Seasons Greetings
by Kay Novy
Title
Seasons Greetings
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season. Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people (including non-Christians) in Western society and in Asia. The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". There are innumerable variations on this greeting, many cards expressing more religious sentiment, or containing a poem, prayer or Biblical verse; others stay away from religion with an all-inclusive "Season's greetings".
A Christmas card is generally commercially designed and purchased for the occasion. The content of the design might relate directly to the Christmas narrative with depictions of the Nativity of Jesus, or have Christian symbols such as the Star of Bethlehem or a white dove representing both the Holy Spirit and Peace. Many Christmas cards show Christmas traditions, such as seasonal figures (e.g., Santa Claus, snowmen, and reindeer), objects associated with Christmas such as candles, holly, baubles, and Christmas trees, and Christmastime activities such as shopping, caroling, and partying, or other aspects of the season such as the snow and wildlife of the northern winter. Some secular cards depict nostalgic scenes of the past such as crinolined shoppers in 19th century streetscapes; others are humorous, particularly in depicting the antics of Santa and his elves.
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October 25th, 2012
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Comments (18)
Liesl Walsh
Great image! Brings back memories of living up north! Don't see snow now that I'm in Florida. :-) l/f
Ann Johndro-Collins
Beautiful winter scene, Kay...looks like every winter in northern Maine...like the bevy of activity surrounding the fresh snowfall.
Randy Rosenberger
Nice Wisconsin typical winter storm, Kay! Hope we don't see this for a while yet. lol Like the snow falling and your captured the essence of the storm and the activity so well. fave and vote
Angela Davies
What a great scene! I just love the snow and even snow shoveling ! This makes me want to grab a shovel and join in! Makes a great Christmas card too! V/F
Kay Novy replied:
Thanks. Lol........you are the first person I ever knew that lived shoveling snow! Hope you gets lots to shovel this winter!