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Old World Christmas – Seeing in Sepia

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Today we have author Pam Hillman with us, sharing her thoughts on an Old World Christmas.

“I love sepia toned photographs. They give me that warm, fuzzy feeling that bright, eye-popping colored photos lack. For some reason, they take me back to a slower, gentler time.
Just an aside here, but Wikipedia explains that, “Sepia toning is a specialized treatment to give a black-and-white photographic print a warmer tone and to enhance its archival qualities.” Well, that was exactly what I said already about sepia photos. I must be pretty smart! lol
Also, just to clarify, myphotos aren’t really old-fashioned sepia toned photos. They aren’t chemically enhanced by any means. They come from my snazzy Kodak EasyShare DX6490 digital camera, and I can take thousands of pictures without wasting a single roll of film. Isn’t that cool?
So when Liz asked me to post something about Old World Christmas, I wanted to show a bit of my world in an old world setting. Sepia pictures seemed to fit the bill.
A couple of years ago I was playing around with my camera and took several pictures of my newly decorated Christmas tree. Of all the pictures I took that night, the sepia ones caught my eye.

 I posted one of them on facebook and all my friends were begging me to come decorate their trees. I’ll tell you a secret: I’m not very good at decorating (or photography, for that matter), but sepia toned photos hide a multitude of decorating sins.

One year when my youngest son was about seven, he went shopping with his grandmother, and they bought me this Old World Santa. His dark maroon coat and tan fur are eye-catching, but are even more striking and fun as a sepia photo. He’s one of my treasured keepsakes.

I’ve had this hand-made dog-trot log cabin since I was a teenager.

Every Christmas it proudly displays a treasured nativity set which was also handmade by a dear friend. It was featured in this article by Laurie Alice Eakes in the More To Life Online Magazine blog.

No matter how we celebrate Christmas—in the Old World many years ago or in the here and now in 2012—Jesus was born as a babe in a manger so that we all might have eternal life.
And that, my dear friends, will be in living color.


Thank you for being with us today, Pam, and we look forward to hearing more from you in February!

January 1st marks the official beginning of Pam’s Blog Tour Blowout to celebrate the release of her latest book from Tyndale House, Claiming Mariah.

We’re blowing the doors off the Prize Vault on January 1st so mark your calendars!
(It’s huge. Just giving you fair warning…)
Where Pam can be found in December:
December 17-20th  – www.tyndale.com/blog
Pam guest blogs for *3* days at Tyndale with a Q&A, an interview, and an article. Whew! What fun!
December 24th – www.seekerville.blogspot.com/
December 31st until MIDNIGHT – www.seekerville.blogspot.com
Seekerville rings in the New Year with prizes every hour!
FIRST TWO OFFICIAL STOPS ON 2013 TOUR:

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  2. lol – Diana, yeah, it does hide a lot! That’s why I like it! 🙂

    Update peeps. My December 12th blog with Sharon Srock at Women of Valley View is not until Friday, April 5th. My mistake! Poor Sharon was about to pull her hair out trying to help me get my schedule correct! BUT…stop by Sharon’s page anyway. She’s got some wonderful guests lined up.