12 Days of Christmas (Images) – Day 12

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Day 12 – wow that went quickly!  As this is our big finale today we’re posting a few images relating to the origins of Christmas.

On Day 10 we briefly talked about the origins of Santa, but we decided that we needed to delve deeper into the ‘reason for the season’.

These images are in celebration of the origins of Christmas.  Whether you celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense or whether you choose a non-religious ‘Family Day’ celebration – this post is a hark back to the traditional Christmas story.

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12 Days of Christmas (Images) – Day 11

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Christmas time is always better with community involvement.  We’ve already posted a couple of examples of community Christmas spirit with the Light Up Your House contestants on Day 5 and Day 9; but today we’re looking at the Santa Parade.  These photos were taken a few weeks back at the Southland Santa Parade.  There were some great floats this year and a great turn out from the community.

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12 Days of Christmas (Images) – Day 7

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We’re keeping it nice and simple today.  Today’s images are close to Layton’s heart – Christmas goodies!  Owing to the fact that I’m not dedicated enough to cook an entire Christmas meal to take photos of it, here is a small selection of Layton’s favourites (excluding the turkey as per the aforementioned not being dedicated enough).

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12 Days of Christmas (Images) – Day 6

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We’ve reached the halfway mark in our series and today we’re taking a little look at some Christmas trees (unfortunately these are of the fake variety, but decoratable all the same).

You might notice a bit of smoke in the background of a couple of images…no the lights didn’t get too hot and catch fire.  We are actually doing a little experimenting with a smoke machine for another project and couldn’t resist having a wee go with the trees – just to entertain ourselves if we’re honest.

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Getting Published

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Today we had the pleasure of having our pictures published in a tabloid in our local paper (The Southland Times).  It’s so satisfying to have someone appreciate your work and even more satisfying to see it in print.

This tabloid is an annual publication inserted into the paper targeted at visitors to our region.

Click here to check out a copy of the Summer Times tabloid.