Nov 05 2009
Christmas Winter Scenes
As the holiday season approaches, thoughts of snowstorms, christmas lights and Christmas winter scenes fill your mind and tempt you with memories of holidays past and the Christmas celebrations to come.
One of the greatest things about winter is that there are so many winter activities that you can do while enjoying the many Christmas winter scenes that unfold in the community and in nature. In the spirit of the holiday season, I’ve decided to share a few beautiful Christmas scenes that I came across online while I was searching for snowshoeing photos.
Beautiful Christmas Winter Scenes
Just as the holiday songs describe, spending time downtown and in the city is highly enjoyable during the holidays. The town square is always blanketed with multicolored lights, and most often you’ll find a giant Christmas tree towering over the passers-by. As you walk down main street, you can hear the familiar clanging of the Salvation Army bell, and the wonderful scent of pumpkin spice coffee or hot chocolate as people walk past you, warming their hands on each side of their steaming cup.
It’s not a dream - it’s the experience that you can have by getting out there and taking a walk down main street in the town or city near you. To encourage you, I’m going to publish a few of my favorite Christmas winter scenes.
A Charles Dickens Christmas Scene
Europe is easily the best place on Earth to spend Christmas, and this nighttime winter scene from Edinburgh, Scotland at Christmas proves it. Crowds beneath the lit Ferris Wheel watch as ice skaters glide across the skating rink that glows under the many lights that surround it. This celebration looks like a really good time.
Photographer: Ian Britton, freefoto.com
I’m not sure that U.S. citizens really understand the quaint architecture and the warmth of many of the streets in the UK. Here’s one scene from York, England that will have you rushign over to your nearest travel agent to book a Christmas flight to the UK.
Photographer: Ian Britton, freefoto.com
Okay, I admit it - I couldn’t get enough of York. When we do make it there (hopefully some time in the coming year), this is one place that we’re certainly going to visit. York looks absolutely stunning, especially during Christmas
Photographer: Ian Britton, freefoto.com
If you’re planning to travel this holiday season and you’re not sure where to go - Europe is obviously a destination of choice if you want to have one of the most magical Christmas experiences of your life.
Other Christmas Scenes
I couldn’t finish up this nostalgic article with a couple more winter scenes that are sure to remind you of Christmas seasons gone past. The following image is one of my favorites - a sleigh ride through the countryside.
Photographer: Ian Britton, freefoto.com
We’ve been on sleigh rides through Portland, Maine and down in Boston, Mass - and we’ve even been on carriage rides through different farm fields in southern Maine and New Hampshire, but we’ve yet to take a sleigh ride through the snow-drifted fields of the countryside. That’s something I hope to remedy this year.
One more thing I wanted to mention: If you’re looking to immerse yourself into the holiday spirit, do yourself the favor of taking a drive through one of the winter wonderland drive-through tours that many golf courses and other businesses put on each Christmas. There’s very likely one in your area.
The image above comes from Callaway Gradens, a golf course down in Pine Mountain, Georgia that puts on such an event called “Fantasy In Lights.”
No matter how you celebrate the holidays, and how you get into the festive spirit - I hope these holiday winter scenes sparked a little bit of holiday cheer that will grow throughout the season.
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