Here's my #ChristmasTree for y'all! At the base, one of the Auxiliary Telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory. Above it, the Magellanic Clouds, two small galaxies orbiting our own. The tree-topper is 47 Tucanae, a globular cluster containing millions of #stars.
I took this photo early this morning with my phone using only the light of the tree. Maybe turning the room lights on would have been a good idea. This Christmas is the first Christmas in a long time that we've had a child in the house, our great-grandchild. Hence the new tree, last year I took a ceramic tree, set it on the table, and said ... done. As you might imagine, most of the gifts under the tree are for him. Hmmm ... it feels strange being a great-grandfather. That's the way the world turns.
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
Feliz Navidad de Nuevo Mexico
Old Town Albuquerque
A tone-mapped image of the shops at Dom Luis Plaza just off the main plaza in Old Town. The shops are open late for Christmas shopping adding to the festive air.
The photo was taken and post processed in 2010. I went back to the original TIF to add lens correction, re-crop, and contrast balance this morning.
🎄 I wish you the joy of family and friends this holiday season and a prosperous New Year! 🎉
#Gingerbread#cookies I received during Koliada celebration (Slavic Winter Solstice holiday). Had four of them, only #ChristmasTree and #cat remained when I took this photo.
Half of our Christmas tree decoration are old wooden figurines my grandmother already decorated her trees with. She loved Christmas Eve. Who can blame her – it was her birthday. Good memories! But of course she used much more tinsel. 😉
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I hope you've got a great time! 🎄
Every year we get a really #ChristmasTree. In January I cut off the branches and put them in the garden waste bin (which smells incredible until March when it is collected). The trunk is cut up and stored in the shed to dry. The following #ChristmasEve we burn it in the log burner. Here is the ‘22 tree 🎄 ready to go!