Posts Tagged "Christmas" by Virtualtourist
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And the stockings were hung....
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4 yrs ago
This is the closest I could come to a chimney/fireplace.
Even if we had one, it wouldn't have been used....it was 78º on Christmas day. |
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Who Stole Winter?
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4 yrs ago
It's 72º here today! I want snow for Christmas.
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4 yrs ago
Entertaining myself (and that doesn't take much) while waiting in my dad's doctor's office.
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A Family Tradition
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4 yrs ago
Every year my grandkids and I go around looking at Christmas light displays. DustyLensCap told us about this home and we checked it out tonight.
I love Sweet Tater's pizza hat...it got as much attention from other onlookers as the light display! See more photos here. |
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4 yrs ago
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Besh Ba Gowah Archaelogical Park
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4 yrs ago
700 year old Pueblo ruins, decked out for us photo buffs.
Globe, Arizona, USA In the 1800’s luminarias were small bonfires built along the roadside to commemorate Christ’s birth. They were used to guide people to Midnight Mass on the final night of LAS POSADAS, “lodging or inn”. Later people used farolitos, small paper bags with sand in the bottom and a small candle inside to light the bag. This was a substitute for the more dangerous bonfires. Children in the southwest, reenacting the night of Las Posadas often carried the farolitos in their hands. Today they are used to line walkways, driveways and roof tops. The night of Las Posadas is a festive celebration first introduced to the Mexican Indians by European missionaries reenacting the story of Joseph and Mary’s search for lodging in Bethlehem in a series of NOVENA, “nine days”, beginning December 16th. Each night a group of carolers would go from |
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Besh Ba Gowah Archaelogical Park
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4 yrs ago
700 year old Pueblo ruins, decked out for us photo buffs.
Globe, Arizona, USA In the 1800’s luminarias were small bonfires built along the roadside to commemorate Christ’s birth. They were used to guide people to Midnight Mass on the final night of LAS POSADAS, “lodging or inn”. Later people used farolitos, small paper bags with sand in the bottom and a small candle inside to light the bag. This was a substitute for the more dangerous bonfires. Children in the southwest, reenacting the night of Las Posadas often carried the farolitos in their hands. Today they are used to line walkways, driveways and roof tops. The night of Las Posadas is a festive celebration first introduced to the Mexican Indians by European missionaries reenacting the story of Joseph and Mary’s search for lodging in Bethlehem in a series of NOVENA, “nine days”, beginning December 16th. Each night a group of carolers would go from |
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Besh Ba Gowah Archaelogical Park
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4 yrs ago
700 year old Pueblo ruins, decked out for us photo buffs.
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I can't say it enough....
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5 yrs ago
Have a very Merry Christmas, the magical day has arrived.
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