“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ” ― Washington Irving
So, California Christmases are chilly. Hawaiian Christmases are warm. Oregonian Christmases are wet, icy, snowy, and COLD.
This day is my birthday. I turned 43. I decided for my birthday I wanted to take Christmas pictures. These came out gorgeous. It captures the weather as well as the colors of Gladstone, Oregon, just before Fall turns over to Winter.