|Christmas Card Countdown| Christmas in the air

Tonight's the night, it's Christmas eve aleady. Have a very merry Christmas everyone!

The Snow Queen

When I was little, my grandparents had a VHS tape of the 1957 animated feature "The Snow Queen" they had taped from tv. We watched it so many times I, and my grandparents I presume, lost count. It was one of the re-releases dubbed in English but it might as well have been the original Russian version as I obviously didn't understand English very well either at the time. But despite not understanding a word that was said I could still clearly follow the storyline and I was absolutely transfixed by the Snow Queen herself.

With the buzz around Disney's upcoming 'Frozen' (also an adaptation of the Snow Queen), my memory got jogged and I suddenly remembered the 1957 version. I searched for it, rewatched it, and I still kinda liked it. Although the pacing, staging and animation style are clearly from another era I still found it beautiful. I'm not sure it's because of the actual movie or because of the memories that are attached to it, but who cares, right? :)

Here's my take on the Snow Queen, no doubt conjuring up a snowstorm or something of the sorts. It took a few tries to get the hang of drawing the ice the way I wanted to but I got there in the end.

Sleigh Ride

HAVE YOURSELVES A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
♥

Snow Man Hug

I love snowmen! They look so cuddly and friendly. Apart from the fact that they're basically freezing, there's nothing else that stops me from wanting to give each one of them a great big hug. I'd hoped to have made one for myself by now but unfortunately there hasn't been enough snow for that yet. Fingers crossed I might still get the chance!

Grounded

When those dark winter months arrive, we always hang something extra in the garden for the hungry little birds. Snow can make it very hard for those little fella's to find food. Last year we had a lot of snow, and our garden was full with the cutest little birds (I looked up the translation and apparantly they are called 'great titmouse' or even plain 'great tit' in English, which I think is a bit of a ridiculous name for such a cute bird so I refuse to call them that ;))

This winter there has been no snow yet and temperatures are pretty high for the season. So no birdies... Guess I should be happy that they are able to fend for themselves but I kind of miss them hanging around.