There’s nothing overdone in the stores and you never hear Jingle Bell Rock more than 100,000 times before November 1st.
Lighting is kept at a minimum and thank goodness I don’t see those drive-you-crazy, flashing, blinking lights that we have in the United States!
So, for me, walking on the Gran de Gràcia yesterday, it was a treat to see this majestic tree, alone, dressed in red and not camouflaged in layers of Christmas jewelry.
I was rapt by its startling quality of simplicity.
Its mere presence made me and others stop. I gazed, I enjoyed and I questioned.
Why was this tree gift wrapped?
I realized the gift was for me.
Bon Nadal!
It had made me smile and that was enough.
 | View photos of of Christmas in Catalonia in barcalunacy's Barcelona’s Special Days FLCKR photoset. |
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