It's Christmas!

[PhilipG]

Let's have all your seasonal snaps here.

They had reindeer in Blackpool, but I didn't want to frighten them by using flash, so I'm sorry that the pics are a bit dark.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/2074628556_cf721152d1_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/2073836023_ae81df45fd_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2073836665_a80e4b8d9c_o.jpg

[lindylou]

Fantastic. :handclap:

thanks Philip :)

[robbo176]

lovely photos Philip:PDT_Piratz_26:

[Steven]

Excellent Philip thanks for sharing them with us.

[drone_pilot]

Taken at the begining of the year in newsham park.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/gash/DSC_0216.jpg

[shytalk]

This deer was wildlife yesterday.....Dinner today.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/deer.jpg

[Steven]

Beautiful pickie Shy. Can you tell me is deer the same as Venison ? I had that once.

[shytalk]

Yes it is. That one was shot yesterday by my next door neighbour. Duck season starts today.

[drone_pilot]

Well done shytalk ruin Xmas for any kid seeing this post. LOL

[Steven]

Yes it is. That one was shot yesterday by my next door neighbour. Duck season starts today.


Poor thingy &**Warning*** Don't Fly over Shy Talks house unless you want to become duck a l'oronge.

[shytalk]

Poor thingy &**Warning*** Don't Fly over Shy Talks house unless you want to become duck a l'oronge.

I don't hunt.

[shytalk]

Well done shytalk ruin Xmas for any kid seeing this post. LOL

Why would it ruin a kids Xmas?

[john]

Why would it ruin a kids Xmas?

Father Christmas's Reindeer hanging up in a tree :shock:

[robbo176]

Awww!!! poor Bambi :PDT_Xtremez_42:

[drone_pilot]

Why would it ruin a kids Xmas?

See the two posts above?

[shytalk]

See the two posts above?

When they are eating their turkey dinner at Christmas will they think the bird said, I think I'll just die now so you can eat me.

[John(Zappa)]

This deer was wildlife yesterday.....Dinner today.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/deer.jpg

Go on shytalk,nice pic.Am a vegetarian but I am also a conservationast and realist.
I would hunt if I lived in your area.Especially vermin.:PDT11

[wsteve55]

Why would it ruin a kids Xmas?

Come on, you know well, why! A child's idealism, and harsh,adult, reality! There's precious little chance of a child remaining as such, for very long these day's, though I understand the culture where you now live, is different,and the picture would be relatively meaningless to the local kid's!

[PhilipG]

Town Hall.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2087778990_1c1c3e8905_o.jpg

Metquarter.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/2086995069_dffcc3c379_o.jpg

Metquarter.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2086995349_0fe10331fa_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2087780098_be3cb22ed4_o.jpg

Like previous years, part of this display doesn't work!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/2087780280_9b9226cfdc_o.jpg

[Diane]

oh that poor deer. There's some great pics on here. Love the reindeer ! theyre adorable.

Liverpool have done well with their decs this year

[lindylou]

Very festive, thanks Philip. :)

[Ged]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5038/snowmanih8.png (http://imageshack.us)

[ChrisGeorge]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1149/545179484_7c3e003b5e_o.jpg

[lindylou]

Have a look at this web-site:
http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/xmasdecs.htm

[ChrisGeorge]

Have a look at this web-site:
http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/xmasdecs.htm

Hi Lindy

I like that, and its memories of Christmas's past.

Thanks, Lindy.

Chris :hug:

[lindylou]

Some of those old style Christmas tree decs, I've still got some that I kept from my childhood days, they bring back memories.

[marky]

The Cock and Bottle pub, High Street.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/south_liverpool/Cock_and_Bottle_Xmas.jpg

[robbo176]

heres a few photos from Lewis' Grotto

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/grotto2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/grotto3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/grotto1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/grotto4.jpg

[jon_hall]

There's something wrong with the first pic Mandy :PDT10

[robbo176]

There's something wrong with the first pic Mandy :PDT10

No there isn't :Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

[jon_hall]

It's in blue for a start :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[robbo176]

It's in blue for a start :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Yes... and? I still can't see anything wrong with it ......only with the last pic:PDT_Piratz_26:

[jon_hall]

Last pic is wonderfully red and christmassy :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[robbo176]

I have blue lights & blue baubles on my christmas tree :PDT10

[jon_hall]

Police station? :PDT_Piratz_26:

[PhilipG]

There's a slight touch of camera shake here, but it's highlighted the lights like you highlight text in bold, so I'm happy with it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/2100983923_7aa8d11270_o.jpg

[Kev]

The Derby, Garston on Sunday just gone, Christmas party, my dad was father Christmas, the kids almost recognised him lol:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2101036961_14c03703c3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/2101036961/)

[Max]

Got loads of towns christmas lights on my camera.

Needed a few goes before I got decent ones.

Street lights ruin the Church Street ones.

[PhilipG]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/2100984751_8b361be57c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/2101764694_3b7f3f2b53_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2101760074_b1fe256ab4_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2100979317_5c546ca779_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2101759732_4af066ff99_o.jpg

[lindylou]

gorgeous photos Philip :handclap: thanks for posting. I've only been to town in the daytime so I havn't seen the lights yet.

[lindylou]

I took this one today of the decorations in the Cavern walks.

[PhilipG]

Nice, Lindy.

Here's a festive looking shop in Garston.
Not many businesses advertise themselves as "Hgh Class" these days.
They'll even make up "Bokays" of flowers.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2118852182_c971920745_o.jpg

[gregs dad]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1010784.jpg

Thats the presents all wrapped except the bottles,just waiting for the tables and chairs from the local scout hut to set the dining area up for tomorrow`s
dinner, only 21 of the family coming this year.

gregs dad

[PhilipG]

This'll make it 22!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/2133880632_5ff1d5158d_o.jpg

[gregs dad]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QPRc0NIeQrQ

Heard this on Radio Merseyside today, then found it on utube by Burl Ives

gregs dad

[chippie]

Twas Christmas night on the forum
outside snow was floating down,
I was typing out my story and Max was photographing town.

Chris was telling us about Baltimore
while Jimmy was writing out his jokes
Cat and Molly celibrating and Lottie in facebook poking blokes.

Now Gerry in Donegal old Ireland was singing a lovely song of Erin
and Drone, Kebabman, Ged and Steven,
was in a pub in town with Kevin.

The newbies were singing carols and seniors drinking rum
while Kev was stuck on the toilet, causing quite a hum
Then all of a sudden sweetcheeks came running in and then a pause
for in the corner large as life was shytalk, all in red as Santa Claus
:hug:
:hug:
The moral of this story folks, is keep it light and tell your jokes
and don,t forget to put yer stockin, out tonight but make sure you,ve darned the holes.


The bigger the stocking is the bigger the disappointment will be.
and Ged sure has got a big one.:PDT_Piratz_26:

:)

[chippie]

On the fist Christmas when the shepherds and wise men had knelt in adorationbefore the baby Jesus, the Christ child, Mary and Joseph put a few twigs - all they could find - on a small fire in the stable.

It was bitterly cold and though Mary wrapped her baby as well as she could, she feared he might suffer.

Unseen in the darkness, a little brown bird perched on a beam supporting the roof. Like the donkey and the cattle, it sensed that something wonderful was astir.

When the fire began to burn low, the small bird flew down, stood close to the embers, and with it,s tiny wings, fanned them into flickering flames, and it kept on doing this till dawn, it,s own feathers becoming singed.

That little bird so the story goes, was the robin, which ever since has had a red breast, a symbol of it,s devotion to our Lord....

It is of course only a legend; but perhaps too, a challenge to our own service to Christ.

[lindylou]

Twas Christmas night on the forum
outside snow was floating down,
I was typing out my story and Max was photographing town.

Chris was telling us about Baltimore
while Jimmy was writing out his jokes
Cat and Molly celibrating and Lottie in facebook poking blokes.

Now Gerry in Donegal old Ireland was singing a lovely song of Erin
and Drone, Kebabman, Ged and Steven,
was in a pub in town with Kevin.

The newbies were singing carols and seniors drinking rum
while Kev was stuck on the toilet, causing quite a hum
Then all of a sudden sweetcheeks came running in and then a pause
for in the corner large as life was shytalk, all in red as Santa Claus
:hug:
:hug:
The moral of this story folks, is keep it light and tell your jokes
and don,t forget to put yer stockin, out tonight but make sure you,ve darned the holes.


The bigger the stocking is the bigger the disappointment will be.
and Ged sure has got a big one.:PDT_Piratz_26:

:)


ha,ha, very good Chippie :handclap: :PDT_Piratz_26:

[lindylou]

On the fist Christmas when the shepherds and wise men had knelt in adorationbefore the baby Jesus, the Christ child, Mary and Joseph put a few twigs - all they could find - on a small fire in the stable.

It was bitterly cold and though Mary wrapped her baby as well as she could, she feared he might suffer.

Unseen in the darkness, a little brown bird perched on a beam supporting the roof. Like the donkey and the cattle, it sensed that something wonderful was astir.

When the fire began to burn low, the small bird flew down, stood close to the embers, and with it,s tiny wings, fanned them into flickering flames, and it kept on doing this till dawn, it,s own feathers becoming singed.

That little bird so the story goes, was the robin, which ever since has had a red breast, a symbol of it,s devotion to our Lord....

It is of course only a legend; but perhaps too, a challenge to our own service to Christ.



aaahh, a lovely little tale.

[Kev]

Cheers Chippy, happy chrimbo :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[chippie]

Happy Chrimbo Kev, to you and all yours mate.

[brian daley]

Well ,it's that time of the year again,the sacks are getting full and I'm counting the days until the big one.Had to get a new suit for this years run,you might se me in it but you should really be abed when I come.Don't forget my mince pies and brandy,plus a little something for the reindeer,
be good now and have a super Christmas,
All the best,
Santa

[pablo42]

Well ,it's that time of the year again,the sacks are getting full and I'm counting the days until the big one.Had to get a new suit for this years run,you might se me in it but you should really be abed when I come.Don't forget my mince pies and brandy,plus a little something for the reindeer,
be good now and have a super Christmas,
All the best,
Santa

Brian Daley... don't go ruining it for us kids.

[hmtmaj]

Pablo, calm down, I'm sure Brian's just "delivering" a message from Santa.
I'm looking forward to Christmas too, like I do every year.

[pablo42]

Pablo, calm down, I'm sure Brian's just "delivering" a message from Santa.
I'm looking forward to Christmas too, like I do every year.

That's ok then Martin...

[Birdy]

I was in London last week and saw these Santa's in Hyde Park and made me smile

[captain kong]

I was staying on board the old `Queen Mary` in Long Beach California in January 2007, I had a few bevies and bumped into Father Christmas and then another and another. I staggered round the corner there were more, then there were hundreds of them, I thought I had too much whisky or was in a Father Christmas world.
I got hold of Father Christmas asked him why was I seeing so many Father Christmass` He told me they were having a Convention of all American Father Christmass` from all over the States, around 500 of them. They go on `Queen Mary` every January after the season
Here is one of them in the photo.