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Fortunately for me, we had an amazing white Christmas in Holland, Michigan this year. As soon as I had a chance, I drove around the city and countryside to capture photos of the pristine beauty of the snow. We traveled to Holland, Michigan this Christmas and experienced our first white Christmas in many years. We came here because my wife is from this area and we wanted to spend Christmas with her family. This is my first time up north during the winter and her first time spending Christmas with her family in over 5 years. For everyone's peace of mind, we were extremely careful to take many precautions to help to not spread COVID-19. Of course, we wore masks when in public at all times and visited only a handful of people, close family members. A couple of weeks before we left, we quarantined ourselves from anyone that was at risk of spreading COVID-19 to us. Another reason we drove up here was to further reduce our chances of catching or spreading COVID at airports and on planes. The week preceding Christmas here in Michigan was cold and a bit rainy, very unpleasant weather. I was hoping for a lot of snow. Every time the forecast said it was going to snow, it ended up not snowing. I started to lose hope in getting to see Michigan covered with snow. Then on Christmas Eve morning it started snowing, and snowing a lot! It snowed all day. By the next day, we got to experience a beautiful white Christmas in Holland, Michigan. Christmas Eve On Christmas Eve my brother-in-law, Mike, and I went out at dark and made mysterious photographs of the snow falling around Holland at night. These places and moments have a romantic and cinematic feel to me. They remind me of scenes from movies that I don't clearly remember, yet they invoke this sense of nostalgia in me I can't quite explain. Looking straight up at the snow as it's falling from the night sky Tire tracks left by a teenage couple hiding in the darkness Hamilton Railroad Trestle Bridge at night in the snow White Christmas in Holland, Michigan A street in Holland, Michigan covered with snow A White Christmas in Holland On Christmas day I captured some of Holland's famous sites such as the Big Red Lighthouse and the De Zwaan Windmill at the Dutch Village. De Zwaan Windmill covered with snow at the Dutch Village in Holland, Michigan The Dutch Village De Zwaan Windmill covered with snow at in Holland, Michigan I visited a trailer park, capturing some of its unique character covered with pure white snow. Trailer park covered with snow in Holland, Michigan Holland State Park Beach We then went to the Holland State Park beach. It was such a unique sight, I had never seen snow on a beach. The snow mixed with the sand made the beach look almost otherworldly. Big Red Lighthouse covered with snow in Holland, Michigan Frozen rails at Holland State Park Beach Holland State Park Beach with snow White Christmas at Holland State Park Beach A sand and snow formation created by the wind Out In The Countryside Afterward, we headed out to the countryside around Holland. I photographed some country landscapes and an old Dutch gambrel barn in the snow. A doe in the snow A snowy old Red Dutch Gambrel barn An Old Red Dutch Gambrel style barn covered with snow Old Red Dutch Gambrel barn covered with snow

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