I love Christmas. I love the shopping, the food, the gift giving, family gatherings and the lights. While in Denver last weekend I went out of my hotel to look at the Christmas lights. What interested me most was the overall festive and happy feeling I get from Christmas lights. It is amazing how lights can change the character of the things they adorn. The white lights on the bare trees seem to be floating in space giving a otherworldly tornado effect. The red lights on the tall evergreens seemed to be standing proud and boastful showing off their new apparel like Regal Kings. The evergreen with the green lights seemed to have a subdued and reserved feeling in its slightly narrower stance. As a collective the group of trees seemed to have their own personalities and character like a bunch of royalty attending a ball. Each seemed proud of their Christmas adornment and gave off a feeling of cheer. Christmas lights signify wonder and they give me the feeling that anything is possible during this time of year. I feel like the trees stand energized adorned in their lighted jewels waiting for a jolly man in a sleigh to rest gifts at their feet.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Week 8: The Most Wonderful Time of The Year.
I love Christmas. I love the shopping, the food, the gift giving, family gatherings and the lights. While in Denver last weekend I went out of my hotel to look at the Christmas lights. What interested me most was the overall festive and happy feeling I get from Christmas lights. It is amazing how lights can change the character of the things they adorn. The white lights on the bare trees seem to be floating in space giving a otherworldly tornado effect. The red lights on the tall evergreens seemed to be standing proud and boastful showing off their new apparel like Regal Kings. The evergreen with the green lights seemed to have a subdued and reserved feeling in its slightly narrower stance. As a collective the group of trees seemed to have their own personalities and character like a bunch of royalty attending a ball. Each seemed proud of their Christmas adornment and gave off a feeling of cheer. Christmas lights signify wonder and they give me the feeling that anything is possible during this time of year. I feel like the trees stand energized adorned in their lighted jewels waiting for a jolly man in a sleigh to rest gifts at their feet.
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Great image - I hate lights on the stalks of trees but love them in the canopies and they have that here :)
ReplyDeleteChirstmas is so connected to light and I believe brings together so many of the positive reactions and evaluations of light in our lives
I love Christmas lights!! They make me so happy! They remind me of my youth growing up in the midwest…some families in my neighborhood took Christmas lights very seriously!
ReplyDeleteOh, I just posted my blog, and came back down to see what everyone else did, and Christian, we are on the same wavelength this week! Christmas is almost here!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Colleen, Brooklyn Italians take Christmas lights seriously as well.... check out my post ;)