Lentamente muore
chi diventa schiavo dell’abitudine,
ripetendo ogni giorno gli stessi percorsi,
chi non cambia la marca o colore dei vestiti,
chi non rischia,
chi non parla a chi non conosce.
When Christmas was prohibit
While Christmas is celebrated globally, throughout history, various nations and regions have banned Christmas celebrations for religious, political, or ideological reasons.
These bans ranged from 17th-century religious reformations to 20th-century state-sponsored atheism.
Even today, in 2025, there are nations that maintain strict bans or significant restrictions on Christmas celebrations.
A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, published by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to take home a tree for the celebration of Christmastide, which was banned under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism.
Norman Rockwell's Silent Night: A Visual Symphony of Holiday Humanity
Norman Rockwell's (1894-1978) skilled hand captured the most heartwarming holiday moments as no one else could.
Over his career, he produced nearly 30 Christmas-themed covers for The Saturday Evening Post, The Literary Digest and numerous others for publications like McCall's and Boys' Life, as well as for cards and advertisements.
Ekaterina Vassilenko Searcy | Ballet dancers
Ekaterina Vassilenko Searcy /Екатерина Василенко Сирси is a Russian-born American figurative and portrait painter, living and working in San Diego, California.
Her drawings and oil paintings respect the technique and style of old masters of Renaissance and baroque period of Italian, Flemish, French and Russian masters.
Carmelo Blandino, 1966 | Abstract flowers
"My works are entrusted with the messages of Ages, created to impart healing and creative inspiration through beauty" - Carmelo Blandino.
Born to Sicilian parents in Tübingen, Germany, and with a childhood spent in the cities of Montreal and Modica, Sicily, Carmelo Blandino’s life journey has spanned continents and oceans.
It has now brought him to the US, where he has studios and residences in both Connecticut and Wisconsin.
Blandino grows his inspirational vocabulary by taking the essentialness of Home to each and every place he has made his bed, wherever he has set up easel and wielded paintbrush.
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