Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone's had a great holiday. I've always loved this Casper David Friedrich painting, the imaginatively titled "Winter Landscape with Church." It's very Romantic, very tranquil, and just a shade spooky. Perhaps it's not the most Christmasy picture in the world, but I can easily imagine myself trudging through the snow to the far distant church, stopping to notice the neglected crucifix amid the trees. Paintings can easily convey emotions and feelings that are difficult or impossible to express in words, so I'll just let the picture do the rest of the talking for me today.