Today, I thought I'd take you outside of Montreal for a bit and show you holiday celebrations in different parts of North America.
A few years ago, Mitya was lucky enough to be in Hawai'i during December.
What do Santa and Mrs. Claus do in Hawai'i on Christmas? Why, sit by the pool, of course!
A snowman family is out to surf for the holidays.
I love the palm trees in this Christmas tree picture. Classic tropical Christmas.
We were also in New Orleans two years ago, where all you needed to stay warm on New Year's Eve was a t-shirt and a light cardigan.
This is a house in the French Quarter:
I love the decorating touch on this holly tree in the Garden District.
Many of the houses in New Orleans have these wonderful floor to ceiling shutters - and they actually use them!
When we were in North Carolina for the holidays, it snowed, creating a beautiful effect over the outdoors Christmas lights.
We took these photos in my parents' neighborhood. We were driving around in my mom's car, and I turned off the lights whenever we stopped so that they wouldn't bother our neighbors. The next day, my mom got an email from our neighborhood mailing list saying that they had seen a "suspicious black car cruising around the neighborhood around 10 p.m." and that it was parked at one corner for five minutes with the lights turned off. My mom had to tell them that it was us!
New York is a great place to visit at Christmas (although if you actually live there, it's just additional stress).
Some nights they light up the Empire State Building in Christmas colors.
Mitya doesn't remember where he took this photo, but I'm almost certain that it was in Park Slope (my old neighborhood). The brownstones look very familiar.
Christmas ornaments on outdoor trees can be seen all throughout the city (and, in fact, in other urban areas outside of New York too!). This one was taken in Brooklyn Heights.
For a truly spectacular lights experience, I recommend going to Dyker Heights. It's easiest to get there if you have a car, but we took the R train down to Bay Ridge and then the bus over (unfortunately, I can't remember which bus, but this guide should tell you). There are also tour buses that go to the neighborhood.
Brilliant Christmas presents (no pun intended).
A choir of Angels.
This larger-than-life Santa is the main star attraction of the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights display.
But my favorite was this little deer wandering out on the lawn.
A few years ago, Mitya was lucky enough to be in Hawai'i during December.
What do Santa and Mrs. Claus do in Hawai'i on Christmas? Why, sit by the pool, of course!
A snowman family is out to surf for the holidays.
I love the palm trees in this Christmas tree picture. Classic tropical Christmas.
We were also in New Orleans two years ago, where all you needed to stay warm on New Year's Eve was a t-shirt and a light cardigan.
This is a house in the French Quarter:
I love the decorating touch on this holly tree in the Garden District.
Many of the houses in New Orleans have these wonderful floor to ceiling shutters - and they actually use them!
When we were in North Carolina for the holidays, it snowed, creating a beautiful effect over the outdoors Christmas lights.
We took these photos in my parents' neighborhood. We were driving around in my mom's car, and I turned off the lights whenever we stopped so that they wouldn't bother our neighbors. The next day, my mom got an email from our neighborhood mailing list saying that they had seen a "suspicious black car cruising around the neighborhood around 10 p.m." and that it was parked at one corner for five minutes with the lights turned off. My mom had to tell them that it was us!
New York is a great place to visit at Christmas (although if you actually live there, it's just additional stress).
Some nights they light up the Empire State Building in Christmas colors.
Mitya doesn't remember where he took this photo, but I'm almost certain that it was in Park Slope (my old neighborhood). The brownstones look very familiar.
Christmas ornaments on outdoor trees can be seen all throughout the city (and, in fact, in other urban areas outside of New York too!). This one was taken in Brooklyn Heights.
For a truly spectacular lights experience, I recommend going to Dyker Heights. It's easiest to get there if you have a car, but we took the R train down to Bay Ridge and then the bus over (unfortunately, I can't remember which bus, but this guide should tell you). There are also tour buses that go to the neighborhood.
Brilliant Christmas presents (no pun intended).
A choir of Angels.
This larger-than-life Santa is the main star attraction of the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights display.
But my favorite was this little deer wandering out on the lawn.
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