Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas

December 25, 2018 by Claire (The Captive Reader)

Wishing you all a happy and wonderful Christmas, however and wherever you are celebrating.

For me, Christmas is all about family and traditions and in our family those traditions are invariably Czech. To bring a little bit of Czech Christmas into your lives, I wanted to share these Josef Lada paintings. Lada was a Czech artist who is best known as the illustrator of the The Good Soldier Švejk but it is his scenes of rural life that I love best. We had a book of them that I would pour over for hours as a child and I love them still.

Merry Christmas!

Posted in Personal | 5 Comments

5 Responses

on December 25, 2018 at 06:43 | Reply Jay Strafford

What a lovely message, Claire! Many thanks, and here’s to a happy and healthy 2019.
on December 25, 2018 at 15:00 | Reply Lory

Beautiful artwork – it reminds me of the art by Lois Lenski for the Betsy-Tacy books. Enjoy your family traditions!
on December 26, 2018 at 06:48 | Reply sallyjanevictorious

Thank you! Hope your day was filled with wonder.
on December 26, 2018 at 07:31 | Reply Simon T

Lovely images! A very merry Christmas to you and yours.
on December 26, 2018 at 08:15 | Reply Rebecca Meyer

Thanks for sharing these beautiful prints! I can totally relate to the fascination you must have had for them as a child.