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December 11, 2004
It's the Most Wonderful Time
Seasoned Greetings for Tasty Celebrations
The lights, the music, the nummies; it truly is a wonderful life! All over the world there are festivals and holidays and high holy days. This is a time of rejoicing. It is a time we really need to celebrate, in our own way.
This time of year, more than any time of the year, means Greeting Cards to me. More paper greeting cards are sent between November and January than any other time of the year. And this is also true of all the wonderful eCards.
My workshop has been busy since August making virtual toys and creating some wonderful music to share with the e-Universe. This is truly a time to bring JOYS into people's lives!
So what does does this season mean to me? It means snow and snow globes; those wonderful toys that have been around since the Victorian era.
It means Christmas music, which I adore in all of its variations. One of my favorite songs is "Feliz Navidad" and I have featured it in my new series, set south of the border, at Cantina Gusano:
This song just makes me want to sing and dance, which is why I enjoy this season so much!
Back in November, after being inundated by all of the election advertising, I realized that we needed more than just a little Christmas to get thorugh all of that, so I started Santa Claus' campaign:
It was time that the truth be told. Now some people think that Santa claus just works for the big toy lobby. I think it is time to watch "Miracle on 34th Street", the original and remind ourselves of the true meaning of Christmas and why it is okay to combine it with one of the joys of our culture - SHOPPING!
When I was brainstorming Christmas animation ideas, I was inspired by Country Joe and the Fish, and I suggested that we do "Gimme an X...gimme an M...gimme an A...gimme an S" and I was told that there was a clown who performed at Woodstock in 1969, named Wavy Gravy, who looks very much like Santa Claus now! Well I just couldn't resist the inspiration:
I have so much more and will continue to post links to my holiday cartoons and my Christmas card to all of the fans of my sites who subscribed to my eZine over the last year. Happy Holidays to you all!
Posted by photocartoonist at December 11, 2004 10:18 AM