CHRISTMAS PHOTOS

This Christmas we're doing nothing. Sort of a continuation of our recent Japan trip when we mostly did nothing. Mind you, nothing is great. I live in Honolulu and this is the view from my computer as I start this posting.

The temperature outside is 76 F, and there is a zero chance of rain if I wanted to go out on Christmas Eve. The temperature for the rest of the week will reach a low in the very high 60's, and highs around 78 F.

But since I'm doing nothing this weekend, I'm showing Christmas photos from the past. A year ago we were in Singapore.

In 2021 the Christmas tree on my 15 Craigside floor had a rainbow backdrop.

From 2020, Medellin River in Columbia and Garden by the Bay, Singapore.

In 2017 I was on VIA Rail from Vancouver to Toronto. Saw a lot of snow.

In 2016, went to a Christmas show.

In 2015 I had a staycation at the Waikiki Sheraton, followed by an annual Christmas dinner at Betsy and Harvey's. No more, for they are both gone.

In 2014, focused on Christmas in the Orient, and noted that Seoul is a cool city:

But in 2013 I showed the largest gathering of Santas, 12,965, Northern Ireland in 2007.

However, of all the places, 18,112 Saint Nicks came together in Kerala, India on December 27, 2014.

Mentioned Taylor Swift's Red in 2012. Took her a decade to become Time's Person of the Year.

On Christmas Eve of 2010, I took a photo of the Green Flash.

Merry Christmas.

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