Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2022
It's that time of year again: the season of Advent and (as my long-time readers will know) Saltaire has a tradition of making the whole village into a Living Advent Calendar. Windows in the village houses and businesses are decorated and each night in December, up to Christmas, one or two are 'opened' to make a festive trail around the streets. I like to go around once or twice to look at and photograph some of them, and share a few here.
The best ones for photos are the bold and graphic ones, like Saltaire Village Society's offering above, of carol singers round a tree. Some of the more detailed scenes, whilst pretty to view, don't show up well in a photo. Over the years I've learned that my phone is as good as my camera for snapping them too. The camera needs a tripod in the dark and on our narrow and uneven streets that is quite a hazard. There are always some that are impossible to capture - placed too high or hidden by cars or foliage, but there are usually enough good ones to make a few blog posts. It's a lovely walk around the village, which I will share with you.
All of the windows can be viewed HERE too, as they are opened.
What a beautiful bit of design, enhanced by the choice of colours. Carol singing from door-to-door seems to have died as a tradition around here, though there's always an evening of carols hosted by our local pub.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great tradition, and how wonderful that you share it world wide here on blogland.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good one. I always enjoy it when you show these each year.
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