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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #140 on: December 15, 2009, 05:37:25 pm »
lovely tree Fabienne!
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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #141 on: December 17, 2009, 11:42:04 am »
Not mine, I found the pic on the net somewhere.


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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #142 on: December 17, 2009, 12:30:23 pm »
A Schwibbogen (light arch):



I inherited one from my father. I never was too keen on Schwibbögen in general, but I put mine up every year anyway. The kids loved it. Now it's broken and I miss it. Maybe I'll buy myself one.

How interesting! We have a whirligig from Norway. It's wood and has three deer in different positions so when it goes around, it looks like one deer moving. There are candles on the corners, and the rising hot air makes it go around. The propeller blades on top are awfully scorched but I set it up every year enniway.
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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #143 on: December 17, 2009, 05:55:53 pm »
Not mine, I found the pic on the net somewhere.



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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #144 on: December 17, 2009, 06:08:46 pm »
How interesting! We have a whirligig from Norway. It's wood and has three deer in different positions so when it goes around, it looks like one deer moving. There are candles on the corners, and the rising hot air makes it go around. The propeller blades on top are awfully scorched but I set it up every year enniway.


That's what we call a Christmas-Pyramid. I have two or three of them. They come in many different sizes and shapes; small, big, with only one story or two, three or four, with different themes, etc.




See the tree in the middle of the middle photo? This is a very typical work from the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). The tree is made from one piece, which is worked on as if it were a lemon and you want to make lemon zests. Or butter reels. Only you don't cut them off, but leave the rolled-up end on the pice. Then the next one, and so forth.
My father came from that area, so my grandparents used to send such stuff.

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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #145 on: December 24, 2009, 09:16:44 pm »

Christmastime is Here (in New York)



NEW YORK CITY—1977.
© Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos




NEW YORK CITY—Santa Claus consults a subway map, 1990.
© Erich Hartmann / Magnum Photos




NEW YORK CITY—Dancers’ legs at Radio City Music Hall, 1959.
© Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos



Wherever you are--Merry Christmas!!


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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #146 on: December 25, 2009, 02:38:50 am »




Thanks, John!  Merry Christmas to you, too!  :-*
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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #148 on: December 24, 2010, 07:04:29 am »
Something good must have happened in Ennis's life ......



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Re: The assorted Christmas pics thread
« Reply #149 on: December 05, 2012, 12:24:25 pm »
 :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

Saw this on Facebook today and had to share:

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