Advent calendar 2023 Day 1

 

Christmas Greetings from Taiwan

Snowmen

Illustration Minna Immonen ( Finnish )

Illustration Maarit Ailio (Finnish )

 

Illustration Arja Laihonen  (Finnish)

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Happy Holidays. 

Snowman by Margarita Stāraste

Margarita Stāraste(1914-2014) was a Latvian children's books writer, born in Vladimir, Russia.

Sent by Agnese (Gulbene, Latvia) 

Happy Santa  and Snowman

Illustration lleana Oakley, Advocat Art, United Kingdom 

Sent by my friend Soili from Portugal'

Snowman sent by Richard on 8 Dec, 2022 from Blain, Washington, U.S.A. 

Children

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Photo by Tanya Trishina

Received on 28 Jan, 2015

Sent by Alina, Barnaul, Russia

FB-swap Children

Just a little snow doesn’t bother a friend.

Received on 17 Oct, 2020

Sent by Tuovi (Tampere, Finland)

Happy Christmas Time

Brita as Idun. Art by Carl Larsson (Swedish)

Received on 27 Dec, 2021

Sent by Maija (Helsinki, Finland)

FB-swap

Art by Jenny Nyström (Swedish)

Received on Dec, 2021

Sent by Sassa (Turku , Finland)

 

Winter in Park

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Snowy Park Bench

Sent to Julie ( Kiel, Germany ) 2013 

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Smowman on a bench

Sent to Nina ( Cherlak, Russia) 2014

 

Snowmen

Illustration Rudolf Koivu, Finnish

FB-swap, Christmas 2020

Received  Dec 2020

Sent by Nina (Tampere Finland)

Illustration Minna Immonen, Finnish

 

Monday Mail

Joyous Festivity
Gingerbread and Snowman

Sent by Alla in Samara, Russia
on 9 Dec, 2019
travel time 77 days
distance travelled 1,944 km
received on 24 Feb, 2020 

Snowman Day

Christmas Snowman by Dona Gelsinger, U.S.A

Christmas Swap/Finnish Postcrossing Friends Association

Sent by Mia

Christmas Snowman 

Christmas Swap/Finnish Postcrossing Friends Association

Sent by Minna

Happy New Year from Russia

travel time 26 days

distance travelled 2,197 km

sent on 8 Dec, 2017

received on 3 Jan, 2018 

sent by Olga in Yekaterinburg

Our snowman was a bit tired after a heavy snowfall a few years ago!

Merry Christmas from Germany

 travel time 11 days
distance travelled 1,217 km
2014 received from Susanne in Berlin

Illustration Daniela Drescher

travel time 20 days
distance travelled 1,365 km
 2014 received from Heike, in Leipzig

Illustration Alma

travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,601 km
2015 received from Simone in Erlangen

Illustration Lieblingsstücke Mia Malou

travel time 3 days
distance travelled 1,368 km
2017 received from Jana in Wilthen

Dresden, Münzgasse - Christmas markets
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,384 km
2017 received from Mirko in Dresden 

Advent Calendar Day 19. - Christmas Snowmen

Illustration  V. Barsukova

 Illustration Marjaliisa Pitkäranta

Enamel painting by Eve Hakkarainen

Victoria Kirdiy

Victoria Kirdiy is surely also one of my favorites. This card came from Moscow with beautiful stamps and wise quotes:  

"Even smallest dreamer has the rights on biggest dream."

"No dreamer is  too small; no dream is  too big." 

Thanks Elena!