Christmas cards
Harry Mason <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:27:35 +0000 (UTC)
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About the only ascii pictures I have time for these days are greeting
cards. I make two or three every year but hardly ever think of posting
them here. Being stuck at home this year has reminded me that I should
finally share them. These are my Christmas cards for the last several
years.
An old one first - Father Christmas:
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And the elves in his workshop:
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Time to decorate the Christmas tree:
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And hang up stockings for the whole family:
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A plum pudding ready for the feast:
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Some traditional pursuits - ice skating:
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Singing carols along with a festive brass band:
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How about The Twelve Days of Christmas:
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Building a snowman:
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|==| /===| /______\ \ /
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And a ghost story for a winter evening:
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|________.=====.________| |
|________[--___]________::::::.
| '=====' : :
hjm | ::: : :
"...a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing
torch, in shape not unlike Plenty's horn, and held it
up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came
peeping round the door." -Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"