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Christmas Eve

Long Melford in Suffolk, England.

It feels and looks nothing like Christmas,

The sky is clear blue, sun is shining and it is very warm.

I find it hard to remember that just two years ago on the same day I had difficulty travelling the one mile journey to the gallery because of the snow.

It now seems such a distant memory.

 So before I lock the doors and return home for Christmas with the family I constantly neglect

[Art for Arts Sake]

I thought I would show you some images of how the gallery might have looked on a different Christmas at a different time.

Perhaps the Christmas in our dreams and imagination.

Innocent and magical.

A few weeks ago I was asked to take some photograph's to promote the first ever Christmas Fair

In the village of Long Melford.

With much help from a friend named "Bella'

The shop window was transformed, children costumed, candles lit, snow scattered and pictures taken.

All within an hour.

You have heard of four seasons in a day, this is December in an hour.

We had no expectations of any usable pictures, but despite this Bella ran up and down spraying snow,

"Nat" her partner shone torches and I kept pressing the shutter.

Perhaps the magic of Christmas actually worked for us.

These are the results.

'A Child's Christmas in Suffolk'.

I wish you all a good Christmas and an even better coming year.