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Christmas Cards
Lately, there has been a lot of news about how traditional Christmas cards are going by the wayside due to the convenience and affordability of sending them to your address book via email or even Facebook.. We tried to send Christmas cards once, when our kids were wee tots and it just added to the holiday stress, so I’m not a big advocate of sending Christmas cards in general. Of course, we love receiving them and I respond to everyone but just cannot take it on myself. Because I appreciate them, I was interested in this Holidays on Display exhibit at the National Museum of American History. It documents the…
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Christmas Trees
The photos and text (in italics) in this post have been circulating the email network so I can’t take credit and I do not know the original author. However, it’s definitely worth posting because just seeing the photos with their descriptions, helps me get in the Christmas mood, and and I hope it does you as well. I am fascinated how each country displays their Christmas trees differently, and the very artistic takes on some like Murano, Tokyo and Libson. It’s very comforting in these stressful times to see how widely Christmas is celebrated. My boys are back in town (isn’t that a song?) and we’re looking forward to a…
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Christmas Mansion Style
Art in grandscale can be somewhat ostentatious when it’s so overdone — when it overly exudes with the tremendous and exclusive amount of wealth it took to purchase it. It still captivates our attention, however. Here it is displayed in the decor of the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York compete with multiple murals and every surface has some flamboyance. In these thrifty economic times it does’t go over well to be so over the top. I like simplicity and practical things myself. I think a little bit goes a long way but it’s still intriguing to see how the other side lives. Click on the link above to…
