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Beginning with
my boyhood in Placerville, I have felt at home in a
number of cities and towns, so I consider myself
something of an expert on the subject of
hometowns.
I find that the
places where I feel most comfortable share a sense
of neighbor-hood, the familiarity of long-lived-in
buildings, streets and gathering places where
people come together in good fellowship, and, above
all, brightly lit homes warmed by the light of
love.
I've chosen to
honor this warmly American institution by
portraying a hometown that I hope reminds you of
your own during that pre-eminent celebration of
home and family - the Christmas season. Hometown
Christmas is not a snow scene, because many of the
Christmases I most enjoyed growing up were not
blessed with snow. They were, however, charmed by
the warmth of hearth and home, a special light that
radiates through the misty air on this joyous
morning.
- THOMAS
KINKADE
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