Flickr Favourites: December 9, 2012

 

{Vintage white Xmas shopper girl ~ kittykatdancexox}

{Christmas Ornament ~ BrocadeMoon27}

{Xmas vintage card ~ jancureall}

{White cat in snow ~ Daisyree Bakker}

{Vintage threads stored in glass jars ~ freudianslipsvintage}

{Shadow Box Shrine ~ BrocadeMoon27}

{1950s Pink Royal Typewriter ~ JoeVintage}

{Gloria DeHaven on the cover of Screen Album, Winter 1945 ~ Silverbluestar}

{Pink Deer ~ kittykatdancexox}

{Pink gingerbread house ~ sweetopia*}

{All images above are from Flickr. To learn more about a specific image, please click on its title to be taken to its respective Flickr page.}

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The winter holidays bring with them a certain sense of sweetness that transcends the towering stacks of cookies, steaming mugs of cocoa, and abundance of classic candy canes. Amidst the hustle and bustle, the whirl and thrill of this joyful time of the year, which can often bring frayed nerves and fallen pine needles in spades, the beauty and spirit of the season shines through. It is delicate yet immortally strong, elegant and comforting.

Red and green might be the most iconic Christmas colours these days, but there are times when one feels the pull of December's gentle nature and longs to surround themselves instead with paler hues, say of pink, aqua, and white instead. These colours compliment the kind-hearted nature of Christmas, the tidings of goodwill, and the smiles that flow like warm mulled cider all through the month of December.

Sitting here this morning, sixteen days before the twenty-fifth, a powdery grey sky and skin tickling icy breeze outside my window, it is not so much visions of sugarplums, but instead of confectionary hued holiday decor, cheerful Christmas melodies, and the unmatched sweetness of the season that are dancing through my head. As such, I wanted to share some of these feelings through photos and vintage images with you on this fine December day.

May each moment of this magical month glisten and abound with the sweetness, serenity, and beauty that flow through today's Christmassy Flickr Favourites for every one of us.