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Sapins éblouis

As much as the snow was a pain in the butt for many of you, I loved it. It has been quite a while since so much of it fell upon us. Brightens everything around here in town (until it turns to grey brown slushy stuff).

Lumières

Place d'Armes, all in blue. Before the -8 C sets in, I thought I would finally comply to a request I've been putting off for a good week!

YMC resting

It's finally over. Now, new year's eve and then the true relaxation can commence...

Santa showed up!

The tree colors are totally screwed up and I love it! Looks like a case of cross-processing. Technically I don't remember what I did, it was Christmas morning and I wasn't thinking "let's be a cool lomo-ish photographer". It was more like "open your eyes and focus, the kids are waiting..."

Reflections of a Christmas spirit (2)

Merry Christmas everyone.  Snoopy's advent calendar says, and I quote, "Go caroling to your next-door neighbors and wish them a very merry Christmas!"  Hmmm, may be a tad late for that now, but hey do it after all those presents tomorrow morning.

"Noël" store

Merry Christmas to one and all. The Christmas spirit is closest to the little ones. if you can't quite feel it, get close to a small child, it will immediately infect you, I promise, worse than the most virulent flu!! Snoopy tells us, and I quote, "Play Holiday charades!"

Lights away!

Replaces leaves. I tend to enjoy these little lights in big fat trees. Snoopy's countdown to Christmas says, and I quote, "Learn the names of all of Santa's reindeer".

Le Pont

Evening setting, great light.  Kinda tired of taking Christmas lights for the Christmas spirit thing...maybe tomorrow.  Snoopy's countdown to Christmas says, and I quote, "Make a marshmallow snowman".  Yumm.

Reflections of a Christmas spirit

That ain't ice.   Snoopy says, and I quote, "Ask your parents about their favorite Christmas memory".

Holy Christmas?

The image everyone is avoiding...to all you overly politically correct sensors...have no fear I am solely responsible for posting the nativity scene.  Part of the spirit of Christmas is related to this scene.  Don't get me wrong, I am not religious, but you have to admit the "relatedness" of which the date can easily come into argument.  Now if we really want to go back in time, the christian holiday came into being as a result of being calqued over a roman holiday during which presents were exchanged, amongst other rituals...although many will start a real battle on the topic, suffice it to say the debate is open.  Oh, let's not forget Snoopy's advent calendar that says, and I quote, "Help wrap packages"...email me, I would be a prime candidate for this kind of help!