Christmas Eve...

Christmas eve is the time when we used to celebrate in Europe the arrival of the Christ Child, an angel like figure who brings all the gifts under the decorated Christmas tree. And this believe is still actual and celebrated today in many countries in Europe.

And eight years ago, coming to the U.S. I had to learn new, it's no the Christ Child who brings all the gifts, it is SANTA, an old fat man climbing into chimneys and working hard with big stress on his neck, to be in time to every household in the States and to make the kids happy! How the "heaven" is this old red faced man able at all, to do this in his old age...? :) These will remain open questions for me.... every year, every Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to my kids and family in good old Europe and I want tell you that I'm missing you so much - not only at Christmas time!

And MERRY CHRISTMAS
also to all my friends in oversea and here, where ever you are!

I'll Be Home For Christmas
Kim Gannon, Walter Kent (c) 1943

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
and presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

Is this the main Symbol of Christmas ?

Look what I got yesterday...!

Is this the main symbol of Christmas in these times?
It seems everybody is focusing anxiously on spending money that they don't have and going in to debt for the new year. How about you...?

Santa is waiting...

A laid back Key West Santa Claus is waiting at Duval Street.
Where are all your reindeers parked, Santa?

Christmas with Humor

A pretty lazy Santa Claus at Duval Street

...while Santa take his nap, his elf has to do all the work.....

And also the Queen is dressed up in Christmas colors, ready for the Party!

All the direction signs to find Santa Claus...

Beside all the tasteful decorations in down town you will find some humoristic one like all these above. They make you smile and I hope you'll enjoy this funny pictures like I did.

Und auch das ist Key West - von seiner humoristischen Seite! Neben all dem geschmackvollen Weihnachtsschmuck in den Strassen und an Haeusern, findet man auch diese humoristischen Sonderlinge. Auf jeden Fall Grund genug zum schmunzeln.

Street Decorations

As everyone knows, Christmas is upon us. Every city is decorating the streets. The same is happening in Key West. I will show you more photographs later of other nice decorations that turn this island into a fairy tale town.


Weihnachten kommt bald und wie in jeder anderen Stadt, ergluehen auch Key West's Strassen im hellen Weihnachtszauberlicht. Es folgen mehrere Fotos von all diesen sehr farbvollen und ueberaus fantasiereichen Dekorationen der Haeuser auf dieser Insel.