Tea lights in a Georg Jensen brass candle holder. This is what makes winter in Denmark bearable.
Christmas 10, 2012
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Christmas 9, 2012
I know that if the diode lights with changing colors had been available when I was a kid I would have had as many christmas figures as my children have.
Christmas 8, 2012
Two more hearts made all by hand. I love these traditions.
Christmas 7, 2012
In Denmark we still take pride in making our own decorations for the tree. Already in ’82 when I went to college in the US, people looked at me as if I was an alien when I began braiding stars, making hearts and insisted that we used real, live candles on the trees at home.
This homemade heart is from a company get-together. It is traditional to fill such a heart with little cookies called ‘pebbernødder’.
Christmas 6, 2012
My local café, Ingolfs Kaffebar, has these little neon coloured plastic Christmas trees on the tables. I don’t know why I find them so charming, perhaps because I haven’t seen fake trees not trying to look like trees before.
Christmas 5, 2012
Another shot of Magasin – the Christmas lit warehouse on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.
I realized that unless I want to share Christmas inspired photos way into January, I need to post twice a day for a little while. Fall pictures in the spring is okay but not Christmas in January.
Christmas 4, 2012
The large department store, Magasin, is illuminated like this every Christmas. Probably not very original but I love the way it looks.
Christmas 3, 2012
Right at the beginning of December I had the chance to spend an hour trying to capture the Christmas lights in Copenhagen. I admit that they are fairly modest but I also think there is a beauty to the understatement.
Christmas 2, 2012
Nyhavn is one of the most photographed vistas in Copenhagen. Not really obvious from this shot but I wanted to capture the lights in the trees.
Christmas 1, 2012
I’m not done with our trip to Ireland yet – not by half. But Christmas shots are going to look too out of place too far into January. So I’ve decided to be merry and celebrate the holiday for a while here on my blog – enjoy!
What I love most of all about Christmas is the lights. Here in Denmark it turns dark at 4 p.m. now and the sun doesn’t rise until 8 a.m. Maybe that explains my affiniation for Christmas lights and it has been especially fun this year to photograph them. This shot is from Strøget – the main shopping / pedestrian street of Copenhagen. I’ve just returned from London and see that our puny decorations must suffer from low self esteem but it’s what we’ve got. There will be some shots from London later on as well.
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