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My best wishes for Christmas and incoming New Year!
As it was said "peace for the people of good will" (I don't know if this expression functions in other languages, but I hope that the translation is understandable).

I wish you good health, good time, joy, rest, celebration, truly positive family atmosphere, love and happiness.

For this year card I had an idea of tradition held in many Slavic countries - Carol singers visiting houses.
It is actually a christianized old pagan tradition - masqueraders walking around, blessing, and being given food and/or money. Such a visit was believed to bring prosperity and happiness for the new year.
You can see here traditional old figure of "turoń" - inspired by now extinct animal called "tur" (Bos primigenius) as a symbol of fertility.
The figures from Bible were added later.
In the past Carol singers were adults, in the 90ties of the 20th century in my city groups of kids were visiting homes after Christmas, singing and asking for small amount of money.

As you could see, "Death" is one of the figures too. I decided to include it in the drawing.
One of our poets wrote once about a visit of Carol singer-kids, ending with:
"The death is real/ she turns around and points her finger at me" (in Polish death is "she").
I am not forgetting about the things that have been happened and are happening now in the world.

Yet, as I wrote - I wish all the good things and for all of us so that 2024 year would be better that the last 4 years.

Drawn with water-soluble crayons.
BN

Description
My best wishes for Christmas and incoming New Year!
As it was said "peace for the people of good will" (I don't know if this expression functions in other languages, but I hope that the translation is understandable).

I wish you good health, good time, joy, rest, celebration, truly positive family atmosphere, love and happiness.

For this year card I had an idea of tradition held in many Slavic countries - Carol singers visiting houses.
It is actually a christianized old pagan tradition - masqueraders walking around, blessing, and being given food and/or money. Such a visit was believed to bring prosperity and happiness for the new year.
You can see here traditional old figure of "turoń" - inspired by now extinct animal called "tur" (Bos primigenius) as a symbol of fertility.
The figures from Bible were added later.
In the past Carol singers were adults, in the 90ties of the 20th century in my city groups of kids were visiting homes after Christmas, singing and asking for small amount of money.

As you could see, "Death" is one of the figures too. I decided to include it in the drawing.
One of our poets wrote once about a visit of Carol singer-kids, ending with:
"The death is real/ she turns around and points her finger at me" (in Polish death is "she").
I am not forgetting about the things that have been happened and are happening now in the world.

Yet, as I wrote - I wish all the good things and for all of us so that 2024 year would be better that the last 4 years.

Drawn with water-soluble crayons.
BN