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Merry Christmas to everyone...!!!

Hi elmo ..... time seems to be going by scarily fast for me. Still ...... better than each day dragging. :D

The big XMAS tree is back...  It's unbelievable the holidays are here again.  Time goes TOOOOOOO fast.

Fast moving clouds ..... heading my way!

Looks bare without the Christmas tree.

Happy Holidays, Elmo :)

Hi Elmo ...... lovely to hear from you. Have a great time.

Merry XMAS Mommie Dearest, Mira, trix and everyone else...  My best wishes for the New Year!!!

Very nice.

The 'Nordic Village' is all lit up now.

Hi Mira ..... I love ice carvings. Always makes me think of those sand sculptures on the beaches. :D

I guess we'll have to wait until Dec. 12th to see the fun begin.  The ice carving starts on Dec. 19th, also in the square.

Hi NQ and Mira.  It says Nordic village and there will be a son et lumiere presentation. I've been to chateaux where they have done those. They tell a story with sounds and light. In the ones I've seen there's a voice telling you things like "And on this spot ..... Louis XIV declared he would have a spiral staircase built," cue a shaft of light hitting the appropriate spot.  Or they re-enacted a battle with all sorts of sounds and lights. Very good fun. If only we had sound on here.

Mira the poster looks like they're advertising a christmas village but down below that is this-

• Bobsleigh, entertainment for children.
• Choo choo! A train in the land of the Eskimos

so maybe it's and eskimo village !

I'll have to remember to take a look during the daylight to see if I can make out what it is.

It does look like ice sculptures so you're probably right about that.

I was thinking maybe ice sculptures but then I saw this on their website ... http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.saint-dizier.fr/evenement/la-scene-grand-nord-464.html&prev=search ... what do you think?

I don't know what's in the fence in area but it looks almost like a giant manger scene.

christmas tree has gone up here--a HUGE one !

Hi Elmo ... I'm looking forward to it.  :)

Yes .... they always have a huge tree ....... and nicely decorated.

Pretty soon, we will be seeing the large XMAS tree...  I wonder what they will have across the street this year.