A Christmas greeting

[owlice]

For those who celebrate Christmas, here is my card to you; happy holiday!

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[orin stepanek]

Seasons Greetings.

[emc]

Merry Christmas!

[neufer]

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[emc]

Hi Owlice,

I didn’t know you had posted a Youtube until after I got home from work (streaming video is blocked there) and I had already posted a reply. All I saw at work was “For those who celebrate Christmas, here is my card to you; happy holiday!”

Your card is very cool... thank you for that. I’m glad I got to see it… now I know Bystander’s avatar.

[owlice]

emc, lovely painting! Thank you for sharing it!

"happy holiday!” would make for a very short Christmas card! I made cards one Christmas, calligraphy (italic hand) then printed in a process similar to silkscreening, that said only "Hallelujah! It's Christmas!," which is almost as short! (Of all the cards I've handmade, those remain my favorite.)

neufer, yeah, yeah, I know!! As I often tell my son, "Do the best you can with what you've got." Occasionally, I have to practice what I preach, darn it.

orin, right back atcha!

(I love the whole holiday season.)

[bystander]

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[owlice]

bystander, thank you so much for that! I love a cappella music, and oh, what a fun fun arrangement!!

[neufer]

bystander, thank you so much for that! I love a cappella music!!

Capella (α Aurigae, α Aur) is the third brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus & Vega

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<<The name Capella (English: small female goat) is from Latin, and is a diminutive of the Latin Capra (English: female goat). [A cappella (Italian for In The Manner of The Church/Chapel)] Capella traditionally marks the goat that the charioteer Auriga is carrying. In Roman mythology, the star represented the goat Amalthea that suckled Jupiter. It was this goat whose horn, after accidentally being broken off by Jupiter, was transformed into the Cornucopia, or "horn of plenty", which would be filled with whatever its owner desired.

Although it appears to be a single star to the naked eye, it is actually a star system of four stars in two binary pairs. The first pair consists of two bright, large type-G giant stars, both with a radius around 10 times the Sun's, in close orbit around each other. These two stars are thought to be cooling and expanding on their way to becoming red giants. The second pair, around 10,000 astronomical units from the first, consists of two faint, small and relatively cool red dwarfs. The Capella system is only 42 light-years from Earth.

Capella is thought to be mentioned in an Akkadian inscription dating to the 20th century BC. It is sometimes called the Shepherd's Star in English literature. In Hindu mythology, Capella was seen as the heart of Brahma, Brahma Ridaya. In Australian Aboriginal mythology for the Booroung people of Victoria, Capella was Purra, the kangaroo, pursued and killed by the nearby Gemini twins, Yurree (Castor) and Wanjel (Pollux).>>

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091205.html

[bystander]

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Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards Man

[owlice]

Made me eyes leak.

[NoelC]

Right back at you!



-Noel

[owlice]

A beautiful image; thanks, Noel!

Here's one I just have to like:

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[Céline Richard]

Thank you for all the Christmas songs videos and very beautiful Christmas pictures!

Merry Christmas!!!

Céline

[geckzilla]

I have a special affinity for aquariums and sea life but this is too cute. You should all enjoy it:

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I just love the garden eels and their little beanies....

[bystander]

Fireside Christmas: Relaxing Jazz

A little mood music

[Beyond]

A beautiful image; thanks, Noel!

Here's one I just have to like:

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Owlices family tree They are known for 'NOT' passing-the-Buck'

[Céline Richard]

I have a special affinity for aquariums and sea life but this is too cute. You should all enjoy it:

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I just love the garden eels and their little beanies....

Thank you Geckzilla, it is great!!!!!
Happy New Year!

For those who celebrate Christmas, here is my card to you; happy holiday!

Owlice, are you singing yourself ? I have seen this is an "Owl Production" at the end of the video !
Whoever is singing, this is a very beautiful voice, along with beautiful images, thank you

Céline

[owlice]

Owlice, are you singing yourself ?

Yes; cheap labor!

Whoever is singing, this is a very beautiful voice, along with beautiful images, thank you

Thank you; that's very kind of you. The images all go with the lyrics, though sometimes in tenuous ways. I had a lot of fun putting the video together. APOD has covered so much, I think one can find images to go with the lyrics to almost any song (except Auld Lang Syne)!

Here's one of my favorites; there are better performances out there in YouTube land, but I get a kick out of this one:

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[Céline Richard]

Thank you; that's very kind of you.

I say the truth. You don't have instruments, while it is very beautiful. It is hard to produce something beautiful, without being helped by musical instruments, because instruments "hide" somewhat the quality of the singer's voice. I remember when i listened a gospel song a week before Christmas, this time also, i liked a capella song.

The images all go with the lyrics, though sometimes in tenuous ways.

The images make dreaming, as well as the song.
And thank you for the video with the monks, dressed in a curious way, with their huge letters

Céline

[Orca]

Nicely done..

[Ann]

Owlice, I'm really impressed with your a capella song. It takes so much to pull that off in a satisfying manner.

bystander, I totally love John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Christmas song. It makes me teary-eyed, too.

Noel, I just love the way you dress up Gamma Cas as a splendid Christmas star!

That silent monks song was fun. However, the real star here was George Frideric Handel, who wrote the amazing music. My mother used to sing in several choirs, and she has said that the most unforgettable experience of her "choir member life" was performing Handel's Hallelujah with about a thousand other choristers. You could really believe you were in heaven when that amazing music filled that church, said my mom.

And talking about George Frideric Handel - I once came across a student blooper, which said that Handel was "half German, half Italian and half English - he was very large".

Ann

[TNT]

This one is my favorite! (I think the funniest parts are at 1:50 and 2:15)

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[orin stepanek]

Well; Thanksgiving is over and today I am putting up the Christmas Tree!

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[orin stepanek]

Christmas is a wonderful season. It comes and goes once in a year. It is a thing of joy for anyone to at least witnessing the festival. I thank you for giving us the card as a gift for the christmas. Enjoy your holiday!

lexybam; welcome to Starship Asterisk*! Hope you keep posting.