Today is #MarketFriday initiated by @dswigle (Denise, that's me!!) I hope you will join me as we share different markets across the globe. Every week, I look forward to what you send me and I am always so very happy to see so many from all over the world. Please leave the link to your post on here so it can easily be found by others. They are easier to find in one place. Where else can you take such a quick trip around the globe? Thank you so much!! ❤

Who doesn't love to see what they will be selling in some foreign market, shopping in places I have never been to and some, never even heard of. There is always a curiosity attached to foreign ingredients, different produce or any product sold. So, yes! I would love to see yours! Don't forget to take photos wherever you happen to be shopping - whether it be the grocery, art galleries, wherever money is exchanged for a service or for merchandise. Don't forget to use the hashtag #MarketFriday and @dswigle.

There is a new tag in town! Have you heard?? Have you heard?? It is called #SepiaSaturday by @old-guy-photos. Take a photo, make it in the tone of sepia and wait until Saturday (or near that day !) and post it. Ta-da! You just did a #SepiaSaturday and the old guy will be tickled pink or a shade of similarity. See his introductory post here Now make sure you make a post to help give the old guy a good start in his new venture. Thank you!

I went back to this place, a store that delights all of my Christmas senses! It smells like walking into a Christmas story. Oh, I cannot help but use it again for a #MarketFriday post! Who doesn't love, love, love to see a little bit of holiday cheer at this time of the year? Raise your hand so I can see who you are!

There are absolutely dozens and dozens of Nativity sets, places in random spots so you have to search everywhere. Oh, yes! I got quite the workout. Would it surprise you that I actually did 11,000 steps in this store alone? Now, to be fair, I was in there for a minute or three.

Different sizes and shapes. I like the way they put them in every room, yet, you had to search for them. It gave me a chance to look at everything. Oh, yes! This place was not for somebody who wanted to shop in a hurry!

STOP!! BRAIN TEASER AHEAD!!

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I'm tall when I am young and short when I am old. What am I?

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Answer: A Candle

There were snow globes and advent calendars. Everything Christmas. Everywhere you looked. It was simply magical.

Cue the music, Maestro!

Lyrics to Joy to the World

Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Joy to the World, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing

Joy to the world
Joy to the world
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy

Joy to the world, now we sing
Let the earth receive her king
Joy to the world, now we sing
Let the angel voices ring
Joy to the world, now we sing
Let men their songs employ
Joy to the world, now we sing
Repeat the sounding joy

It took me until this moment to connect the dots on this tree. It is purple and it is in the wine section, the grape, which can be sort of purple. Oi!

Honestly, they have a most wonderful wine selection coupled with their different oils, olive being their specialty, and the press is right there so you can watch. Put the olives in one end and they get pressed and spit out oil on the other end. Voila!

Did I mention the wine tasting they are always doing?

The most beautiful blown glass! There are so many different places in the shop that have blown glass strung from the ceiling. Oh, my word! Talk about beauty! Can they please decorate my house for me?

I truly loved these and can think of at least a dozen places that I would want to put them. How about you? I know they are a little over the top, but, I promise I can make them fit!

I loved the variety of the white baubles and decorations, blended with a touch of gold and strings of white lights for the tree. So simple in looks, but, I think it is so classically beautiful! Who knew how amazing this season could be? There is so much to see with traditional ribbons and bows placed everywhere, lest you forget you need them.

They want to be picked. They yearn to be loved. Shouldn't we all want to be? There must be a flower. Always a flower.

This picture is for #FridaySkyBlue #colorchallenge by @kalemandra

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¸.♥´¸.•♥¨) Let the sun shine in on your life
So the joy may touch your soul
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May you have the spirit of Hanukkah, which is Peace,
The gladness of Hanukkah, which is Hope,
And the Heart of Hanukkah, which is Love
May your Hanukkah be filled with joyful noise!
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Barukh atah Adonai, eloheinu, melekh ha'olam, a-sher ki-de-sha-nu be-mitz-vo-tav ve-tzi-va-nu le-had-lik ner Cha-nu-kah.

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Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Let's hold hands around the globe and make this earth really spin. Some days, it is not as easy to see, so we must try harder to give everyone the proper focus.