Christmas is over once again.

 During the Christmas season I posted (on Flickr) a series of photos called "The Many faces of Santa". The series had photos of different gift giving figures like Santa Claus that I have accumulated over time. Today the last of the set is being posted and they are of the back of these characters.

To the best of my knowledge all the Christmas Gift Givers have come and gone for another year.
Epiphany was yesterday, the twelve days of Christmas are over, the Yules Lads have all departed and today (I believe) is orthodox Christmas.

That's why today's gift giving figures are shown from the back as if they are departing for another year. 

The anticipation is nice, the celebration is great, but wrapping up Christmas and putting it away is also satisfying.  To me putting away all of the things that go with Christmas is comforting. It's a sort of a pat on the back that says "we did it again, we had a good Christmas"  and it's sort of the first small steps in preparing for the next Christmas.

Putting things away so that they'll be ready when you need them for next Christmas sparks little ideas of what you might want to do next year... well not really next year, it's now the end of this year. 


It is (or was, or soon will be) time to put away the last of the decorations and with them the old year AND get on with the new one.


 I hope everyone has had a good Christmas and will have a good 2020.



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