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Lexington: A bright Santa made Donnie take notice of the dreary weather on Christmas eve.

Adelaide: A subtly-lit gumtree at dusk that Jennifer tried not to take for granted on Christmas eve.

Christmas approached Lexington without its usual cold winter fanfare. Christmas eve was just one more day of indistinguishable dozens previous that were warm, soggy, and blah. After photographing a set of candles inside a rural church for a newspaper article about an upcoming Moravian Lovefeast, I noticed, on the walk to my car, a small, bright Christmas display at a house down the road, juxtaposed against a mostly-gray environment. Santa looked out of place, and a bit lonely, like he threw a party but forgot to send invitations.

To read Jen’s description of her photograph, please click here for Jen’s blog

[‘You’re There, I’m Here’ is a periodical mutual project by my friend Jennifer Sando and myself contrasting a single day in two cities that are 10,255 miles apart. This is the second installment. The first one can be found here]