Yoga bag

This bag hanging from the side of a baby stroller. The wording reads:
"Do Yoga. Jealously works the opposite way you want it to"

Can somebody enlighten me what this means?

Yoga practitioners

We saw this the lineup outside of Lululemon, a shop specializes in Yoga wears, two days after Boxing Day. Can one assume all or most of these people are Yoga practitioners?

On track

A different mall offers a different type of rail train ride.

People mover

The Metrotown added this ride last year. It runs from one end of the mall to the other. It is a major hit with the younger crowd. It is not uncommon to see people waiting in line for the ride.

Foggy

The other morning at about 9:00 AM, it started to fog up. This was taken about half an hour later. I think the red glow is the sun as I was heading east.

Where is Santa?

Where is Santa? Has he left? But wait! His presents ares till unopened. May be he`ll be back later.

Peace on earth!

Merry Christmas and Peace to all!

Christmas Eve

Looking through the window there is a speck if red. Yes, it is Santa sitting in the chair.

Christmas tree

The Christmas trees at International Shopping Mall aka as Tinseltown are much better than a lot of other mall in the Lower Mainland.

Ginger bread house II

A ginger bread display in the window of a bakery on Hastings.

Ginger bread house

Without ginger bread houses Christmas just isn't Christmas.

Letter to Santa

It is getting late. Better hurry if you haven't written your letter to Santa yet!

Tin soldier

Some all-time Christmas favours.

Christmas lights VII

This house has a lot of lights. It is across the street from a school. The camera lens isn't wide enough to encompass the entire display. Lights on both ends are missing. We happened to drive by and was waiting for the traffic light to change.

Christmas lights VI

You can see some of the Christmas lights reflecting off the wet driveway

Christmas lights V

The star on top of the roof really does the trick.

Christmas lights IV

This house uses the primary colour, white. It is very effective due to the brightness. It wouldn`t be half this bright if they had chosen another colour such as blue or green.

Christmas lights III

The lights at this house is very simple, just a string or two across the top with another set outlining the path leading to the house from the street.

Christmas lights II

Another house with mega watts of lights. A friend of ours used to lived next door when this property was owned by somebody else. Actually both houses changed hand during the same year. The previous owner was much more modest when it came to outdoor lights during the holiday season.

Christmas lights

The owner of this house puts on an annual display of lights. In front there is a sign asking for donation to the owner`s favourite charity. I must apology for the noise in the pictures but it part of this camera`s limitations. Actually it turns out a lot better than expected.

Christmas tree

By Madison Centre's main entrance

Christmas tree

I know these aren't in the forms of pine or hemlock but are constructed in such a way that they can't be anything else but Christmas trees.

Christmas tree

Two Christmas trees in the newly expanded food court.

Christmas Tree

One of the smaller Christmas trees they placed all over Brentwood Mall's second level.

Christmas tree

Starting today we'll run a series on Christmas trees. Our first is a Christmas in one of the shop inside Aberdeen Centre.

Aberdeen Centre

This is somewhat disappointing since I was expecting more, much much more. However, this is pretty well the management of this shopping mall is doing for Christmas.

In the air

Wrapped presents suspended from a skylight over an open air stair case.

A closeup view.

Snow and lights

This mall has a simple and effective approach with snowflakes and strings of lights hanging from the second level.

First snow

After forecasting it for at least a week it finally snowed last night, Saturday. Proof again if they are persistent enough eventually they'll get it right. It wasn't heavy, just a dusting but it continued to fall on Sunday.


This was taken about 5 hours later. More than enough had fallen to make a snowman. For the last week-and-a-half they were shooting some movie in the house across the street from this snowman. This is the special event on the snowman's sign.

Hanging basket

A basket with gifts

Smile

Take a close look and you'll see that Santa doesn't looked too happy. Could be a very busy day with many misbehaving children. See the lady standing in front? Initially thought she is one of Santa's helpers but then thought she is the child's mother. Looked again and saw the child is held by a pair of hands belonging to a person off camera whom is more likely the mother. What do you think?