a grip on the palings..
Sigh so I go out in my PJs and in the rain, open the gate and stand there holding it open while he casually walks through and climbs up the gumtree out the front..
A Christmas night to remember..he is still up the tree this morning...🐨🐨
I'll guess he wasn't dressed as Santa Claus.
I'll extend this weekend article today to allow for anyone who wants to post photos of their 2023 Christmas experience.
The extended holiday weekend is over so I was going to close this article but the site did it for me by allowing it to be wiped off the front page, so at this point I may as well lock it. I expect that A.Mac will sit in the driver's seat for next weekend's article, the welcoming year 2024 Creative Arts weekend. My thanks to all who posted and kept the Creative Arts Weekend active.