ABC Wednesday—X is for "Xmas"

I love to walk around my "brownstone
Brooklyn" neighborhood and see
how people have decorated for the holidays.
I like all the white lights on this house
(and even the random leftover pumpkin)!

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "what I see"

Seen in the crypt of the basilica of
San Miniato al Monte, in Florence: You
probably see crosses (very old ones,
as this church was begun in 1013 and the
interior has changed hardly at
all since it was first built).
I, however, choose to see X's—
or at least today I do.

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "extraordinary extending machine"

They've been working on the Brooklyn Bridge
for years now.  Recently, I saw these guys
under the bridge.  Not sure exactly what they
were doing with this excellent piece of
equipment—I just saw X's!

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "Xmas"

Too easy, perhaps—but this is my
14th round of X (and the 4th
"Xmas," I have to admit).  I really 
am going to miss it when it ends in a 
couple of rounds, though—hard to
 imagine Wednesday without the ABCs.

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "eXtreme entertainment"

Lucky me—last month I got to go to a performance
of Fuerza Bruta.  Think circus meets Carnival
meets samba/disco meets surrealism.  The audience
gets to play along, to a certain extent.  (I wanted
 to be flying above the crowd with these 
performers—looks like so much fun, doesn't it?)

[To see more ABC posts, go here.  And if I'm cheating
a bit, that's because this is my 10th "X" post
(and only two of them were Xmas)!]

ABC Wednesday—X is for "Xmas"

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."
—Marjorie Holmes

Here's one of my hometown's most iconic
symbols (still), all lit up for the holidays.  If 
you're celebrating Christmas tomorrow,
I hope you're already just where you want 
to be, with the people you love.

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of them are "Xmas"—go here.]

ABC Wednesday—X is for "X"

Well, after how many ABC rounds (I believe this
is my 8th one), it's finally come to this: X = X!
I found this one on a wall in Paris—and
it kind of reminds me of the Zentangles (but that
would be a "Z") that I draw as a form of meditation.

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "Xmas"

Yesterday I showed you some Parisian
window dresser's version of Santa.  Now here's 
my idea of a real Santa (though some small
children did cry when they were parked on his lap).
{BTW, I've used this X word in a previous Christmastime 
post—and explained why I think "Xmas" is okay.}
Hope all of you who are celebrating today
are having a wonderful holiday! 

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ABC Wednesday—X is for "Railroad Crossing"

(And please keep in mind that this is my 9th
time trying to find an X for ABC Wednesday!)

Where I live, all of the trains are either
below ground or on elevated tracks. Down
here in the Virginia countryside, you get to
wave to the engineer when a train passes
by. (And he'll probably wave back—and
blow the train whistle for you too!)

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ABC Wednesday—X is for Bo"X"ing Day

{And if I'm cheating just a bit, please
keep in mind that this is my 8th "X" post.}

One explanation for why this holiday is called
Boxing Day is that servants, who had to
work on Christmas, were allowed the next
day off and their employer would give them
a box with a gift in it before they set off
to celebrate with their family.
Happy Boxing Day to my blogpals in the UK,
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand!

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