Snippits from Holidays Past and Present by Helen Henderson

Windmaster Legend by Helen Henderson
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Last month the post dealt with holiday traditions from worlds of imagination. Normally, I would continue that theme.  An empty chair at the table and several other events have shifted the focus into a different path. Instead of writing, I decided to take a different approach and do a pictures from the past and the present photo collage.  

From my past, the nativity with live animals at the local church. The donkey was extremely friendly.

 

From the holidays now, standing in a large, grassy area next to the church in the middle of town, the nativity stands out especially at night. In the interest of full disclosure, I know the person who made the display.

Where my people are from, plans for Christmas and New Year's are usually fluid due to the capriciousness of the weather. You never knew if it was going to be clear and sub-zero temperatures, or warmer with snow drifts that a tank could drive over. Back then weather predictions were not as accurate and a blizzard could be on you almost without warning.

 

In contrast, the weather is much warmer in the more southern climes and it seems like every town has a Christmas parade. Any of the pictures that I liked all had people in them, and since I don't use images with identifiable faces, here are a couple of pictures from the town's holiday scavenger hunt.  What you do is visit a number of places around town setup for picture taking such as being captured in the middle of "joy." Although taken at night, you can see how a family portrait can be taken as a reindeer. On the other side of the town tree are penguins also set up for portraits.

I hope you enjoyed this small snapshot into my life. Until next time, seasons greetings from Captain Ellspeth and Lord Dal from the world of Windmaster, and may your days be filled with magic. Helen

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Helen Henderson lives in western Tennessee with her husband. While she doesn’t have any pets in residence at the moment, she often visits a husky who have adopted her as one the pack. Find out more about her and her novels on her BWL author page.