Everywhere!
When I read the day on one of my favorite places, a large open field that is framed on either side of tree cover, past kahm and everything was already covered with snow, I was almost a bit sad that the lawn is no longer in the autumn mist was wrapped and in the many green and red hues shimmered.
But actually I am very glad that the snow sells the depressing gray.
It's worth quite a lot of attention to throw at the pictures behind the link above. These are 37 photos, which were all made in the past three days in parts of Europe and North America, where much snow has fallen. Very cool, I found that not only is the large hill in Gas Works Park in Seattle this field but also the mountain. On the craziest and most interesting I found the photo No. 17, which is a pagan-Christian tradition of St. Nicholas in Bavaria.
"People dressed as St. Nicholas, a knave in a traditional Bavarian woman's dress, two Gangerl and Butt Mandl make their way through the snow during the traditional parade Butt Mandl near the village of Bishop Meadow Loipl, southern Germany, on November 28, 2010. On the first Sunday of the Advent season, children St. Nicholas is traditionally Accompanied by twelve Butt Mandl and a knave when they go from house to house to give small presents to the. Only unmarried men are allowed to parade as Butt Mandl, who are completely covered in straw and wear animal masks and cow bells. "[ direct link, for everyone who was brave ]
Santa Claus for Coca-Cola may be a symbol for the sell-out of all this, what is sacred or significant. But perhaps he should keep good that bear his assistants no fetish masks . However, make just such figures, as wrapped in straw Butt Mandl (?) and the fact that there is probably very different religious and pagan traditions meet each other such domestic shrines so interesting.
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