Santa’s Elves?

Sailors combat a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Dec. 8, 2022.

[Found in here.]

Un Pere Noël

[Found in here, alongwith a lotta other cool pasteboard patterns.]

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Santa Claus Boogie, The Voices (1955) Robert “Bobby” James Byrd sang lead with The Voices, and as Bobby Day, had a hit with Rockin’ Robin in 1958. He had a string of hits writing and singing with a number of R&B groups, including the Hollywood Flames, that usually consisted of the same performers. Not to be confused with Butane James & The Famous Flames member Bobby Byrd.

THIS is amazing.

THIS is criminal.

THIS is how to arrive in port.

Gingerbread NYC

Buck popped a cap.

They ate Lego heads.

BFFs [via Bunkerville].

The King of Christmas.

Annie Lennox noticed.

The Simpsons of Estonia.

Little hunters and gatherers.

Computer girls of yore [via  American Digest].

Shambleau!
[h/t Memo Of The Air for making me DuckDuckGo it.]

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Christmas

Abbey of San Galgano, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy

Christmas Eve

Abandoned railway station in Leary, Georgia. Carla Parris, photographer.

[Image found here.]


Update: Here it is on Google Maps Street View if you’re curious.

Well Hallelujah.

Not sure where this optimistic angel came from but she’s on my bookshelf.

Felt Just Like Christmas

[Found in here.]

Vintage Christmas Cheesecake

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Holiday Trains

The Duke Energy Trains include more than 300 rail cars and 60 locomotives steaming through a custom-made city that features local landmarks Union Terminal, Paul Brown Stadium and the Roebling Bridge. The train show debuted in 1946 and historic train layouts are also on display.

The Duke Energy Holiday Trains is on view at the Cincinnati Museum Center through Jan. 3, 2021.

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Christmas in Space

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