Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category
Happy Christmas (War is Over)
Wishing everyone who celebrates a wonderful Christmas season full of love, joy, and, most of all, peace.
Download your own WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It!) poster in your language now.
Merry Christmas Eve from Calvin & Hobbes
As is tradition, here is the most adorable Christmas Eve poem of all time:
Happiest of holidays to you and yours!
Seasons Greetings at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.
When my mom and I went to Washington, D.C. last year at this time, we went on a bus tour through a local company; part of the scheduled day was to be spent at the United States Botanic Garden.
To be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled about it — how interesting could that possibly be when there was so much else in D.C. that I wanted to see? But it was a rainy, cold, gloomy day, so a little inside time was rather welcome.
As it turned out, this was one of the most impressive, awe-inspiring, festive, gorgeous parts of our day. The annual Seasons Greetings exhibit features “Washington landmark buildings all created with plant materials set amidst pathways and pools of blooming poinsettias and other holiday plants (emphasis added).” ALL of what you are about to see was created with plant materials. Simply amazing.
There was also a special section for children and the young at heart; the exhibit had a decidedly different feel, but again, everything was made with plant materials.
See lots more photos of the Botanical Garden on my Washington, D.C. Flickr set.
This year’s exhibit will be up until January 2,
so there’s something else you can do in D.C. besides just visiting Union Station.
A Norwegian Christmas at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station
For 14 years counting, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the people of Norway have given Washington, D.C. officials a 30-foot tree that holds some 8,000 lights and added a decidedly Scandinavian flair to an already gorgeous train station.
Read on...What to Do in New York City for Christmas
If I could do it every year, I would. There’s nothing quite like walking around New York City at Christmastime and just soaking everything in.
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