Wishing you a very happy Christmas, a true Christmas when we turn away from vanity and materialism and look into our souls and hearts and find all the virtues that lay hidden there.

Today I spent Christmas with my family and my pets. We don’t have a tradition of big gaudy decorations. I have to be honest with you… I don’t like meaningless plastic objects made in China. Firstly because I don’t need them to create my Christmas mood and secondly because the more of those we buy, the more the environment gets polluted by their manufacturing. My Christmas tree is decorated with decorations made from natural materials. Today we took a walk in the forest with the dog and I gathered some pinecones and pine branches to take this photo. Isn’t that more beautiful than Christmas ornaments?