Christmas is for Kids. Redding Holiday Photography Going On Now

 My favorite memory from childhood at Christmas is the family driving across the flat state of North Dakota to Grandma's house in a screaming blizzard at night. I still can see the headlights of our car (the only vehicle on the road)  lighting up the snowflakes as they dash themselves onto the frozen windshield. Much like a Star Wars movie with laser beams or comets endlessly streaming in from a distant black hole.

The next night at church filled with the local farmers I can still feel the warmth and hear the singing from the small choir. It was a tiny white clapboard church, much like the little one here in Redding on Trinity St. just blocks from the studio. Excited for mass to end I knew when we got back to Grandmas' house we could open our ONE Christmas Eve gift.

I can't remember a thing about any of the gifts or any more from the trip. Only how warm and safe it was and how great it was to be a kid on a Holiday adventure.