This year, there is no Christmas tree in sight anywhere, so I made one out of lights when I was still at home before leaving for the traditional Berlin end of year trip!
Happy Holidays everyone!
There’s also the traditional longer Holiday Greetings message over on the blog.

It’s the first Advent Sunday of 2023 and sadly I have to report that there will be no Christmas tree on my balcony this year anymore. The Christmas tree sellers we got our trees from in the last 25 years lost their place this year and have disappeared and there is no way to easily get a tree anymore in the neighbourhood. This was the sign to give up this old tradition and since I’m not at home during the holidays anyway it was an easy decision. But there are still lights in shape of a tree and a little potted tree around, so it’s not really that sad!

As usual, I’m not in Mülheim right now and again we don’t even have a Christmas tree in Berlin, so I prepared a special shot of the tree at home from December 5 when we actually had a bit of snow – Happy Holidays everyone!
There’s also a longer Holiday Greetings message over on the blog.

Today’s Christmas Tree photo for the 4th Advent Sunday is from two days ago when I still was in Mülheim and tried out a warmer, glowing look with the fisheye lens.

Here’s the traditional ‘Bokeh’ Christmas Tree for the third Advent Sunday.

A slightly improved version of the Christmas tree for the second Advent.

Even with the energy crisis going on I could not resist putting up a Christmas Tree this year again, which is perhaps the last Christmas holiday tradition left from my childhood.

I’m actually not in Mülheim right now and we don’t even have a Christmas tree in Berlin this year, but this shot from December 18 still looks very nice – happy holidays everyone!
There’s also a longer Christmas Greetings message over on the blog.

For the fourth Advent, I think I succeeded in capturing the tree with the fisheye lens!

Another Version of this year’s Christmas Tree for the third Advent!