Merry Christmas

[laoserge]

The years have somehow taken away the holiday feel. Do you get this blues these days, when Christmas and the New Years come - like it is not a holiday anymore, nothing like that magic crystal-sparkling time you used to have back when you were a kid? Maybe you don't - but I had lost the elation of the holiday season a long time ago, the magic frayed

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[par_a_sian]

I have the same feelings, absolutely..But I even don't allow myself to feel nostalgic... always to busy...schedules, as you say...Great post, very hopeful after all :) The photos are wonderful! Is the first one your house? Who's Lemme?

[laoserge]

Thank you.
Both pics are my house : ) Rented, sadly : )
Lemme is, prosaically, 'let me'

[par_a_sian]

Ha-ha...'lemme'! I thought somehow it was a photographer friend of yours! ))
Well, this looks like a great house with this staircase, is it a duplex in an apartment block? (when I visited China's big cities, it looked like most people lived in high-risers)

[laoserge]

Thanks ))
It is indeed an apartment, a bit short of a penthouse : ))) The staircase leads to a roof patio.
BTW, the Christmas tree is a real 'orthodox' one, getting close to the roots - it is actually a palm tree! : )

[marzag]

Great post, Serge. And the whirling stairs, and the dwarf-sized Christmas tree:) Agree about the feeling totally, and especially here, where I am now, the lights and the decorations are all around, but the magic inside is but for other reasons.

[laoserge]

Thanks.
What are your reasons for magic then, you haven't grown up into the boring adult life yet? : ))

[marzag]

It's the magic of Christmas for two :)